For a 1 year rental?

Yes, we understand that the Chiefs are in damage control mode. Hence the thread. Thanks.

Yeah, the world has clearly fallen in and there is no hope left for our Sammy ROFL

Mahomes has been running a very conservative checkdown offense.

If not for Tyreek's long 70 yard catch, we'd be saying the same about Tyreek too.

We need to just chill. The offense will open up game 1. Watkins will have tons of opportunity. Maybe he's a bust, but we won't know until the season actually starts.

Yup. Totally contrary to what we are seeing with our own eyes.

Don't care. Our defensive backfield is absolute trash and we spent 16 million annually on this dude. Moronic decision by Veach.

No we wouldn't.

No one is saying Watkins won't get some catches and some yards. It's a question of whether he's worth the contract, and whether he was the right decision. At this point, what has Watkins done that separates him from Conley and Robinson? I'm including camp.

Precautionary vanilla synch.

This is the kind of mentality Keitzmann has towards Mahomes and training camp INTs.

Sorry, but preseason is practice. Nothing more, nothing less. You can have good and bad practices, but that’s all this shit is.

Did people forget how the offense went anemic when Kelce left with a concussion? While some of the blame is on Smith and his rigid style of play...I think Veach saw after losing Conley and Kelce, that the team needed some insurance. What if Hill gets hurt and they have Mahomes in his first year, without a #1 WR?

KC hasnt used any game planning yet..you know, where you create specific mismatches? Watkins, Hill, Kelce and Hunt are going to be a handful...I'm reserving judgment until I see this in action and how it's intended.

People are going mental over the defense...yet Ragland, Hitchens and Berry haven't played yet. That's essentially the starting interior guts of the defense. I'm reserving judgment on that too... no team is going to look great with all 3 starters out.

I agree $16 mil for Watkins was a luxury expense to a degree...but Veach has wanted him probably since the draft...and is banking his career on Mahomes being successful.

Er why not look at their NFL RECORDS and maybe you'll see what actually separates them? He's the most proven receiver we have on our entire roster, FACT!!. So judging him on practice and meaningless preseason games is dumbness personified imo.

I'd also like to add that Pat needs to keep his end of the bargain aswell. If during the season Sammy runs his routes, get's open but doesn't get the ball then it won't be his fault.

The reason we had to pay that much was because Dallas and so other teams were pushing for him too. He was in a very strong position at that time.

ILBs won't help our subpar CBs not get raped by opposing WRs and having to play in Suttons godawful scheme.

Hitchens, Ragland and Berry won't matter much when the DL is getting blown off the LoS.

All i hear is sugar coating. People act like camp and preseason don't carry over. It does. Don't act all surprised when the Chiefs are still getting gashed on the ground and through the air. They warned you.

It's not difficult to see when a team is crisp, popping pads and flying. So far, this might be the worst pre-season Chiefs team i've seen since Reid's 1st year.

And depth matters. You can't sit here and say, "oh we're missing starters". So ****ing what. Those guys the Chiefs have been trotting out there WILL see playing time. No team finishes the year healthy.

There WILL come a point in which these scrubs will be counted on to win games.

Heh, old Bob is right to be out there trying to tamp down the hysteria IMO

If the guy can look good with Goff, he damn sure can look good with Mahomes... he has earned nothing but high praise for how well he is picking up the nuances of all three receiver positions

All of this gnashing of teeth is just as bad as 'Mahomes camp interceptions!'

Lets play three or four games... THEN start making some assumptions