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Originally Posted by Youngbuck17
I haven't gotten to watch much of the Chiefs recently. What's your current evaluation of their WRs. Mahomes looked dang good even with the bum ankle, but still need dependable people to catch the ball besides Kelce. I assume Reid still runs alot of screens? He fricking loved screens in Philly.
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The Chiefs' WR group, when healthy, is deep and has a variety of skills. But 3 of their top 4 WR were not available by the 4th quarter on Sunday.
Kadarius Toney tweaked his ankle in the 1st quarter and didn't return.
Mecole Hardmann re-aggravated his pelvic injury in the first half and didn't return.
Smith-Schuster's knee got dinged and he missed the 4th quarter, too.
Smith-Schuster gives them a physical receiver who can work underneath, is really good against zone, and can make contested catches/back shoulder catches.
Hardman is a pure speed/gadget guy. If he's healthy, he adds an "every blade of grass" threat to the offense.
Valdes-Scantling's the deep speed guy. He can be schemed up really well against zone to stretch or beat it. In man, he forces the safeties to respect the deep areas of the field.
And Toney can give them a little of all of that.
Overall, at full strength, it's a much healthier WR room.
And you also have to consider the TEs. Travis Kelce is the top dog receiving target, obviously, regardless. Noah Gray gives them a receiving threat/movement TE in 12 sets. And Jody Forston is a large converted WR who is dangerous in the red zone and when he gets the opportunity to take a LB vertically without help over the top.
If that whole group is available, the Chiefs' have a lot of cards/approaches to pull in the passing game.