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Originally Posted by Chris Meck
For a price, Hugarte, for a price.
And Veach decided the price was too high, and that The Chiefs could be effective by being diverse instead.
And Kelce caught essentially ONE MORE PASS per game than 2021. And five more catches all season than 2020. So let's not act like suddenly we're relying on Kelce any more than they typically have over the last several years. One more pass per game, and the offense was MORE productive, scored more points, and had more explosive plays than the year before when it was Hill/Kelce/Jags.
You're trying to bend facts to fit your narrative and it's bullshit.
The only people that give a rat's ass about the running back room getting more targets is a small percentage of fans that just can't wrap their heads around the idea of not having a high volume WR (WR#!).
Production is production. Most teams still stayed with the two deep defenses all season long, so yeah, the RB outlet pass is there all damned day long, and Mahomes took it. If he'd done that more in '21, we might've won the AFCCG and the Super Bowl.
And despite all evidence to the contrary, you and others stuck in your mindset still insist that Veach is going to sign some DHop or OBJ guy to fill your incessant need to see one WR get 100 plus targets because you just can't wrap your head around the idea that it's not necessary. You literally just saw them win a Super Bowl, against a worthy opponent with the best defense in football, with Skyy, Toney, Kelce, and Pacheco scoring TD's.
Yet, you're panicked because it looks like they're fine with that being the group expected to carry the load this year.
No way, you say! Veach is going to make a blockbuster deal for an over 30 expensive WR1 because I've just got to have one to feel good about!
No he's not. They're probably bringing Watson back. They'll probably bring Mckinnon back. And they're probably going to draft a WR in rounds 2-3 and they're going to roll.
And they'll be serious contenders yet again, no matter what you whiners think about it.
What's your prediction for their record this season? How many W/L and how far in the playoffs? Go on record now, so I can laugh at you all season long.
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Lol, you can go back and check, but my original stance bout the WR room was that we were going to sign Adam Thielen (vet reclamation project), and that neither OBJ nor DHop were possible. Said it multiple times over multiple threads.
I also said that my theory was that the Chiefs were going to go all-in on 13P and Veach was going to draft a couple TEs this year, maybe even sign a good vet.
As for the WR room, well, those are simply the facts. We have MVS as a proven WR, albeit limited role player who will likely account for a solid 700+ yards, 30+ 1st downs and 5-7 TDs.
And then a room full of hopes and dreams. A room that right now is far less talented than it was the day we won the SBVII.
You can twist it any way you want, tell me that Watson/Gray/Fortson/Pacheco/whoever are going to make up the difference and be good enough to deal with the CIN defense in spite of being less talented than the group we brought to the game the last three meetings, that Travis will be fine, in spite of turning 34 in October, but it just doesn't wash.
My point has been the same since JuJu signed with NE. The WR room needs a large infusion of talent. Travis is four years older than either OBJ/DHop, but somehow he's going to keep right on leading the team in catches/TDs/1st downs.
We aren't going to get giant leaps of production from Gray/Fortson/Watson. Improvements, sure. Not 2000+ yards, 90 1st downs and 24 TDs. We'd probably be over the moon if we got half of that from those guys.