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Originally Posted by Chris Meck
Ok, well, there's a fair amount of hyperbole here in your hypotheticals.
Yeah, if MVS, Toney, and Kelce all go down, we're kind of going to struggle. Duh.
But you're being over the top judging the WR room.
If you want to argue that you're not comfortable with the lack of proven production, I won't even argue against that. That's inarguable.
But injury prone? One guy, Toney. It's mostly hamstrings. I have to believe there's a training regimen that can get some extra flexibility in your hammies and that The Chiefs have him working on that. I mean, if they're planning on him being the '#1WR' as has been reported, then that would seem to be implicit. They're not stupid. But yeah, you've got one guy that's been an injury concern.
Young? Absolutely. Is that a challenge? You bet. If Andy's signing off on it, he's comfortable and knowing what we know of Big Red, he's probably looking forward to the challenge.
'lightly talented'? Get outta here with that shit. This ain't Pringle and Drob.
I'm sure they will sign a vet. I'm also pretty sure it'll be Watson. It makes too much sense not to, since he'll be in year two of the offense, and he can sub in at any position.
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Dammit, knew that was going to be misunderstood. I wasn't saying "if Toney and Kelce go down . . ."
Obviously, if both went down, forget it, season's over.
Those were supposed to be taken individually, each as its own scenario, not stacked on top of each other.
But I don't think I'm being overly harsh about the WR room and the talent there, as it stands right now, not what we think is going to happen with Watson, Justyn Ross or whoever. Take what we have right now and compare it to the top-10 teams' WR rooms . . . check their stats etc. We're light on talent right now. Very light on production, obviously. Hell, add up the stats of the top-5 WRs that caught a ball for KC in 2022, and compare that to just the top-3 WRs of every playoff team in 2022. In most cases, our top-5 WRs can't match what their top-2 or -3 WRs produced.
Now, is Skyy more talented than DRob/Pringle? Probably. Would I rather have Skyy and Watson vs. DRob/Pringle? Absolutely. But is that a giant leap in performance? Not sure about that. Yet.
And Justin Watson isn't the answer. He's a ST that occasionally subs in for MVS.