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Originally Posted by tredadda
They did figure it out after trading away Tyreek, hence the #1 offense last year as well as a SB win.
For the above receivers, looking in hindsight it's clear that things did not go according to plan, but.........
1. Moore was going into year two and there was no reason to not expect him to improve.
2. Watson is what he is. Good for a couple catches a game. He was never going to be more than WR #4.
3. Toney has all the traits to be a #1 WR. His issue was always injuries. No one could have seen the issues he is having before the season started.
4. MVS was never going to be a true #1, but even based on his previous season he has regressed a ton. There was no way to see that coming.
Now on the other hand Rice is far outperforming even the most generous of estimates, so that was an unexpected positive. But to think Veach saw all of this and did nothing about it is ridiculous and very heat of the moment. He banked on a similar level of production. He guessed wrong. No GM is perfect. If KC goes into next season with this roster of WRs then he is negligent.
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The problem is 3 of those guys were evaluated every single day in practice. We knew their potential and how they fit into our scheme. They walked away from last year thinking Toney was wr1 (nevermind zero assurance he could stay healthy). They had to have seen skyys limitations. And Mvs has regressed but it’s not like he was a reliable wr even when at his prime.
People say nobody could have seen it coming. And yet several pointed out we don’t have a true Wr1, that we should plan for kelce regression sooner vs later, that just because mahomes can carry talent doesn’t mean it’s a long term strategy to not surround him wr talent, that we have a bunch of role guys and no target eater (with Toney, the injury prone guy, being the only one who seemed to break that mold). We’ve got plenty of receipts on that. We also decided with this experimental wr group we’d coach them up with an assistant with virtually no experience. Veach absolutely should have seen it coming, at least enough to know we needed a bandaid. That is a serious misstep with self scouting.