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Originally Posted by Chris Meck
But again, what is a WR1? I'm not familiar with that position.
If you mean THE stud WR that's going to catch 100 balls for 1000 yards, then no, we really don't need that. We have a guy that's going to catch 100 balls for 1000.What we NEED is a group that can accumulate another 2500-3000 or so, and your backs are going to add another 500 or more in receptions, and you're going to be top 5 at worst and probably more like top 3 with as good of a chance at #1 as anyone.
Skyy barely played. A starter role will absolutely be exponentially different statistically, and that's not a stretch. Toney's only question is health. Will either go for 1000? Maybe, maybe not. Does either need to? One of them probably needs to get close.
There's no reason at all not to expect that.
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FYI: the entire WR room barely surpassed 2,600 yards. The first four, the WR1/2/3/4, just peeked over 2,200. Well behind the top-10 offenses in 2022.
The average number of TDs scored by the top-10 receiving corps in the NFL was over 22. The Chiefs entire WR room scored just 13.
And you don't really expect Toney to play in 17 games this season, do you? I mean, the kind of surety to bet your house on it? Of course not.
If Toney plays in 12 games in 2023 that would be a pretty significant leap as far as his career availability is concerned, but still well short of what we need from him to be the primary WR in KC.
Skyy tripling his yardage production in just his second year may not be realistic. i think he may not ever become a true WR2, that he may be really a solid slot WR, and nothing more. Which isn't bad; if he becomes 70-75% of Edelman/Welker, great. That would be well worth the pick.
Oh, and Skyy did play. He was on the field for virtually every rushing snap, as the best run-blocking WR on the team. And he is pretty good at it.
And he was out there in plenty of passing snaps. Though, as we've discussed, he was usually the 3rd option at best, unless the play was schemed for him. But he had inconsistencies in his ability to get a good release vs. press, and in his route-running mid-stem/at the break. he's going to be a work-in-progress this season. We might see the finished product next season. Bottom line, 750 yards seems a little optimistic for Skyy in 2023. 600 (+/-50yds) would be a more realistic goal.