I don't want to get my hopes up. The playbook is a lot to digest. If he got some red zone packages and improved on his blocking a little that would be a win and enough to project him to TE2 in year 2.

I think this is realistic. It won't happen straight away, but he can still have a big impact

My only gripe with Wiley is that I wish he was a lot more physical and weaponized his 6-6 250lb frame more often, especially when 1-on-1 against db's, choosing to go through em for more yards vs stepping out of bounds.

That's one area where he and Kelce differ. Though Kelce doesn't SEEK to punish (ie Gronk) he will go through you if you're the only path to a bigger gain and/or a score.

But that's it. Other than that, I love the selection!

Indeed. But if he were all those things, he does not fall to the Chiefs. We'll train him up...

True. True indeed.

Put him in that Deadpool torture pod until he mutates

New Chiefs TE Jared Wiley was a high school QB who threw passes to Chargers WR Quentin Johnston.

They’d both go on to play for a National Championship together at TCU before both getting drafted.

He's still a pretty fresh convert. He only got two years of real play time not counting his time at Texas where he barely played. He time left to learn it.

The absolute best thing about this is we dont have to watch Blake Bell **** everything up anymore.

Gray, Irv, and Wiley are probs the best TE room we’ve had behind Killa Trav.

I bet this guy totally gets the road runner in his rookie year.

Kelce
Irv Smith Jr
Wiley
Noah Gray

Gonna be a competitive TE room this season.

Hopefully they play the kid a bunch and get him up to speed fast. Don't want to see them waste time on Smith Jr.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jared Wiley making crazy catches like this at the Senior Bowl! 🔥<a href="https://t.co/k72VLsqhOm">pic.twitter.com/k72VLsqhOm</a></p>&mdash; Brad Henson Productions (@BradHensonPro) <a href="https://twitter.com/BradHensonPro/status/1784940850545332544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Those hands though. I just know this guys going to out perform J'tavion Sanders.