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Richie James was added to increase the floor of the WR room. Even if Toney misses half the season to injury and Moore doesn’t improve much, the drop-off from Smith-Schuster to James is less than you’d think in terms of function in the offense.
Hardman was healthy for a number of games equal to the worst case scenario or floor imagined for Toney, so it’s hard to chalk up much “miss” on that to me.
I think the Chiefs have added a lot of versatility to the WR room.
They’ve got quick-twitch guys who can uncover vs man, break tackles and YAC it up. They’ve zone beaters in Valdez-Scantling and James and potentially Rice. They’ve got a guy who wins vs both in Kelce. And with Rice they have a WR who can win 1x1 downfield.
They just have a lot more ways to attack Ds.
That versatility is the key to the offense moving forward.
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