****Our Wide Receivers Suck- Official Thread****

[Sofa King]

They can’t get open, they drop passes in their hands, their jet sweeps are slow and terrible. These guys are not good.

[Bl00dyBizkitz]

Originally Posted by DRM08

Re-watching the game. At the very beginning, Erin Andrews said Mahomes told her that this might be the most talented offense surrounding him in his career. Seems like a really generous statement. He had a more explosive Travis Kelce, prime Tyreek Hill, prime Sammy Watkins, prime Kareem Hunt in 2018. His LT & RT were pretty great as well.

That being said, it was nice to see better chemistry between Mahomes and the younger receivers like Moore & Rice in this Chicago game. It's hard to read into it very much given they were playing against a really bad Chicago defense. The Jets defense will provide a much bigger challenge next weekend and it will be interesting to see if the Chiefs offense can put together a high quality performance.

I wonder if he was just trying to give jos guys some juice saying that to give them more confidence, or he genuinely believes they're that talented. Cause like you said, thats a bold statement.

[O.city]

Or maybe he’s telling the truth?

[ThyKingdomCome15]

Our WR's seem pretty nice today.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by O.city

Or maybe he’s telling the truth?

Maybe.

I mean, Pat thought CEH would do well, and he also thought Skyy would do "big things" last season.


But my guess is that he's just talking up his WRs, because that's what vet QBs do when talking about their young/unproven WRs.

[MIAdragon]

Originally Posted by BossChief

I wonder how much of the bridge is burnt for Mecole Hardman. He’s buried in NY.

Before the injury, he was actually looking pretty good. His contract is peanuts and he can take those jet screen snaps from Skyy/Toney and make them lethal again.

I’d take him from NY on a “swap of 2027 7th round conditional picks” type trade…but for Veach to have never even offered him a contract probably suggests he’s done here.

No ****ing way.

[DRM08]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

Maybe.

I mean, Pat thought CEH would do well, and he also thought Skyy would do "big things" last season.


But my guess is that he's just talking up his WRs, because that's what vet QBs do when talking about their young/unproven WRs.

Mahomes will always compliment his teammates. That was the case in college even when the Tech defense would give up 60-70 points. Mahomes would blame himself and always say positive stuff about the defense.

So far it remains to be seen what will happen with the skill position group this season. We'll see if everyone involved (including Mahomes) can put together a more consistent offense than we've seen so far. It will be pretty cool if they develop into a pretty lethal unit by December.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by DRM08

Mahomes will always compliment his teammates. That was the case in college even when the Tech defense would give up 60-70 points. Mahomes would blame himself and always say positive stuff about the defense.

So far it remains to be seen what will happen with the skill position group this season. We'll see if everyone involved (including Mahomes) can put together a more consistent offense than we've seen so far. It will be pretty cool if they develop into a pretty lethal unit by December.

I agree with everything, up to "lethal unit."

As long as Travis is 100%, we don't need lethal. We need only as good as last season's JAGs.

[DRM08]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

I agree with everything, up to "lethal unit."

As long as Travis is 100%, we don't need lethal. We need only as good as last season's JAGs.

Lethal meaning good enough to drop 30 points on any defense in the league, even with a QB on a gimpy leg. They did that in the Super Bowl against a supposedly great defense.

The main thing I want to see is consistency with picking up first downs, avoiding turnovers & penalties, etc. Bears game was a step in the right direction, but it was against a terrible defense and there's still plenty of room for improvement by everyone involved.

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

I agree with everything, up to "lethal unit."

As long as Travis is 100%, we don't need lethal. We need only as good as last season's JAGs.

What I know is that if one guy had a 100, and another guy had 63, you'd feel better about the offense, when in reality, 4 guys combining for 163 is literally the same - and in fact, diversity in distribution is beneficial in many ways.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by DRM08

Lethal meaning good enough to drop 30 points on any defense in the league, even with a QB on a gimpy leg. They did that in the Super Bowl against a supposedly great defense.

The main thing I want to see is consistency with picking up first downs, avoiding turnovers & penalties, etc. Bears game was a step in the right direction, but it was against a terrible defense and there's still plenty of room for improvement by everyone involved.

Meh, they weren't great in the SB. They weren't terrible.

Literally, they were 11 catches for 81 yards, 2 TDs.


PHI, with a running QB, went 216 yards/16 catches, 1 TD.


But if that's the plan then as long as this year's WRs do what last year's group did, great.

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by DRM08

Re-watching the game. At the very beginning, Erin Andrews said Mahomes told her that this might be the most talented offense surrounding him in his career. Seems like a really generous statement. He had a more explosive Travis Kelce, prime Tyreek Hill, prime Sammy Watkins, prime Kareem Hunt in 2018. His LT & RT were pretty great as well.

That being said, it was nice to see better chemistry between Mahomes and the younger receivers like Moore & Rice in this Chicago game. It's hard to read into it very much given they were playing against a really bad Chicago defense. The Jets defense will provide a much bigger challenge next weekend and it will be interesting to see if the Chiefs offense can put together a high quality performance.

Didn't he say the deepest wr room? That's different than most talented offense.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by DRM08

Re-watching the game. At the very beginning, Erin Andrews said Mahomes told her that this might be the most talented offense surrounding him in his career. Seems like a really generous statement. He had a more explosive Travis Kelce, prime Tyreek Hill, prime Sammy Watkins, prime Kareem Hunt in 2018. His LT & RT were pretty great as well.

That being said, it was nice to see better chemistry between Mahomes and the younger receivers like Moore & Rice in this Chicago game. It's hard to read into it very much given they were playing against a really bad Chicago defense. The Jets defense will provide a much bigger challenge next weekend and it will be interesting to see if the Chiefs offense can put together a high quality performance.

IIRC, he was talking about the WR corps and he said it may be the most talented group he’s played with “top to bottom”, which is an important distinction.

Hill and Watkins are clearly better than our 1 and 2 now, but we’re much better 3-5 (or 3-7 if ya wanna get technical) now.

[Eleazar]

I see we’re at the “maybe we should trade a draft pick for Hardman” stage of silliness

[DRM08]

Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan

Didn't he say the deepest wr room? That's different than most talented offense.

Just listened to it again. “Top to bottom this might be the most talent I’ve had on offense, but it’s going to take some time. It’s on me right now. I have to simplify things and make better decisions.”

[O.city]

Evans left the field early last night in Tampa.....Clearly he's not happy.

Even if KC doesn't do it, kinda feel a move coming there. What woudl that take pick wise?