Chiefs HC talks importance of offseason for receiving core
The Kansas City Chiefs are going to go into the 2023 season with a receiving core that is down a bit. They lost two of their biggest weapons from that group last year, in this offseason. Mecole Hardman signed a one-year deal with the New York Jets and JuJu Smith-Schuster signed with the New England […]
The Kansas City Chiefs are going to go into the 2023 season with a receiving core that is down a bit. They lost two of their biggest weapons from that group last year, in this offseason.
Mecole Hardman signed a one-year deal with the New York Jets and JuJu Smith-Schuster signed with the New England Patriots. Now their group will consist of Kadarius Toney as the number one guy, Skyy Moore, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Justin Watson, and whoever else the Chiefs draft.
That is a unit that we basically saw last year, but there is just something different about this year with no Smith-Schuster and no Hardman. But head coach Andy Reid isn't exactly worried about it, as long as they have a great offseason.
"Yeah, I mean, I think it's important that, that they continue to grow both of them," Reid said on Kadarius Toney and Skyy Moore heading into the season. "You know, KT [Toney] now he hasn't, he's not like a seasoned veteran in the league. He's still a relatively young guy and young in this offense. So, growth will be important in how they handle this offseason. Now, how they handle training camp and you know that whole workload that comes with it, but I'm expecting good things from them for sure. They're wired the right way and they just got, they just got to keep improving and developing that relationship."
Reid mentioned in a way that this offseason is so important for them, and it is. Those two guys very well could carry the workload for the Chiefs, especially Toney. And Moore will get a lot more involved than he was last season.
The Chiefs will be active in the draft when it comes to a wide receiver. They will likely take one early too, but that doesn't mean he will be a huge part of the offense. We saw this last offseason with Moore, where he was drafted high, involved a lot in training camp, and ended up having to work his way into the lineup as the season went on.
This will be something everyone will be watching over the next few months, even if Reid isn't too worried.
