Chiefs OC Matt Nagy describes what the WR room is like during OTAs
The Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver room looks a little different than we are used to, but the Chiefs' offensive coordinator isn't worried a bit.We have talked about it relentlessly, as we did last offseason. When Tyreek Hill was traded, no one really know how good the offense would be without their speedy All-Pro. But, […]
The Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver room looks a little different than we are used to, but the Chiefs' offensive coordinator isn't worried a bit.
We have talked about it relentlessly, as we did last offseason. When Tyreek Hill was traded, no one really know how good the offense would be without their speedy All-Pro. But, they ended up still having the number one offense in the league, even ahead of the dynamic Philadelphia Eagles.
This year they are losing another WR1, as JuJu Smith-Schuster took a deal with the New England Patriots. The Chiefs are now banking on Kadarius Toney, Skyy Moore, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, and now Rashee Rice, to be the core group of receivers for 2023, and they aren't worried about a thing.
"It's competition," Matt Nagy said to the media last Thursday. "And I think any type of competition that you have always brings the best out of everybody. And the one thing that you see with Brett Veach, Patrick [Mahomes], and what they've done over all this time together is, no matter who it is, whoever the name is, whoever the experience is, they do a great job of making it work for a lot of different reasons because of who they are.
"And, when you have a bunch of guys that come in, that are competing for different spots, and it's fun, because you feel the energy, every single practice, there's no one taking a day off. And now it's just a matter of working through what we went through last year."
This group, for the most part, all have championship experience. The only guy that wasn't on last year's team is Rashee Rice, the rookie out of SMU. KT and Moore both caught touchdown passes in the Super Bowl, while MVS had 116 receiving yards and a touchdown in the AFC Championship when every other receiver went out with an injury.
The Chiefs are not worried about their receiver situation, even if it could end up being a big problem. They are relying on KT to be their WR1, which is a risk in itself. Not because he doesn't have the skillset – he does, but because he has a history of injuries.
Sure, getting DeAndre Hopkins would be cool, but it sure doesn't sound like they are very stressed about the way the room currently looks.
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