A couple of moments from the Kansas City Chiefs’ Week 7 loss to the Seattle Seahawks stand out. If you weren’t watching the NBC “Sunday Night Football” broadcast, you might have missed the one that says the most about the Chiefs’ wide receiver problems.

NBC Sports play-by-play announcer Mike Tirico is one of the best in the business. To be fair, everyone in a broadcast booth trips over a name now and then. However, Tirico made a few errors when referring to Kansas City’s wide receivers on Sunday night. He called second-year WR Jalen Royals “Jalen Rose.” He also called WR Andrew Armstrong, who was recently promoted from the practice squad to the 53-man roster, “Anthony Armstrong.”

Chiefs receivers aren’t making enough noise to get their names right

These might look like minor slips of the tongue, but they point to a much bigger problem at the position.

Royals is a second-year player the team needs to step up, especially with WR Rashee Rice out. He finished with no receptions on two targets against Seattle. Armstrong caught one pass for three yards on two targets. Neither player is making the kind of impact that would get Tirico to remember their names. Even so, the Chiefs are leaning on both of them in big moments and big games, including a primetime matchup with the Seahawks.

The rest of the box score doesn’t help. Kansas City’s leading receiver was Cyrus Allen, who caught an 18-yard pass on the second offensive play of the game and didn’t catch another pass the rest of the night. Xavier Worthy caught three of his six targets for 11 yards, averaging just 3.7 yards per catch. Justin Watson might have had the most consistent night of the group, catching his only target for seven yards.

Things should improve next Sunday against the Denver Broncos if Rice can return from his hamstring injury. Still, Rice alone won’t save a position group that has lacked talent for years now.

Could the Chiefs make a trade before the deadline?

It’s painfully clear the Chiefs need to trade for a playmaker at wide receiver. The harder question is who could realistically be available at the trade deadline.

Would the Indianapolis Colts be willing to move on from WR Josh Downs if they keep losing games? Indianapolis fired general manager Chris Ballard last week and then lost to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. We’ve already explored what a trade for a player like Downs might look like.

ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler continues to connect the Chiefs to Jacksonville Jaguars WR Brian Thomas Jr. He fits the mold of a Tyquan Thornton-like receiver who can stretch the field and potentially make an impact there. The problem is that Thomas has struggled to get involved in a Jaguars offense that’s actually pretty good this season. Is there more to his lack of production? And would he be an instant-impact player in Kansas City?

Neither of those addresses what might be the most important question. Would Jacksonville even want to deal with a team that could compete with it in the AFC playoff picture? The Jaguars have to get out of their own division before they have to worry about Kansas City. Still, it’s worth considering, especially if an NFC team offers something similar in trade value.

Names matter more than they seem

Sunday night reminded us again that this team has a long way to go at wide receiver. The Chiefs can convince themselves that someone on the current roster will emerge and step up. Against a capable opponent like Seattle, though, that hope ran into reality. The Seahawks are the kind of team Kansas City might face in the postseason’s final game if they can get there, and the Chiefs need better options than what they put on the field in Week 7.

It may seem like making a mountain out of a molehill to dwell on Tirico mixing up a couple of names. But a broadcaster as prepared as Tirico studies these rosters all week. If the Chiefs’ receivers can’t make enough of an impression for him to get their names right, defensive coordinators aren’t losing sleep over them either. That’s the big problem here.

Receivers who demand attention get it, from the broadcast booth and from opposing defenses alike. Until Kansas City finds one or two more of those players, Patrick Mahomes will keep throwing to a group that’s easy to overlook, and the Chiefs will keep paying for it in games like this one.