NFL analyst recommended Chiefs do something unrealistic to fix top priority
The Kansas City Chiefs offseason is just about over as the season is getting closer, but what one NFL analyst said they should do before it ends is just unrealistic. The Chiefs' offseason was a bit crazy. They lost a few very key players, replaced nearly all of them with guys who are either better […]
The Kansas City Chiefs offseason is just about over as the season is getting closer, but what one NFL analyst said they should do before it ends is just unrealistic.
The Chiefs' offseason was a bit crazy. They lost a few very key players, replaced nearly all of them with guys who are either better or at the same level, and then drafted a pretty good draft class. On paper, the roster looks just about set to start the season.
Sure, there are a few holes, most noticeably the wide receiver one spot, which we still don't know yet. The Chiefs were in the DeAndre Hopkins and Odell Beckham Jr, sweepstakes all offseason, but unfortunately settled with a rookie in the draft. Could they still use a number one guy?
Sure, but the odds of getting a pure, big-time number-one guy at the position are just not realistic at this time. One NFL analyst seems to think differently and thinks the Chiefs should make that their biggest priority before the season starts.
Top priority: Trade for a big-time wideout
Many a breath was wasted last offseason fretting over a Chiefs attack suddenly missing Tyreek Hill. Andy Reid turns panic into production and he'll do so again no matter who lines up at wide receiver. It felt like Kadarius Toney was just beginning to bubble into a figure of wonder come the Super Bowl. Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Skyy Moore, Richie James, and rookie Rashee Rice will help fill the void left by JuJu Smith-Schuster. Justyn Ross is a 6-foot-4 item of intrigue, too, but Kansas City rests in a unique spot. Player development is king, but trading for a plug-and-play star — maybe Tampa's Mike Evans or this column's oft-mentioned DeAndre Hopkins — would keep the Mahomes Machine a step ahead of the Bengals and Bills. -Marc Sessler, NFL
Let's be honest, while JuJu Smith-Schuster was the best receiver on the team, was he really a true number-one guy? I think he is more of a high-end number two guy than a pure number one. Yet, with a group of receivers he has never played with, excluding Mecole Hardman and Travis Kelce, Mahomes was still able to win a Super Bowl and an MVP. 2,653 of his 5,250 passing yards came from receivers, which is more than 12 other starting quarterbacks.
This bit from Sessler is unrealistic. For one, the Chiefs were in talks with the Cardinals but fell out on Hopkins. Secondly, Hopkins went on his Instagram Live and basically told everyone he didn't actually want to be traded. The Buccaneers aren't trading Mike Evans anytime soon, and if they did, the Chiefs don't have a ton of room to operate there, for him or Hopkins.
Now, obviously, Brett Veach is a magician and can make some moves to make it happen, but even still, Chris Jones is wanting an extension, and Mahomes could get his contract reworked too. The Chiefs are $1.7 million over the cap, per Over the Cap, in effective cap space. Mike Evan's base salary is $9.1 million for 2023 and Hopkins' is $19.4 million.
This is just so unrealistic and really can't happen, it makes me wonder if some journalists even check before writing some of this down. The Chiefs won't be able to get a pure number-one guy without doing anything crazy, so, they are stuck with what they have, which isn't a bad thing.
