Why the Chiefs badly need a top receiver in 2025

Yahoo

10-02-2025

Yahoo Sports fantasy analysts Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens discuss the potential options for Kansas City this offseason to upgrade its receiving corps and how the team can get back to the Super Bowl. Hear the full conversation on the 'Yahoo Fantasy Forecast' podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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I'm sick, I'm sick of doing this with the Kansas City Chiefs, like, get me one real outside receiver, OK?
Like somebody that can run a, a damn, you know, um, 8 to 10 yard curl route against man coverage and like really scare the scare the, the, the, the defense vertically on the outside.
And come back to the football so that like when you're Patrick Holmes and you're under pressure, you get to the top of your drop and that guy is open or you can anticipate him being open.
We have not had a receiver to do that in this, in this, in this era of Chiefs football.
You know, obviously Tyreek is like a one on one player, um, so it's, it's like not even bothering to compare back to then, but like since the Tyreek trade, it's been a lot of these like gadgety power slot guys.
I, I don't think Worthy is a pure gadget player.
I think he's a really, really good player, but I'm just talking about the specific arc type of receiver.
It's probably not gonna happen because like you said, they have a lot of uh needs, but I mean just somebody um somebody in that mold, at some point in the draft, maybe like a low cost free agent.
You know, shoot, even if it is like a, you might have to go veteran rental route, you might have to go like distressed asset Stefon Diggs or like, you know, something like that, but shoot, like I, I would take that at this point if you're the Kansas City Chiefs cause, you know, Rice, if he's out there, Worth if he's out there can probably be your primary target players, but they gotta have a player like that, I think if they want to reach their offensive ceiling and, and I, I will, I will die on that hill.
Diggs is probably a good call, that that might be the best case scenario there, but they do need, they do need something, cause again, you've got like we're we're talking about 29 year old Patrick Mahomes and you got to the Super Bowl and your window is very open for the next, you know, for the foreseeable future.
Um, and I, I would love to see it as well because it's, it's so, it's so stark when they're, when they're in a matchup with a team like Philadelphia, um, that has an AJ Brown, right?
Like, my God, like, let's, let's pair something like that with Patrick Mahomes for a few years and see what it looks like.
You know this, this team needs to trade for George Pickens.
Like, I keep, I keep like imagining that in my mind because I think George Pickens will, again, you could convince me in 2 years he's out of the league or he's, uh, one of the best receivers in the NFL.
That's just like that's the George Pickens range of outcomes.
Um, and, and I feel like if one of those spots where he could maybe be on the uh positive end of that is is Kansas City, and that's like the exact type of receiver they need.
Probably not like a true, you know, they're not gonna find an AJ Brown.
I, I doubt they're gonna find an AJ Brown out there, like, show me where that sleeping giant is at this point.
Um, it's probably not.
Going to be available in the draft, but like just a, just a good starting ex-receiver who can beat man coverage, like get, get that guy and like I think they have to do something creative in that mold.
I'm not saying exactly like they gotta go out and trade for George Pickens.
Oh, their problems are solved, but like something creative in that mold, I think is probably what the Chiefs have to do a wide receiver.
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