The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs parted methods with extensive receiver Kadarius Toney this week and regardless of an underwhelming finish to his tenure with the staff, basic supervisor Brett Veach doesn’t remorse the midseason commerce he made two years in the past to accumulate him.
Veach despatched 2023 third- and sixth-round picks to the New York Giants in 2022 for the promising then-23-year-old wideout. However after 20 video games in two seasons, it was clear Toney had run his course in Kansas Metropolis.
“I do not suppose we’re sitting right here going for a 3rd straight Tremendous Bowl [championship] had we not made that commerce,” Veach stated, by way of ESPN. “So, from that standpoint, we would do it over again in a heartbeat.”
Toney’s largest contribution was his efficiency in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles in Tremendous Bowl LVII. He had one catch but it surely was a landing and he arrange one other rating later within the fourth quarter with a 65-yard punt return that put the KC offense on the five-yard line.
However except for that one recreation, the rest of Toney’s time in Kansas Metropolis was forgettable.
He spent vital time battling accidents, together with final season when he tore his meniscus throughout coaching camp. Toney performed many of the yr however was on the staff’s damage report for 19-of-21 video games and his effort in observe was typically referred to as into query.
“We’re definitely disenchanted,” Veach added. “I believe he is disenchanted. We actually favored the child, and I do know that folks have totally different takes on Kadarius, however I do know on this constructing he is a brilliant child, he is a wise child. Once you look again on it, some of these items is a stroke of dangerous luck with regard to a number of the accidents you may’t management.”
Toney ended his Chiefs run with 41 catches, 340 receiving yards and three touchdowns plus 16 punt returns for 119 yards.
