The Chiefs have moved up the draft board. The crew has acquired choose No. 28 from the Payments, together with picks No. 133 and No. 248. In change, Buffalo will obtain No. 32, No. 95 and No. 221.
With their newfound choose, the Chiefs have addressed a current place of want: huge receiver. The group has chosen Texas wideout Xavier Worthy with the No. 28 choose. It will pair Patrick Mahomes with a participant who simply set the NFL Scouring Mix’s 40-yard sprint file — at 4.21 seconds.
The Chiefs have given their megastar quarterback two new huge receivers this offseason. Neither Worthy nor Marquise Brown deliver a lot in the best way of measurement to Kansas Metropolis’s lineup; Brown goes 5-foot-9 and 180 kilos whereas Worthy checked in at 5-11, 165. That would deliver some challenges for the Chiefs, who’re coming off an uneven — properly, so far as Tremendous Bowl-winning seasons go — marketing campaign. The WR place performed a central position in Kansas Metropolis stumbling via the 2023 slate on offense.
Worthy’s blazing Indianapolis dash clearly enhanced his prospect profile, however the ex-Longhorns cross catcher is coming off a productive faculty profession. Worthy led final 12 months’s Texas iteration in receptions (75) and receiving yards (1,014). Worthy was not a breakout participant in 2023, both, having produced from 2021-23 with the Large 12 program. He totaled 12 touchdowns as a freshman — a 981-yard debut — and added 9 TD grabs in 2022.
Consistency actually would assist a Chiefs crew that acquired something however on the receiver place final 12 months. Putting excessive hopes on Skyy Moore and Kadarius Toney, Kansas Metropolis noticed neither would-be common develop right into a reliable possibility for Mahomes. The Chiefs’ receiving corps led the NFL in drops, and by season’s finish, the crew had change into simpler with Toney and Moore sidelined. Moore completed the season on IR, whereas Toney — after his healthiest NFL season — unusually questioned his harm standing in a recorded rant earlier than the AFC championship recreation. The Chiefs made Toney a wholesome scratch for Tremendous Bowl LVIII. Though Andy Reid stated Toney stays within the image for the 2024 Chiefs, the ex-Giants first-rounder seems on the verge of carrying out his welcome with a second NFL franchise.
Given the Chiefs’ one-sided rivalry (within the playoffs, that’s) towards the Payments, it’s fascinating Buffalo enabled the two-time reigning champions to bolster their threepeat quest with Worthy. The Payments will enter Day 2 with work to do at huge receiver; the Chiefs work right here, throughout an offseason that has admittedly seen extra hassle emerge (through Rashee Rice‘s hit-and-run arrest, which produced eight felony fees), is basically completed.
After all, the crew will await phrase on Rice — its saving grace at huge receiver final season. The 2023 second-rounder stays crucial to Kansas Metropolis’s 2024 plan, although Brown and Worthy stand to assist the trigger.
