Darnell Mooney WR 2

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— Ty (@Iso_Ty_3) March 7, 2024

Yeah, looks just like Skyy Moore or Justin Watson.
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This is what happens when you write a post 15mins ago and never hit "send". Then everyone else chimes in and now you look like a follower, lol.
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I just have this weird feeling that there's gonna be a significant move (I lean towards trade) that'll come out of nowhere and surprise us...no idea why I think that but I do lol.
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This is one of those silly fence-rider moments I try to avoid and it's really just born of laziness.

If the Chiefs sign him - I'm going to be okay with it. Because they'll have some guy who's looked through every snap the guy took last year and noted why he did/did not succeed on those snaps. And they'll clock him in/out of his breaks. They'll watch how precise they are and make educated guesses as to whether or not he was making good reads and running good routes.

They'll put FAR more analysis into him than any of us possibly can. And if they end up deciding they are confident that the skills were there and mitigating factors are what held him back, they'll sign him.

If not, they'll move on.

And the reason I'm reasonably confident in them there is they got in MVS EXACTLY what they expected to get from him in season 1. And whatever happened in Season 2 - well no amount of homework prior to signing him could've uncovered it. Maybe he just lost a step or wasn't healthy. But they did the homework and got what they wanted in 2022.

I suspect they'll do the same in the WR market here in 2024.
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How about DeMarcus Robinson? I think that's more accurate.
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We already got the big move with Chris Jones. It's hilarious the Raiders settled for Christian Wilkins at a crazy price of $28M per year. No doubt they offered more than $30M per year to Chris Jones.
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Winning the Super Bowl last season has messed with people. First, it was a razors edge that we won the final two playoff games. Credit to the defense and some timely Mahomes led drives though. Secondly, the reclamation project/failure WR group was a huge issue all season and it never did work out for any of them yet people think we can just do it again. Sure we could, but who wants to run back those kinds of WR issues?
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We signed our big F/A. Might as well close the book on Chiefs F/A 2024 outside of some cheap, late additions.
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But I think Duncan's point is that Fields throws a shitty deep ball and doesn't throw to his secondaries on time and within the sequence of the offense.

If that's the case, it'll kill the production of a downfield tertiary option far more than it would for a guy who's a possession receiver.

Fields throws with zero touch and as little anticipation as I've seen from an NFL quarterback. I could see how that might hurt Mooney - a more niche player - more than it might hurt a more well-rounded weapon.
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I also agree. I don't trust him to be decent. Right now he's a reclamation project. If we sign him obviously he's great and I love him...
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Not really the same.


But I would take DRob back over any of the other junk we were running out there last year.

McVay knew how to use him.
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Honestly, that's what scares me the most.

That they were willing to pay $11M for a 48% success rate and 680 yards on 80 targets and were FINE with it.
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:-) No shit.
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It's almost as if the vet WR market is slim pickings.
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Quite a few folks, apparently.

I'd rather just draft and develop rather than throw $$$ at less-than-JAG's.
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