I don’t think he was saying we’re doomed. There is more than reasonable concern because it’s not like we’re dealing with an all pro cast here. Right now it feels like. WR room full of 2s and 3s. Reid and mahomes are too good to not make it work. But it’s not going to get much easier. We have some elite pass rushes and corners coming up. We can’t be unrealistic about their limitations and there are plenty, not from the first few games but from their career body of work. I think most feel that skyy playing up to his potential is a missing piece. We are all willing to be patient until he gets there but without it, we will need to work around limitations.
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I'm as excited about what Moore could be as the next guy. But we don't have an idiot like that hack in Denver running this show. When he's ready and the offense needs him, Andy will work him in more. Until then, he can watch and learn. Andy certainly has earned the right to do whatever he wants in regards to offensive players and how they work in.
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A+ post
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With all due respect, I love me some Andy Reid, but his track record with receivers isn’t exactly stellar. He’s notorious for taking a very long time to trust WRs. Tyreek aside, who have we really brought along at the position? At some point we’ve gotta make a call on whether to give mecole his 100th chance or to let skyy get some learning reps out there. We aren’t close to there yet. But we’ve we may have to look there sooner than later. It’s one of the few areas where I don’t think you can necessarily blindly trust Reid. We found ways to get the ball into tyreek and mecoles hands as a rookie. We can find ways to do that with skyy too in meaningful minutes.
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:-)

OKchiefs and patience? No chance.
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And I'm sure we will as things move along during the season. He got some reps in week 1 against a trash secondary but was held back in week 2 vs a very good one. The Colts secondary is hardly the 2000 Ravens so perhaps he sees the field more this week.
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In principle, everything you say is true.

But check this out: over the next 5 games the Chiefs play IND, then TB, LVR, BUF, And SF. That's four legit pass-rushing team and IND who appears to have lost theirs somewhere.

Then the Bye, and then over the next 9 weeks KC plays only three teams with top-tier pass-rushing units in LAC, LAR and LVR.


Now vs. LAC Pat and the offense struggled a bit for awhile, though again he connected on nearly 70% of his passes, even with Bosa and Kalil chasing him around all night.

But vs. AZ, which didn't have any pass-rushers, Mahomes and co. went off.

So yeah, over the next 5 weeks things are probably going to be tough for the Chiefs, and they might drop 2 or 3 games before the bye. But after that this receiving crew is going to really start looking good.

And given the lack of good pass-rushing teams over the last 9 weeks, i think the Chiefs could almost cruise through the back half of the season after the Rams game. They might only legitimately lose a couple more games after the bye. Let's say they lose one other one due to Murphy's Law. Some flukey-ass game and the Chiefs somehow lose to . . . JAX or something. They're still probably looking at what, 12-5? 13-4?

And then once in the playoffs, how many AFC potential playoff teams actually have a top-10 pass-rush? Only BUF, BAL and LAC? And let's be honest, the only legitimately scary one is LAC.

Of course, it's just Week2, and that's a lot of ifs even for a way-too-early prognostication.

My point really is just that i think the Chiefs receivers will be good enough to win at least three of the next 5 games. And when they come out the other side of that bye, they'll be a significantly better group than who they are today, imo.

I mean, come on guys, you don't really believe that they're not going to improve as the season wears on, do you?
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The sell for Moore for me was that he gets open quickly, and that's what we're going to need against those pass rushers because Brown and Wylie will get beat quickly occasionally. I'm not overly concerned at all,it's pretty standard for Reid, but I hope he starts to pick up snaps soon.

I get the MVS pick up, we need field stretching speed. JJSS, I'll be honest, I loved him in 2018. I get that he's been banged up and had terrible QB play and that matters, but it's been awhile since he looked great. The BJ Kissel's suggesting he'd get 1,400 yards this year seem a little optimistic.
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Kelce was the number three TE for the Chiefs his first year. He saw very little action. Skyy will get more chances as the season progresses but it's too early for me to come to a conclusion on him.
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Kelce was on the IR his first year.
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I’m confident they’ll improve. But if we’re not that confident they’ll show in this 5 game stretch what does that say about our playoff hopes when we might see these defenses again? I get that we’re stuck between a rock and a hard place the next 5 games because skyy may be too raw to have success against real good defenses. But if we want to make a deep playoff run we’ll probably need him. We can be fine but it’s going to ask a lot from mahomes and probably our defense as well.

The chemistry is different since these guys never played together but these guys are largely known commodities. And each of them have known limitations. Not counting kelce of course. Limitations that can more easily be neutralized when you get instant pressure and I don’t want to keep relying on mahomes to make a million moves in the pocket to invent imaginary throwing windows. We’ve got 2 speed guys who are at their best when mahomes has time and 2 possession guys who are at their best when the speed guys can open them up. Skyy is a missing piece if he lives up to some of the hype. Not only can he get immediate separation with his routes he’s also our most dangerous catch and run guy. That’s something we’d ideally have by the time we play LAC again.
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He said he saw very little action.
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We won't sniff the playoffs, pete
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Not a real shock but I will put it on it being a short week and important game. I bet he will get alot more snaps this week.

Andy Reid on Skyy Moore's snaps through 2 games: "He'll gradually get more every week."

— Nate Taylor (@ByNateTaylor) September 21, 2022

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Yesss please
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