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Originally Posted by Shoes
The NFL is a sink or swim league, I understand that Skyy comes from the MAC which isn't going to have the same game speed or coaching as the SEC but you don't have to go very far to show other small school receivers who showed a lot more than Skyy has early on in their careers. This doesn't mean that Skyy is a bust, doesn't mean that he can't be a valuable receiver for the Chiefs but it is fair to say that the start of his career has been underwhelming. He hasn't really flashed his talent much at all, and unfortunately he has been a train wreck returning punts (I blame the coaching staff for square peg round hole).
Diontae Johnson from Toledo, Cooper Kupp from Eastern Washington, Darnell Mooney from Tulane are all examples of small school receivers who flashed and earned playing time in their rookie seasons.
There is still a ton of runway on Moore's career for him to get going, but it's not unfair to say that Skyy has been a little disappointing. I think for me personally, it would go a long way if he flashed a bit especially in the redzone where I think the Chiefs have a bit of a deficiency. Kelce is a monster, Juju and Fortson are formidable but Hardman and MVS lose a little bit of their effectiveness when we can't take the top off. I think Moore can shine in the redzone as the season goes on. Moore doesn't need to have a monster season but the attributes that led him to be drafted in the second round have to shine here and there.
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We can't compare Skyy's production to those other WR's because those other guys were on teams that had no one else. Skyy is blocked and it didn't matter how good he looked in practice or in his very limited opportunities to play, he was never going to get more than 30% of the snaps in any game unless someone got injured.
Diontae Johnson was on a team that had JJSS, who missed 4 games, and James Washington was the leading receiver with 735 yds. No other WR had over 72 yds.
Cooper Kupp only had to fight for snaps with Robert Woods, who missed 4 games, and Sammy Watkins. No other WR had over 104 yds.
Darnell Mooney had Allen Robinson and Anthony Miller as the only other WR that were over 132 yds receiving.
No rookie WR for an Andy Reid team is going to be taking snaps from veteran WR that are playing even just average. Moore has 3 of those guys in front of him right now. He's the number 4 WR on this team and that was never going to change barring injury. If we do have one of those 3 guys ahead if him miss a few games and he's still not producing much of anything, then yeah you could be disappointed.
Skyy Moore's season is next year. That's when we will be able to judge him fairly and if he's not on the field next year, then that will be a huge sign that he's not good.
So I think to say he's been disappointing isn't fair at all when it comes to him being a WR (he's been God awful with punts).