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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
What the Chiefs did in the WR room in 2022 absolutely was "enough" to give Mahomes what he needed. The Chiefs were an efficient, balanced, and explosive offense that led the NFL in most advanced and standard passing categories. It was enough for Mahomes to be the league MVP, again.
What they did in 2023 was not enough, as of current date. That required a lot of factors to fail:
Valdes-Scantling regressing badly
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Toney and Moore both failing to take a step forward
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Veteran Toney/Moore insurance policy Richie James getting hurt early
If even one of those things is different, it probably looks a lot more like 2022.
Either way, saying they have failed at this since the Hill trade, period, is not accurate.
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While true I also think we're underestimating our ceiling when we compare ourselves to others. There's one school of doing just fine without help. Another school that says if we do this well with serious flaws, imagine what aliens Reid and mahomes become with more help. because to me we should always be in the conversation for #1 and our ceiling is to sprint away from the next closest #2 offense
For me, it's all the basic things we can't do that justify the need. It's quite amazing when you consider all the throws mahomes is not allowed to make because our WRs really have to have the ball spoonfed to them just for the chance to make a catch.