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There is nowhere else for Chiefs Kingdom to hide. The mastodon in Arrowhead Stadium’s locker room has gotten bigger. The sooner we accept the reality, the better, as it cannot be avoided. Please pay close attention to this: the Kansas City Chiefs offense cannot be improved during the regular season. This football team’s biggest weakness is its very incompetent wide receiving corps. Now that the trade deadline has passed, there are no workable answers. Unfortunately, this team’s future is beset by an inconsistent group of offensive skill position players.

The Chiefs would have been four or five feet from the end zone had the veteran wide receiver—who also happens to be the highest-paid player in the room—dropped a throw. From the 2-yard line, Kansas City would have had a goal-to-go opportunity for a possible go-ahead score. In the Chiefs’ Monday night loss to the Eagles, the two receivers they had the biggest bets on during the offseason combined for three catches and sixteen yards. For crucial errors in the game, Justin Watson is certainly deserving of some criticism, but to be honest, he shouldn’t even be in a position to contribute much to the offensive effort. Throughout the game, Watson was targeted eleven times due to a lack of

I’ve said it before, but it’s worth saying again: general manager Brett Veach made a grave mistake by putting all of his money on Skyy Moore and Kadarius Toney’s development. It is unfair to Patrick Mahomes to expect him to improve this mediocre, marginal receiver talent. That’s just asking for too much, even considering an incredible array of achievements early in his career. We’ve watched this film. For years in Green Bay, poor receivers brought down Aaron Rodgers. For any quarterback in the National Football League, even the quarterback who is considered the “best in the business,” having a strong supporting group is essential.