These days, it does not seem like there is much the Kansas City Chiefs don’t do well. The reigning two-time champions recently became the first team to repeat since the 2003-2004 New England Patriots after defeating the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in Super Bowl LVIII this past February.
Despite the Lombardi, it was not exactly a dominant season from the Chiefs. All year long, the Kansas City offense was inconsistent and even middling at times. This stemmed from a lack of legitimate wide receiver depth for quarterback Patrick Mahomes to work with. But all this could have been changed…
In a rare admission, Chiefs general manager Brett Veach actually expressed regret in passing on drafting Seattle Seahawks star wide receiver DK Metcalf.
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“Sometimes you don’t take guys and fans do the mock drafts, and they go through them years later and are like, ‘We should’ve taken this guy or that guy,'” Veach said. “But at the time, a player could’ve been off your board because you had character concerns or an injury concern. I think, looking back on DK, there were areas that we weren’t sure on, but there were none maybe that should’ve prompted us to bypass (him). I think that’s one player that sticks out.”
Even without dynamic playmakers at the wide receiver position, Kansas City is still a terrifying threat for defenses to contend with. Namely because of their MVP caliber quarterback in Mahomes. Yet, one can’t help but wonder (or tremor in fear?) about what their offense could look like with Metcalf hauling in Mahomes’ rocket passes.
Mahomes passed for 50 touchdowns in his first season as a full time starter, but has never eclipsed more than 41 in a regular season since then. It is hard to imagine this would still be the case if this offense was headlined by him, Travis Kelce, and DK Metcalf.
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