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5 free agent WR options for the desperate Chiefs to help Patrick Mahomes

These five WR free agents might be able to help Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs a bit.

The Kansas City Chiefs have a wide receiver problem.

After wideout Marquez Valdes-Scantling dropped a game-winning touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night, it underscored how the best quarterback in the game doesn’t really have the help he deserves from his wide receiver group.

However, there are some legitimate options out in free agency right now if the team wanted to bring in a veteran and see if they could help, at least just a little bit. Right now, any positive momentum for Kansas City would be good.

The available names might not be superstars, but they could all possibly help Mahomes in some way. Let’s see who they are and how they’d factor in.

Top 11 remaining free-agent wide receivers

Here are the top 11 remaining free-agent wide receivers:

If the Carolina Panthers can’t find pass-catching help in the trade market, then how does the open market currently look?

Here are the top 11 remaining free-agent wide receivers:

 

Free-agent WRs who might make sense for the Panthers to sign

Are there any free-agent WRs worth signing? Let’s examine three possible options for the Panthers.

Dating back to the beginning of the month, there’s been a bit of buzz surrounding the Carolina Panthers’ search for a fresh wideout. But given their 0-6 record and a disposition to relinquish any more high-end draft capital, don’t count on a big splash before the trade deadline.

They could, instead, go through the bargain bin of free agency—a possibility recently mentioned by both Josina Anderson of CBS Sports and Joe Person of The Athletic. So, who’s still sitting out on the open market?

As long as you promise to temper your expectations throughout this post, we’ll present three free-agent receivers who may make some sense for the Panthers.

List of notable free agents after first week of training camp

There are some big-name options still available in free agency.

It’s usually slim pickings on the free agent market around this time of the year, but surprisingly, there are still several big-name players out there that remain unsigned.

Most of the notable talent is at the running back position with at least two or three potential NFL starters on the list. The Patriots could certainly use help at that position with Ty Montgomery going down with an injury.

They have mostly leaned on Kevin Harris and Pierre Strong Jr. as their top options behind Rhamondre Stevenson. Harris looks the most improved of the two, and they could make the decision to stick with him in the end.

However, they have visited with a few players on this list, including Ezekiel Elliott, Darrell Henderson and Leonard Fournette.

They’ve also reportedly considered a future visit with Dalvin Cook.

But there are more than just running backs on this list of NFL talent. Let’s take a look at some of the more notable unsigned free agents.

10 free agent wide receivers Broncos should consider signing

Going forward without Tim Patrick and KJ Hamler, the Broncos will need more depth at WR. Here’s a quick list of 10 free agents to monitor.

Following the losses of wide receivers Tim Patrick (Achilles) and KJ Hamler (pericarditis) on Monday, the Denver Broncos will likely sign at least one receiver in the coming days.

Hamler might be able to return to the team later this year, but Patrick is set to miss the entire 2023 season.

The biggest name free agent available is Julio Jones, but he is 34 years old and coming off a quiet season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Other big-game players available are Jarvis Landry (30) and T.Y. Hilton (33), who have both seen their production drop in recent seasons.

One unflashy name to watch is Nick Williams, who has had two different stints with the Broncos this spring. Williams is a local prospect who played high school football at Cherry Creek and started his college career at CSU-Pueblo before later transferring to UNLV ahead of the 2022 college football season.

With those names in mind, here’s a quick look at the full list of 10 free agent wide receivers the Broncos should consider signing.

The NFL’s best available free agents as training camps begin

As training camps begin, and the preseason is nearly upon us, here are the best free agent players left in the NFL.

Rookies and veterans are reporting to training camps around the NFL, which means that our long national nightmare of life without professional football is nearly over. Yay, but for a lot of veterans in the league, there’s still an element of waiting by the phone to hear from their agents regarding interests from NFL teams.

Not every veteran — even veterans who are still playing at a high level — have homes when training camps start. A lot of the players listed below will find those homes before preseason games begin in early August, and some will have to wait longer. (Yes, there are veterans who would prefer to eschew training camp entirely, and that has something to do with it).

So, as we head into the pre-preseason, here are the best players who, at this point, are still looking for their new NFL destinations.

4 things to know about new Bears WR Tyler Scott

From his pro comparison to his versatility, here are a few things to know about new Bears receiver Tyler Scott.

The playmakers keep coming for the Chicago Bears in the 2023 NFL Draft. Shortly after their selection of running back Roschon Johnson, the Bears added a weapon for quarterback Justin Fields when they drafted Cincinnati wide receiver Tyler Scott with the No. 133 pick.

Scott has top-end speed as a receiver and can take the top off a defense while also having the ability to be a dynamic playmaker when the ball is in his hands. He caught 54 passes for 899 receiving yards and five touchdowns during his final season with the Bearcats and gives Fields a new weapon to work with in a revamped wide receiver room.

Here are a few things to know about Scott and what he brings to the Bears.

How drafting WR Josh Downs impacts Colts depth chart

Josh Downs could compete as the starting slot receiver soon.

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The Indianapolis Colts went back to the offensive side of the ball with the No. 79 overall pick in the third round of the 2023 NFL draft.

Speedy wideout from North Carolina, Josh Downs, will be the newest weapon added for rookie quarterback Anthony Richardson and a new-look Colts offense under first-year head coach Shane Steichen.

A player that wide receivers coach Reggie Wayne said he “needed” at the position and was “the best in this draft” during the combine, will give Indy another way to stretch with the field with his 4.48 speed able to blow the top off of defenses. Downs also wins with route running and elite athleticism.

Slot threats like Downs are exactly what this offense needs to rebound from a disappointing 2022 season.

Downs will likely come into a young room of pass catchers and battle early in training camp with veteran Isaiah McKenzie for the starting slot role. It could be likely we see special teams as another avenue for Downs to make an impact early on in his career as a Colt.

Should Downs win early work out of the slot, this is a player who can be an explosive home-run threat that the offense has lacked out of the slot since the departure of T.Y. Hilton.

With eight more picks on Day 3 in this year’s draft after multiple trades, expect more exciting additions on the way to Indianapolis.

WR Zay Flowers draws T.Y. Hilton comparison

Zay Flowers shows shades of the Ghost.

Former Indianapolis Colts wide receiver T.Y. Hilton had the type of career that most wide receivers would hope for as they enter the league, and one of the top prospects in the class has drawn comparisons to the Ghost.

Using his top 50 overall prospects rankings as a reference, Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire released his comparisons for the 2023 class. It has more to do with play style than a projection of one’s career arc.

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For Boston College’s Zay Flowers, he drew the comparison to Hilton.

The Colts took Hilton in the third round of the 2012 draft out of Florida International, and though he had some work to do with the nuances of the position, the 5-foot-10, 183-pound Hilton could present nightmares to opposing defenses immediately with his explosiveness in all kinds of ways. Hilton was Andrew Luck’s best buddy before that whole thing fell apart, and I think Flowers has the same potential to make his NFL quarterback a very happy person.

Hilton was a perennial 1,000-yard receiver for the majority of his career with the Colts. If Flowers, a projected fringe first-round pick, had similar production, he would be ecstatic.

Flowers may be undersized as Hilton was, but he brings elite suddenness and change-of-direction skills to go along with crafty route running and a penchant for being physical over the middle.

If Flowers is still on the board at No. 35 overall, it will be a tough decision for the Colts to decide between trading back and staying to make that pick.

In relation to former Colts players, Farrar compared Georgia Tech edge rusher Keion White to Denico Autry and Kentucky quarterback Will Levis to Carson Wentz.

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PFF compares draft prospects to current, former Colts

Plenty of 2023 prospects compare to current and former Colts.

The 2023 NFL draft is less than two weeks away, and the Indianapolis Colts are working to solidify their big board ahead of the offseason’s biggest weekend.

As the draft approaches, Pro Football Focus handed out their player comparisons for the top 150 players in this year’s class, based on their own rankings. There were plenty of prospects who are being compared to both current and former players of the horseshoe.

It should be noted that comparisons are far from a perfect science and are meant to give an idea about a prospect’s play style or dominating trait rather than a projection of a career path.

Here’s a quick look at the draft comparables related to the Colts in the 2023 NFL draft: