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The Kansas City Chiefs have a history of acquiring receivers at the trade deadline. Two years ago, the team sent a third- and a sixth-round pick to the Giants for Kadarius Toney. Last year, Kansas City reacquired Mecole Hardman from the Jets for a sixth-round pick. After both of those trades, both Toney and Hardman made key plays in the Super Bowl to help the Chiefs lift the Lombardi Trophy.
Those moves show that coach Andy Reid, general manager Brett Veach and the Kansas City brass are not afraid to add a key receiver at the trade deadline. And this year the two-time defending Super Bowl champions are more desperate to bring in a pass catcher than at any point in Reid’s tenure after losing their top two receivers, Marquise Brown and Rashee Rice, to injury. Brown has not played this year with a shoulder injury and will reportedly miss the entire season.
Meanwhile Rice is a potentially massive loss. He leads the team in receptions (24), targets (29), receiving yards (288) and receiving touchdowns (two) and drew a target on 33.7% of the team’s pass attempts, the second-largest share in the NFL. But he is out for at least this week’s game against the Saints—and potentially much longer—with a knee injury.
Multiple receivers—including DeAndre Hopkins, Amari Cooper and Davante Adams—have been floated as possible targets for the Chiefs before the trade deadline on Nov. 5, but how much would each receiver help Kansas City? And which receiver would help the most? The SportsLine Projection Model has crunched the numbers and has the answers.
The model, which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times and is up well over $7,000 for $100 players on top-rated NFL picks since its inception, says that right now the Chiefs (4-0) have just the fourth best chance to win the Super Bowl, at 13.8%, despite being one of just two undefeated teams in the league. But if Rice were to miss the rest…
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Author : Gene Menez
Publish date : 2024-10-03 19:40:01
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