The Chiefs have a SERIOUS problem...

For five weeks, no one could beat the Chiefs. Five games, five wins. Then yesterday night in Seattle, Mahomes and the Chiefs only scored three points. And here's the thing, it wasn't really Mahomes' fault, as the Chiefs have a serious problem. And the problem is one we've been talking about all year. It is the wide receiver position. And yesterday showed really how big that problem truly is. There's also one number from that game that not only highlights the big problem, but it's only happened twice in Mahomes' career, both times this season. Sort of write down the huge problem that they have at the wide receiver position, some reports surrounding new moves that are coming, as well as some interesting updates, comments, tons of stuff from after the game late last night. Before we get into it, very quick reminder to hit that subscribe button. You guys have been an absolute piece of support. If you're enjoying daily Chiefs content, this is the place to be. Hit that button. We're on the road to 2,500 subscribers. Let's start with the game yesterday, and honestly, there's not a ton to talk about. It was very ugly. Mahomes went 19 for 33, good for 165 yards, no touchdowns, and one interception. That's good, folks, for a 58.3 passer rating, and he's only had a worse one in four other regular season starts in his career. But the whole offense total put up only 213 yards, and they went three for 11 on third downs, and they never got inside the 20, not one time, which is the first time the Chiefs didn't reach the red zone in a Mahomes start ever, playoffs included. Now, their best drive of the night went for 13 plays and 44 yards. It ended in a field goal, and finally Harrison Bucker hit one, but their last real chance is when they were down 20-3. It was four straight incompletions, turnover on downs, and it was honestly a disastrous game. The interception from Mahomes came on a short throw to Jalen Royals, who was a rookie, and that was in the second quarter, but you could just tell Mahomes was looking for somebody, anybody, to get open outside of Travis Kelsey, and it was not happening and it really highlights this team has a wide receiver problem and to be fair to some of the wide receivers just in general Mahomes absolutely missed some throws yesterday he had a ton in the first half that were off target and it isn't like 100 on the receivers it's not 100 on coaching defense there's not one clear person to blame but when you watch it back and I did so this morning the pattern is the same nobody is winning the routes quickly no one is actually like i just mentioned winning routes and getting themselves open the pocket closes we can talk about the offensive line Josh Simmons all we want at the end of the day Mahomes needs to have somebody to throw to and i think that's the biggest problem three points highlights that is that ties the fewest they've ever scored with Mahomes starting the other one was in Tennessee back in 2021 here's the number i teased earlier Chiefs wide receivers yesterday six catches 39 yards on 13 targets and in 152 Mahomes starts his receivers have been held under 40 yards two times guess what those two are week one this year against Denver and then yesterday now i want to give some props to Travis Kelce he looks fantastic this year the tight ends had 88 yards Kenneth Walker had more catches than any receivers and the only two people that seem to care outside of Patrick Mahomes really seem to be Travis Kelce on the offensive side and Kenneth Walker and for them to get embarrassed in Kenneth Walker's return to Seattle against Seattle really it was sickening especially when on the other side, Jackson Smith and Jigba had an incredible game, nine catches, 150 yards, and a touchdown for what it's worth. Yes, one Seattle receiver had nearly four times as many yards as the entire Chiefs receiver room. That's what a number one looks like, and the Chiefs don't have one. Now, let's pump the brakes a little bit. It's one game. They're five and one. This didn't necessarily come out of nowhere, though, and I know a lot of Chiefs fans out there have been kind of talking about, you know, maybe the light schedule. Are Are they really going to be better than last year? And they're definitely off to a great start. They're five and one. They're in a good spot. But let's be honest about how their offense is right now. One that relies on 37-year-old Travis Kelce, who's somehow still leading this team in receiving with 24 catches and 343 yards. Is that a good thing? I'm not entirely sold, but I mean, shout out to him anyways. On Sunday, he actually moved into fifth all-time in catches. He's the guy still. But when your 37-year-old tight end is your number one option, that tells you everything you need to know about the room because the receivers, they obviously had planned to be there one, two, aren't on the field with Rasheed Rice, obviously hurting his hamstring in week four. But I also think that when Rasheed Rice comes back, they still need another wide receiver, especially with Ja'Quann Thornton, you know, going down. He was their deep threat, 219 yards and two touchdowns in four games. He was an up and coming star, if you want to call it that, or at least, you know, Patrick Mahomes, WR1, WR2. And obviously with the injuries to Rashee Rice earlier, he should be returning like somewhat soon at Ja'Quann Thornton with a devastating injury. They lost a lot, and we need, need the front office to get on the phones, Ace. Now, one name they had left, obviously, Xavier Worthy, did nothing yesterday. Literally nothing, and on the season now, he has 24 catches, 217 yards. It's 36 yards a game, and it's not necessarily a huge knock on Xavier Worthy, but is he a WR1? Absolutely not in my eyes. I think they need to actually go out and get someone who has the capability to do that, because right now, behind Xavier Worthy, it's rookies, right? you have Jalen Royals, Cyrus Allen, Andrew Armstrong who were called up for the first time, you know yesterday and was on the practice squad or got called up from the practice squad, sorry, they need to figure something out because yes these guys can grow into something but you don't kind of just Patrick Mahomes needs help through week six the Chiefs averaged around 139.2 yards a game which is 22nd in the league and that was with Rice and Thornton for most of it, both of whom they don't have right now and in the two games since those two guys went down, the total yardage from the entire wide receiver room 176 yards the real question right now is simple: who's the number one receiver on this team, I mean it's Travis Kelce right now, right? You can think about when this offense looked like it was at its best, we can rewind a few years ago, you know, we talked about the Tyreek Hill, like Travis Kelce's of the world, they need to get a wide receiver that can get downhill and maybe more importantly watching yesterday's game you could see in Patrick Mahomes's eyes that he didn't necessarily trust any of the receivers that were there obviously Mahomes had a few rough throws as well but the offensive line is collapsing quicker Mahomes isn't getting the ball out of his hands quicker they need to figure something out and on that note obviously we have to talk about up front the offensive line because the receivers aren't the only reason this offense stalled in yesterday's game it did start up front as well now Kenneth Walker he's been averaging 6.3 yards a carry over the first five games Sunday 14 carries 36 yards 2.6 yards per carry so he wasn't necessarily the dominant running back that he had been this previous five or so games. But at the end of the day, a lot of it was on the offensive line as well. Seattle hit Mahomes seven times and the one good run they had in the fourth quarter got wiped out by a holding call on Kingsley, which was unfortunate. And of course, everyone after yesterday's loss started talking about Josh Simmons as well. Simmons was the first round pick in 2025. I had a full video on him yesterday and you should go watch it because it kind of highlights the whole situation. But it's crazy because as soon as the update dropped yesterday morning surrounding the disagreement and the the bickering inside the locker room this was a game they absolutely could have used them since the Chiefs drafted him they played 14 games without him and eight with him and the earliest he can come back now is week 11 against the Cardinals and you all saw the report this week about the team meeting we covered it and you'll see I'll link it down below in the description it's a messy situation and not one right now that you can count on you know as it comes as pertains to fixing this offensive line also an update obviously Jalen Moore was in concussion protocol going into Sunday as well. It's been pretty rough, but there is some good news. I don't want this video to be all negative. And that is Khalil Benson, obviously undrafted out of Indiana was a right tackle in college. He's been a Holmes left tackle all year. Hopefully he can continue to, uh, to develop into a very good player because he obviously got, um, you know, offensive rookie of the month for September, which was pretty cool. So shout out to a shout out to him. So the offensive line isn't necessarily broken. It's a little bit banged up there's some weird controversy going on but right now you don't have a reliable offensive line you don't have a reliable wide receiving core and guess what else you do not have a reliable kicker Harrison Butker went one for three on Sunday he had a 58 yarder at the end of the half that came up short and to be honest that was a yes sure it's a difficult kick but those are ones now at this point of the NFL where kickers can use their own balls and kicking is getting more and more advanced by the year you need to have a kicker who can hit a 58 yarder it completely changes the outlook of the games. He also missed a 45 yarder with 833 left. You make that and it's a seven point game with over eight minutes to go. And we know what Mahomes magic can bring. It could have turned it into a different night. And his percentage now is down to 68.8% on the season. And from 2017 to last year, he made over 88%. So this is way off. And we've seen across the NFL, how, how much kickers vary year after year. So is it a slump? Probably he's been one of the best kickers of this era. I mean, we all know that when your offense is scoring three points, you don't really have any wide receivers. You cannot leave points on the field. And I'm not necessarily saying to cut him. I don't think you panic cut him right now, especially with the lack of kickers available, but it is one more thing on a night where they had a lot of things that needed fixing. It's another thing to kind of look at, but let's be realistic here as well. The team is five and one. The defense just a couple of weeks ago, held the chargers to six points. You have Kenneth Walker help is on the way Rashee Rice is getting better day by day. Maybe Thornton comes back later in the year but you cannot wait on maybes and coulds and woulds not with the Broncos next week Mahomes obviously in his prime you need to take advantage right now every single game I know this might sound like an overreaction but every single game you lose because of a lack of receiver or you know lack of whatever you want to call offensive line the trade deadline is 15 days away and I think you know Veach really needs to get moving here Obviously, everyone's going to talk about Tyree Kill. We don't know yet if that's super realistic. He would be a name that definitely makes some sense. There's other names in the trade market. There's Garrett Wilson, George Pickens, Keenan Allen. Stay tuned for a video later today on one of those guys. But ESPN's Dan Graziano does think they're going to make a move, but maybe not a blockbuster move. Whoever it is, the shape of it is the same. They need a receiver that can help take some of the, not even some of the stress off of Travis Kelsey, but it can just create some own offense for himself. It doesn't have to be a superstar. The one would be nice. Someone you can go to on third and seven, third and eight. Someone who can win a route against a very good cornerback. And most importantly, someone Patrick Mahomes trusts when the play breaks down. Because right now, the rest of this roster, I think is good enough to compete for a Super Bowl. The defense is good. The run game when the line is healthy is extremely good. it's one hole really a couple holes but it's one huge hole and it's a fixable one the question is how deep do they want to go to fix it so folks let me know down below would you take the Tyreek Hill swing and what do you think the biggest problem of yesterday's game was was it the offensive line was it Patrick Mahomes was it the coaching or was it the wide receiver room could also be Harrison Butker I don't think they're in trouble they're five and one but they definitely got exposed a little bit by the reigning Super Bowl champions so you fix the receiver room I think you're going to be in very good shape so folks i want to ask you guys a question if you're Brett Veach who are you calling first is it Tyreek Hill a trade for Garrett Wilson comment down below the broncos are next it's gonna be a lot to discuss but we'll see you for another video later today thank you guys for watching guys are beasts cheers