The Kansas City Chiefs did not have a true top receiver last year following the departure of Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins, but it sounds like they have found a player who they think can be a viable replacement for Hill: Kadarius Toney.
While Kararius Toney has not really been heavily utilized in the vertical passing game throughout his football career, Chiefs general manager Brett Veach told Adam Teicher of ESPN that the team expects that from him going forward, believing he can be the team’s top wide receiver.
“He’s predominately been a guy that is a slot receiver, returner, runner — a gadget guy, if you will — but I don’t know if there is a limit on his game because he has a vertical game,’’ Veach said according to Teicher. “I don’t know if [his college team, Florida was] one that vertically pushed the ball down the field, and his time early on in New York, I don’t know if they were a team that really vertically pushed the ball down the field.
“It’s a fair question to [ask]: ‘Has he ever played with a quarterback that likes to push the ball down the field?’ We have a lot of high hopes for him. He was a first-round pick for a reason. There’s a reason why we traded for him and we felt like he was first-round talent.”
Veach pointed out that the team was limited in what they were able to do with Toney last year given that they acquired him in the middle of the season, but he’s optimistic about his future.
“I think the sky is the limit for him.”
[ESPN]
