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The Kansas City Chiefs shall be in in conjunction with one other receiving option in free agency.
Per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, the Chiefs are amongst several teams eyeing Chicago Bears wide receiver Darnell Mooney, who entered free agency this week.
Mooney, 26, had 414 receiving yards and a landing on 31 receptions this season. While taking half in below Bears former head coach and present Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy, Mooney had 1,055 receiving yards in 2021. If the Chiefs sign Mooney, it could maybe reunite him with Nagy, whom he had the most success with to this point in his four-year occupation.
Mooney is coming off a four-year, $3.56 million rookie deal and is an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his occupation. Mooney declined a 3-year extension with the Bears earlier than the 2023 season.
While Mooney hasn’t chanced on unprecedented success over the closing two seasons—failing to memoir more than 500 receiving yards in 2022 and 2023—he has proven flashes and could even be a productive option, in particular if Patrick Mahomes is his quarterback.
The Chiefs chanced on plenty of success in 2023, worthwhile a second straight Gigantic Bowl, however the wide receiver neighborhood modified into one of many excellent issues sooner or later of the in trend season. Dropped passes and miscues from the receiver neighborhood had been identical old all season and led many to factor in Kansas City did not enjoy what modified into desired to web one other Gigantic Bowl.
Finally, Mahomes and the Chiefs managed the receiver woes, but in conjunction with a gifted receiver to the combine shall be what helps the Chiefs web an unprecedented third straight Gigantic Bowl.
