After a full offseason of retooling the defense and bringing in veteran coaches to the offensive staff, the Kansas City Chiefs still appear one player short of a truly complete team heading into the 2026 season. Despite Brett Veach's best efforts to find talent at wide receiver in the draft, he's yet to hit a home run pick at the position and might be better off looking toward free agency to find Patrick Mahomes, one of the very few down-to-down reliable weapons currently on the team.
In an article by PFSN's Alex Kennedy, he linked six-time Pro-Bowler Keenan Allen to the Chiefs as a potential fit, along with the Washington Commanders and Allen's longtime team, the Los Angeles Chargers. All three destinations make sense, and as Kennedy pointed out, even Allen, entering his age-34 season, the 14-year veteran could still provide value for any team in need of a steady pass-catcher.
""Among all NFL wide receivers, Allen ranked 13th in targets (122), 11th in receptions (81), 30th in receiving yards (777), and played all 17 regular-season games. He was the 55th-best wide receiver in the league according to PFN’s NFL WR Impact metric with a grade of 73.6. The six-time Pro Bowler is still a very good, reliable WR who can help a team that wants to upgrade its passing attack.""PFSN's Alex Kennedy
Allen's catches and yards last year on a run-heavy LA team would have eclipsed what any Kansas City wideout reached by far in 2025. While much of that has to do with Rashee Rice missing time due to his own antics and Worthy tearing his labrum two snaps into the season, it's a perfect example of why having a deep receiving core is paramount.
Six-time Pro-Bowl WR Keenan Allen linked to Chiefs amidst quiet free agency
For much of his career, Allen has been dubbed an injury-prone player, but since 2017, he's played between 13 and 17 games each, with the exception of 2022, when he played in just 10, still racking up over 700 yards. It's safe to say Allen is not the 1,000-yard-plus guy he used to be for so long in this league, but his route-running and field/defensive scheme recognition have been near the top of the NFL for some time, rivaling only Travis Kelce's. The two were actually in the same draft class of 2013.
It's hard to see where exactly a guy like Allen, who works primarily in the slot, would fit into the Chiefs offense, if he is looking to take on a large role of 70-plus percent of the snaps, as Rice, despite the headaches he's caused, is still the Chiefs starting slot WR, and when healthy, he's one of the best in the league.
However, Allen must understand that his being a free agent this deep into the offseason should inform him that teams don't exactly view him as a full-time starter but as a guy who can play roughly half the snaps and excel in providing for the team when his number is called. Allen would also be such a positive asset to a young Chiefs receiving room that could learn a thing or two from someone who has had so much sustained success throughout an illustrious career.
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