3 Chiefs Unlikely to Return in 2025 After Poor Start to Season
By Joe Summers
![Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, center right, looks on with his staff during the fourth quarter of a preseason NFL football game Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024 at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla. The Jacksonville Jaguars defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 26-13. [Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union]](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,w_6000,h_3375,x_0,y_25/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F220%2F01j9417scya3q6d9t3kk.jpg "Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, center right, looks on with his staff during the fourth quarter of a preseason NFL football game Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024 at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla. The Jacksonville Jaguars defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 26-13. [Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union]")
2. Skyy Moore - WR
Skyy Moore has one more year on his rookie deal after this season, but the writing is on the wall. He was fifth in snaps at wide receiver before Rashee Rice's injury, then promptly dropped a pass on a critical third down against the Chargers and was benched for Mecole Hardman.
Brett Veach is frustrated with him, and it's hard to imagine him sticking around for another season barring a breakout. Moore can play a role on special teams, though Kansas City's receiver room should be just as crowded next year as it was entering this one. He doesn't have Patrick Mahomes' trust and with just 494 career receiving yards, he's failed to live up to the hype as a 2022 second-round pick.
After Lions QB Jared Goff caught a TD pass on Monday Night Football, Goff and Moore now have the same number of career receiving TDs.
Andy Reid on Skyy Moore:
— Jordan Foote (@footenoted) September 30, 2024
"Skyy's a good football player. He's given us some good downs. He had the one drop yesterday on the third down that he knows he has to make, but he's given us some good downs over these four games. We're OK there."
Andy Reid expressed steady confidence in Moore, though the snap counts tell a different story. So do the statistics. During Moore's rookie year, Patrick Mahomes had just a 51.3 passer rating when targeting him. Last year, his passer rating was 50.8. Considering that Mahomes posted overall passer ratings of 105.2 and 92.6 in those campaigns, Moore's production was alarming.
It's possible that Moore plays out his rookie deal before going elsewhere. However, if Veach continues to invest in the position, Moore will be on his way out unless he turns things around in a hurry.