There isn't much room for error when you're in the business of contending for Super Bowl championships year in and year out. The Kansas City Chiefs know this as well as any contender, as this has been the franchise's reality since Patrick Mahomes stepped into the role of the team's starting quarterback.
With a quarterback who takes up over 10% of the team's cap space on his own, Kansas City cannot afford to miss on draft picks at any position. Let alone missing on picks that directly impact what Mahomes and the offense can accomplish.
This leaves one Chiefs veteran skating on thin ice as we move into August and the second week of training camp.
Skyy Moore isn’t in team period and is working on the side with athletic trainer David Glover. Now running sprints on the side. Pencil him down as limited. https://t.co/kZuSDNtzSK
— Matt Derrick (@mattderrick) August 3, 2025
Chiefs WR Skyy Moore on Thin Ice After First 2 Weeks of Training Camp
When Kansas City selected Skyy Moore out of Western Michigan in the 2022 NFL Draft with a second-round pick, the thought was that the wideout would go on to be the next great skill position player with Mahomes distributing the ball in his direction.
Well, three seasons and 36 games later, Moore is anything but the player that the Chiefs' front office expected him to develop into. For his career, Moore has 43 receptions for 494 yards and one touchdown. This is far below the expectations for any receiver selected in the top 55 picks of a draft.
His lack of production in the past isn't the only thing haunting Moore during training camp, either. The veteran wide receiver has been dealing with a hamstring issue that forced him to miss multiple days of practice before he was eventually able to return to the field on Sunday with a compression sock on his leg.
With players like Tyquan Thornton and rookie wide receiver Jalen Royals impressing in camp thus far, the window for Moore to establish a role for himself in Kansas City could be closing quicker than the veteran had ever anticipated.
He'll need to not only hit the ground running as he returns to practice, but also demonstrate why he's worth keeping around during KC's preseason slate. If he can't impress playing against fellow reserves as a fourth-year pro, he'll force the Chiefs' hand.