It is hard to forget the 2014 NFL season where the Chiefs won 9 games finishing second in their division despite not throwing one touchdown to a wide out all year. Despite throwing 18 touchdowns, the only non running backs to score touchdowns were tight ends, Travis Kelce and Anthony Fasano. 2015 was a turn around for the WR core who hauled in twelve of twenty touchdowns Alex Smith threw that year. Still managing a significant jump in touchdowns, other than Jeremy Maclin, the chiefs do not have any threat at receiver. Chris Conley, the second year man out of Georgia has much upside to him with his 6'3 210lb frame. Albert Wilson, a much smaller quicker receiver has recently shown play making abilities in the open using his speed to out run linebackers matched up against him in the slot.
Now, it is 2016, and the Chiefs want to address their vertical game. Drafting Tyreek Hill, a high risk player due to his past but extremely blessed with speed as a WR/KR could have major upside if Hill can learn from his mistakes. Hill drew comparisons to Devin Hester from Special Teams coach Dave Toub, who is leading return man in the history of the NFL (Hester). Tyreek ran a combine best 4.24 in the 40 yard dash, and even took to twitter to tweet his accomplishment. Besides Hill, the Chiefs did not make any major moves at WR, confident that with the mixture of Maclin and Conley and Wilson will continue to mesh together and improve. 2016 could be a big year for the Chiefs passing game, with Jamaal Charles sidelined from tearing his ACL almost a year ago.
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