Chiefs wide receiver Kadarius Toney had a rough Thursday night to open the NFL season, as the veteran dropped passes in key moments of his team’s 21-20 loss to the Lions. Among his mistakes were a drop that led to a pick-six and a drop that would’ve put Kansas City in field goal range late in the game.
While many fans were upset over Toney’s performance, Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes went out of his way to defend Toney after the game.
“I have trust in KT. He missed a lot of training camp,” Mahomes said, via NFL.com. “Stuff is not always going to go your way. Obviously, he would have wanted to catch a few of those in the game, but I have trust that he is going to be the guy that I go to in those crucial moments, and he’s going to make the catch and win us some games like he did last year and get him more and more reps. I’m sure that those drops will disappear.”
