The Chiefs’ Receiver Problem Is Now an Emergency

The Chiefs’ wide receiver problem has risen from localized concern to public health emergency.

A gut-punched Arrowhead Stadium watched as Kadarius Toney lined up offsides, just before executing one of the greatest regular-season touchdowns we’ve seen in the past three decades (only, of course, to have it called back because he lined up offsides). Toney caught a potential game-winning legal lateral from tight end Travis Kelce, crossing the goal line high-stepping in a modified Deion Sanders impression. It took Toney about a full minute to realize that he was a full helmet’s length ahead of the receiver on the other side of the formation.

Mahomes said the call on Toney’s touchdown was “tough to swallow” and “not what we want for football.”

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