As the Chiefs head into their first exhibition game, by the way that’s what they are, not pre-season games as the NFL wants you to call them, the most talked about subject in training camp is the receiver corps, or lack thereof. This is what I warned of when training camp opened. There’s little speed and not much talent.
Former number one pick Dwayne Bowe has been dropped to third team after coach Todd Haley tired of him imitating Roberto Duran and his hands of stone in practice. Last week they signed free agent Amani Toomer to help add depth and he’s already second team with a bullet. GM Scott Pioli spent 63 Million dollars locking up new QB Matt Cassel, but Cassel must be wondering if this group is really who he’ll have to throw to this season. Some of these guy cans be timed with a sun dial.
Coach Todd Haley has coached wide receivers before and knows what great ones look like, he had an up close view of Larry Fitzgerald in Arizona, but no one in Chiefs camp comes close to carrying the jock strap of Fitzgerald. Bowe can be good, but he’ll never be great and after that the Chiefs roster is littered with the castaways of Gilligan’s Island and there’s not even a choice between Ginger or Mary Ann.
With the departure of Tony Gonzalez, tight end has become a huge weak spot as well, though not as important in Haley’s offense. Let’s be honest here. The Chiefs are just hoping they can patch something together this season and maybe find a diamond in the rough. Still, it begs the question, who’s going to catch passes this season? Someone’s going to have to and Haley is hoping they step forward starting Saturday against the Texans. If not, let the merry-go-round begin.
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