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After yet another quiet performance by Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Skyy Moore during Kansas City’s 24-9 loss to the Denver Broncos in Week 8, fans have apparently seen enough from Moore and want him traded.
“Get Skyy Moore off this team. Either cut or trade, but he needs to be somewhere else by Tuesday,” one poster on X, formerly Twitter, wrote.
“Now we see why Mahomes has no trust in Moore second game where our throws a perfect ball on 4th down and he has a chance to catch and he doesn’t come down with it. Trade Skyy Moore,” another user wrote.
“I would trade Skyy Moore for a 6th round pick in a heartbeat,” another user wrote.
Skyy Moore Nearing Bust Territory
Despite high expectations entering the 2023 season, Moore is nearing “bust” territory a year and a half into his NFL career.
As is the case with most rookie receivers in Kansas City, Moore had a quiet rookie campaign after being selected in the second round in 2022. He caught 22-of-33 targets for 250 yards in 16 regular season games and caught 5-of-9 targets for 17 yards and 1 touchdown during the postseason.
Entering Year 2 in the system, Moore was expected to have an increased role within the offense. However, he has failed to capitalize on that opportunity. Through eight games, he caught 14-of-27 targets for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.
The Chiefs are in desperate need of someone outside of tight end Travis Kelce to step up in the passing game. While rookie second-round pick Rashee Rice has answered the call with at least 4 catches in four straight games, Moore, along with Kadarius Toney, have not produced nearly as much as expected this season.
That’s why some fans are calling for Moore to be traded prior to the October 31 trade deadline. Moore has shown very little over the first year and a half of his NFL career that proves he can develop into a reliable pass catcher for quarterback Patrick Mahomes. So, now might be the time to ship him out of Kansas City before his value diminishes even more.
Despite fans’ pleas for Moore’s trade, his getting moved seems unlikely given Chiefs general manager Brett Veach’s history of in-season trades, according to Newsweek’s Joe Kozlowski.
“Veach took charge of the Chiefs in 2017 and didn’t make any trade deadline deals across his first three years on the job,” Kozlowski wrote in an October 28 story. “In 2020, however, he made one small move: dealing DeAndre Washington to Miami. The following year was a bit more active, the AFC West club sending Laurent Duvernay-Tardif to the Jets for tight end Dan Brown and acquiring Melvin Ingram for a sixth-round pick.
Last season was Veach’s busiest trade deadline, when he dealt for Toney and sent away Rashad Fenton for a seventh-round pick, Kozlowski wrote.
“Yes, you read that correctly. Veach’s biggest trade deadline saw him acquire an inconsistent receiver and an insignificant draft pick,” he wrote.
Chiefs Lose to Broncos in Week 8
The Chiefs fell to 6-2 on the season by losing to the division rival Broncos in Week 8.
In a game at Mile High Stadium in which Mahomes had the flu, a sickness was just about the only thing Kansas City’s offense could catch and hold on to in Week 8.
Mahomes threw for 241 yards and scored 0 touchdowns for the first time since 2021. He also had 3 turnovers (2 interceptions and 1 fumble). Receivers Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Mecole Hardman also each had fumbles, with Hardman’s coming on a punt return.
The leading receiver for Kansas City was Kelce (6 catches on 9 targets for 58 yards) and the leading rusher was running back Isiah Pacheco (8 carries for 40 yards).
In the Chiefs’ first game since linebacker Nick Bolton underwent surgery on his wrist, the defense kept Denver’s yardage low but couldn’t keep the Broncos out of the end zone. Quarterback Russell Wilson threw for 3 touchdowns en route to a 119.3 quarterback rating. The Chiefs did manage to sack Wilson 6 times, one of which was strip-sack, though.
Coming off of their first loss since Week 1, the Chiefs will get ready for an international trip to face the Miami Dolphins in Germany on November 5.
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