Thankfully, we do have some historical precedent there - the Chiefs drew up plenty of plays to manufacture touches for Tyreek Hill, a similarly shifty and agile player to Toney who could turn any play into a touchdown. With offensive genius Andy Reid calling plays and Patrick Mahomes executing them, look for the Chiefs to design plenty of touch passes, screens and reverses simply to get the ball in Toney’s hands and allow him to work his magic from there. Toney is somewhat limited as a prospect - he isn’t quite big enough to consistently win on the outside and is still developing as a route runner - but one area where he excels is with the ball in space. Granted, it was on a rather small sample size, but it is promising to see that Toney has already had success in this offense. In fact, Toney averaged 2.63 yards per route run with the Chiefs last year, which would have ranked second in the entire NFL if he qualified.
So, while Travis Kelce will surely pace the team in targets, there is plenty of opportunity for Toney to receive the volume necessary to be great. The Chiefs are also one of the pass-heaviest teams in the league and have ranked either first or second in neutral-down pass frequency in each of the last five seasons. After JuJu Smith-Schuster left for the Patriots in free agency, Toney is the top wide receiver on the Kansas City depth chart alongside deep threat Marquez Valdes-Scantling.
If Toney were to finally put together a complete season and assert himself as a star in the NFL, there is no better place for him to do it than with the Chiefs. This is part of why it is so difficult to evaluate Toney as a fantasy option: There are no prior examples of a player who played so little, yet was so productive when they were on the field, making Toney uncharted territory in fantasy football. The Super Bowl was perhaps a perfect encapsulation of his career to date - Toney played just 11 total snaps against the Eagles, but he caught one touchdown and had a 65-yard punt return to set up the go-ahead score in that limited playing time. Toney continued to have flashes after being traded to the Chiefs. ⬇️All Targets vs the Cowboys⬇️ /lVzEDoeDJl Where did you draft Kadarius Toney in your rookie drafts this season?
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