Here is part II of the Kansas City Chiefs mailbag. To ask a question for a future edition, send it to me via Twitter (@adamteicher) and tag it #ChiefsMail.
@adamteicher Do u believe in what http://t.co/vURkjFGvIJ Greg Rosenthal said that the Chiefs have the worst wide recievers?#ChiefsMail
— mike baker (@bakerlegend11) June 4, 2015@adamteicher: That was true last season and it may be true again this year. But there's a chance the Chiefs will be significantly better at wide receiver this year. Jeremy Maclin is an upgrade over Dwayne Bowe. Albert Wilson will be a better player than he was last year. I like what the Chiefs have planned for De'Anthony Thomas. Chris Conley has a chance to help. A lot needs to fall into place for the Chiefs at wide receiver and not all of it will. But this year's group has more going for it than last year's did.
@adamteicher Why after three off seasons of the Reid/Dorsey era do the @KCChiefs still have one of the worst WR corps in the NFL?
— mullysalt (@mullysalt) June 5, 2015@adamteicher: Because they haven't made those positions a priority. They signed Bowe to a big contract and brought in Maclin with a similar deal this year when Bowe didn't work out as they hoped. Donnie Avery also didn't work out as the hoped. The Chiefs drafted two wide receivers in those three years (Conley in the third round and Da'Ron Brown in the seventh, both this year) and it's going to take some time to develop. Other than the contracts given to Bowe and Maclin, who wouldn't be here if Bowe could still be a No. 1 receiver, the Chiefs have barely invested at wide receiver.
@adamteicher Why did KC cut McGrath? Puzzling, seems like ideal #3 TE given lack of proven options after Kelce + Harris injury. #ChiefsMail
— Shawn Willemse (@ShawnWillemse) June 4, 2015@adamteicher: Sean McGrath is the tight end who told the Chiefs he was retiring on the eve of training camp last year and wanted back in this spring. The Chiefs released him and McGrath wound up signing with the Indianapolis Colts. The Chiefs don't need a starter because they have Travis Kelce and they won't need a No. 2 when Demetrius Harris returns after having foot surgery. McGrath could have been an ideal third tight end if the Chiefs determined rookie James O'Shaughnessy needs more time to develop. But McGrath quit on the Chiefs once and they were rightly scared off by the prospect of him doing it again.
@adamteicher Dude, the Red on Red look is very popular in the #ChiefsKingdom. Why are you doggin on it?
— CBNuttree (@cbnuttree) June 2, 2015@adamteicher: This is in reference to my comments that the Chiefs' uniform combination of red helmets, red pants and red jerseys used twice in the past two years made them look like a high school team and a poorly dressed one at that. It's an ugly look.
