Which position groups are the strongest in Chiefs history?

#8: Receiving Corps – the Chiefs receiving corps feature just one Hall of Famer, few standouts

Kansas City has only nine pass catchers in the team’s history to have been named to either a Pro Bowl, or a 1st Team All-Pro as pass catchers (three others have made the team(s) on special teams). Those players include tight ends: Tony Gonzalez, Travis Kelce and Fred Arbanas; and wide receivers Otis Taylor, Carlos Carson, Dwayne Bowe, Tyreek Hill, Andre Rison and JT Smith.

Amongst that list we find one Pro Football Hall of Famer (Gonzalez), one future Pro Football Hall of Famer (Kelce), and likely two players who should be in the Hall of Fame (and one day could be) in Arbanas and Taylor. It is too early in his career to speculate on whether or not Tyreek Hill could be a Hall of Famer, but certainly his trajectory suggests that it is possible.

This group moves up the list if and when those four players join football’s most elite club; and certainly the career of Patrick Mahomes will elevate the status of the group.

But for now, the receiving corps suffers from a significant lack of depth. The Chiefs wide receiver history is unimpressive, by and large, and when considering how many players have played the position for Kansas City, it becomes obvious why this is the weakest position group in the team’s history: 16 1st Team All-Pro selections, and 30 Pro Bowls (as receivers/tight ends, special teams additions have not been included here). When one takes out the tight ends, the receivers have five 1st Team All-Pro selections and 10 Pro Bowls.