What if K.C. Chiefs look internally for wide receiver help?

Antonio Callaway

Many fans may have forgotten that the Chiefs signed an intriguing prospect in Antonio Callaway to a reserve/futures deal prior to this offseason. The former Dolphins and Browns receiver has had an interesting career so far. Callaway was a fourth-round pick for the Browns in 2018, and he had a solid rookie season with 43 catches for 586 yards and 5 TDs. However, Callaway fell off a cliff in 2019 where he played in only 4 games and failed to even record 100 receiving yards.

The Browns eventually moved on and Callaway found himself in Miami where his performance was even more disappointing. It’s also worth noting Callaway has had some off-field issues. Now, Callaway finds himself in the Chiefs organization where he could redeem himself and, at just 23 years old, there could be potential. Also, for what it’s worth, if you play with the Chiefs on Madden ’21 right now, Callaway is listed as the fourth receiver.

Marcus Kemp

Marcus Kemp has been with the organization for a few years now and has mostly been a special teams guy. Surprisingly, Kemp got major playing time in the Super Bowl in the wake of Watkins’ injury, but he was progressing as a receiver in the 2019 preseason before tearing his ACL. There’s not much to say about Kemp besides that but the Chiefs clearly like him so he’s worth mentioning.

So, that’s what you’re looking at currently. The draft will be critical, but like we mentioned, the Chiefs will have several other needs and a rookie receiver may not completely fill the void. Nonetheless, if the Chiefs don’t sign a receiver, then that would be a clear message from Veach that the team is higher on in-house options than maybe most of us are.

Personally, I don’t really agree with this. I’d rather the team go out and get JuJu Smith-Schuster or Josh Reynolds with all that cap space they cleared because you’re a Tyreek Hill injury away from trotting out Byron Pringle, Mecole Hardman, and Antonio Callaway as your top three. That’s a scary thought. In the end we should trust that Brett Veach has a plan and that plan may be unpopular.