KC Chiefs draft grade: Skyy Moore brings great hands in second round

Let’s look at our quick draft grade for the second-round selection of WR Skyy Moore by the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Kansas City Chiefs addressed their most pressing needs with two picks in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft by selecting Trent McDuffie, a cornerback from Washington, and George Karlaftis, an edge rusher from Purdue. Although general manager Brett Veach elected to trade up to the 21st overall selection in order to stick McDuffie, he was still able to retain both of his second-round selections.

Following their second trade in this year’s draft with the New England Patriots (Chiefs traded No. 50 for No. 54 and No. 158), the Chiefs selected Skyy Moore, a wide receiver out of Western Michigan.

What we like:

Skyy Moore has some absolute mitts on him—like some disproportionately large hands—and he knows how to use them. In this year’s wide receiver class, Moore is behind only George Pickens for the lowest career drop rate at 3.3%. He catches almost anything that comes his way and ran a 4.41 second time in the 40-yard dash. Good hands and vertical speed is a solid addition to a wide receiver room currently featuring Josh Gordon as the fourth option. Moore was also top-10 in FBS last year for receptions (95), and led his team in both receiving yards (1,292) and receiving touchdowns (10).

What we don’t like:

Although Moore registered 69% of his collegiate snaps on the perimeter, his 5’10” frame projects him more towards the slot in the NFL. This mostly hurts because he is average at creating separation, with a limited burst at the top of his routes, and while he is a considerable vertical runner, he will be expected to run more laterally out of the slot. The Chiefs have Travis Kelce and JuJu Smith-Schuster to run inside routes off the tackles, and unless Kelce is expected to take even more routes on the outside, it’s tough to envision Moore being an immediate impact player.

Two more misfortunes with this pick are the facts that the Chiefs traded out of pick No. 50, opting out of their chance at George Pickens (Georgia), and that Moore is considered to be “below average” on special teams, per NFL.com.

Grade: B-