4 teams who could provide a nice change-of-scenery trade for Skyy Moore

The Kansas City Chiefs are the ones usually on the end of conversations like this. When discussing taking a potentialy flyer on a player who clearly isn't working out with his current team, it's fairly common to ask if perhaps the Chiefs have room for a player like that knowing how often general manager Brett Veach has taken a low-level risk on such busts.

Just think of how many of Veach's imports could be described in such a way. Even shortly after takin the job from John Dorsey, Veach immediately went to work to see if he could squeeze any juice from the likes of linebacker Reggie Ragland or offensive lineman Cam Erving. The list from there is quite long, including corners like Mike Hughes and DeAndre Baker, wideouts like Kadarius Toney and Corey Coleman or pass rushers like Manny Ogbah and Taco Charlton.

The Chiefs are usually the team taking a flyer on a down-and-out player but maybe a few others would want to check in on Skyy Moore.

With the NFL's trade deadline coming up next month, it makes sense to ask which players around the league might present the next opportunity for Veach to buy low once again—but that's a matter for another time. That's because this time around, we'd interested in flipping the script. Specifically we want to know if any team might be interested in taking someone like that away from the Chiefs.

The player in question here is wide receiver Skyy Moore, and from the outside looking in, it feels like a Brett Veach special. The former second-round pick of the Chiefs was universally heralded coming into the 2022 NFL Draft, so it's not as if the Chiefs jumped into a pol that no one else wanted to swim in. Mel Kiper Jr. called him the single most underrated player in the draft in any position, and Daniel Jeremiah listed him at No. 45 on his big board and said there were shades of Antonio Brown to his game.

The Chiefs decided to forgo the chance to draft George Pickens or others in that particular draft class in order to grab Moore near the end of the second round. While some fans were frustrated without Pickens, no one doubted that Moore could be an important player for the Chiefs. Yet for the last two-plus seasons, Moore has been nothing but disappointing for K.C. at a position of clear need.

In Moore's first season, he had only 22 catches for 250 yards as a very part-time role player. Yet in his second season, one in which the team needed someone to step up at the position, Moore put up even fewer catches with 21 catches for 240 yards. This year? His worst yet with zero catches on 2 targets through 4 games.

The downward trend suggests that the Chiefs are barely hanging onto the idea of Moore being a productive member of the offense at this point. Andy Reid has said all the right things, as has his teammates and Veach himself. But the miserable results thus far and the complete lack of trust the team has with him in the offense is telling at this stage.

So what does this mean? It means the Chiefs might be better off cutting their losses and recoupiing something for their efforts while providing Moore with a blank slate. Who might be interested? Let's take a quick look knowing that any returns for Moore would likely be a late day-three pick or even a low-level swap of draft assets.

BUFFALO BILLS

The Bills are a potentially interesting home for a player like Moore because of the pre-draft interest from two years ago as well as the current need at the position. In fact, it wouldn't hurt the Bills to try a couple of moves to solve their current situation.

Just like the Chiefs, the Bills should be shopping for some of the better names on the open market, which will help keep the bidding honest for guys like Diontae Johnson (Panthers) or Deandre Hopkins (Titans). Other than Khalil Shakir, the Bills have no one they can truly rely upon, and even Shakir is dealing with an ankle injury—leaving the passing game exposed.

Moore himself said he would love to play in Buffalo in an interview on Richard Sherman's podcast before the draft two years ago (although he also mentioned K.C. if that tells you anything). But Buffalo showed interest and clearly it was reciprocated.

No one in Buffalo should mistake a potential move for Moore as the answer to their WR woes, but he could be an intriguing new face among multiple ways to solve the issues

PITTSBURGH STEELERS

If there's any move that could inspire something in Moore, it's likely this one. That's because this would be a true homecoming for Skyy Moore.

Moore went to high school at Shady Side, a prep school in Fox Chapel just outside of Pittsburgh where he actually never played wide receiver. Instead, he was the quarterback throwing the ball to Mike Tomlin's son, Dino, with whom he's still close friends. Not only is Moore familiar to Tomlin, but he drew enough interest before the 2022 draft to visit with the front office as well.

The same things said about Buffalo's needs can be stated here as well, and the Steelers were even in on Brandon Aiyuk before the season. They're also rumored to be connected with Davante Adams, so any acquisition of Moore would be a cherry on top of bigger moves intended to keep them competitive in 2024.

NEW YORK GIANTS

So far we've only discussed the idea of a trade without getting into any real parameters of a deall, but here we'll change our approach. For some teams like the New York Giants, a deal for a player like Skyy Moore is a chance to shake things up for a similar player of their own.

The Giants have their own version of Skyy Moore in Jalin Hyatt. The makeup of the WR is different, of course, with Hyatt a deep threat, but the former third-round pick has yet to ingratiate himself into an offense with any level of trust despite getting the same sort of opportunities at a position of need like Moore.

With similar stories, it might be worth a discussion to see how a change of scenery could benefit either or both since neither team is all that happy with the returns on their investments.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

The Patriots are building their team for the long haul, but if they could get anything out of a low-level trade for a player like Skyy Moore, it might be worth kicking the tires to see what they could get out of the 1.5 years of cost control left on his deal.

The Pats spent time at the NFL Combine with Moore back in 2022 and also sent former assistant coach Joe Judge to Western Michigan to spend time at their pro day in advance of the draft. If they were that interested back then, there might be enough fans remaining in the organization to advocate sending a late-round choice for the chance to see him up close.

For the Pats, the foundation at wideout includes nice young assets in Ja'Lyn Polk, Demario Davis, and company, but there's certainly room for other young players to step into opportunities as they seek help from all directions.