Stock Up: Justin Reid
Justin Reid heard all his haters and took his frustrations out on the New England Patriots. Reid, seen here interacting with one such hater, was a heat-seeking missile from the jump. On the game's very first play, Reid flew into the Patriot's backfield and stuffed Zeke Elliott for a loss to set the tone for the rest of the game on defense. Reid later had another play where he would dislodge a third-down pass to tight end Hunter Henry by breaking him in half. He would finish the game second on the team in tackles with seven and his example was felt by every member of that defense.
Justin Reid is a throwback safety. When I see him play, I think of hard hitters like Darren Woodson and Roy Williams. Reid will give it his absolute best on every snap, for better or for worse. Sometimes, it leads to giving up big plays. Other times, he creates them. You cannot deny that he leaves it all on the field every single time. Championship teams need guys like Justin Reid on their team, and I am just delighted he is on our side.
Stock Down: Skyy Moore
Skyy Moore has to be the luckiest wide receiver on this team. He has been able to dodge the bulk of the fury of Chiefs fans thanks to being overshadowed by the performances (or lack thereof) of a couple of his colleagues.
Moore has turned his second straight goose egg and fourth of the year and is in the process of being banished to the shadow realm, as indicated by his rapidly dropping snap share percentage. The second-year man continues to underwhelm even in the small amounts he is used to. The only target Moore had ended up having was a fumble, which was negated due to a questionable defensive holding call on the Patriots.
Moore has played in all 14 games this year and has only had 21 catches for 244 yards. That is good for a catch and a half per game for 17 yards from the guy who was supposed to be competing for the WR1 spot coming out of training camp. Moore has not had as many explosively bad plays as any other players on this list, nor has he lashed out at local media for correctly pointing out his failures. However, the fact remains that Moore has been part of the Chiefs' offensive problem from the start and is not getting any better.