WR Zay Jones scheduled to visit the Chiefs on Thursday [signed with Arizona]
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Former Jaguars WR Zay Jones is scheduled to visit Thursday with the Kansas City Chiefs, per league sources.<br><br>After Jacksonville released him last week, Jones has visited the Titans, Cardinals and Cowboys - with the Chiefs on deck. <a href="https://t.co/thxVqQOvL8">pic.twitter.com/thxVqQOvL8</a></p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1788382866591588684?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Low risk high reward

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I’m ****ing HOR-NAY!!!

My goodness some of you guys have wanted him for four years. LMAO

it looks like, just looking at the stats, that he's gotten better over time. 800 yards 2 seasons ago and had 300 yards in 9 games which is meh but that would actually be good for us lol. He would probably do more than Skyy and Toney so **** it bring him in.

Do it Bart Peach

Rice without the crimes.

Love Zay. Get it done.

Do the the same CP posters in the Rice thread that were telling people nbd you're overreacting wanna tell Veach?

Better than Moore.

And Toney and Watson.

You don't say?

ME TO!

Found a couple scouting reports on Zay Jones that might be illuminating. Understanding of course that these were written prior to his being drafted:
https://www.nfl.com/prospects/zay-jo...b-837ea00d253e
hhttps://www.playerprofiler.com/article/zay-jones-advanced-stats-metrics-nfl-draft-profile/ttp://


Sounds like another Richie James type.

"Jones had 158 receptions for 1,746 yards and eight touchdowns in the 2016 season. In this NFL Draft class there is no better receiver in terms of yards after the catch. As a freshman he caught 63 passes. As a sophomore he had 81 receptions and as a junior he hauled in 98 receptions.

The Pirates QB position has been a revolving door over the past 3 seasons, with 6 QB’s logging starts at one point or another. Zay Jones didn’t let it affect his play, as he produces with all of them. His ability to get open on short and intermediate routes make him a reliable safety net for anyone behind center.

The most important thing to note about his game is that he doesn’t drop balls. I counted one single clean drop out of all the games I watched. He also has experience running a variety of routes well. Screens, reverses and slants made up the majority of his route tree, making him a good fit for a West Coast offense."

Ok, sounds like a perfect Rice replacement until he returns.

Pirates? Is this guy a pitcher or a catcher? err, receiver, I mean . . .

I picture Veach as a Wild West gunslinger strutting up and kicking in the saloon door and shouting I’m looking for the dead son of a bitch that shot my brother.

Of course since his powder got wet in a downpour the night before he stopped at the local general store and bought some new ammo

He got a pretty big contract a couple of years back, I believe.

I think he caught that corner touchdown deepball from Nick Foles on the play where Foles got injured against us. It was a nice throw. We kicked the Jags ass pretty good that game

We need to raise the floor of the room without Rice. Zay Jones gives us that. End of story.

So... why hasn't he produced more in the league so far?

Zay is a no brainer. He needs a rehab year if he wants a big deal. Doesn’t come without risk, but Andy knows how to keep a team on track.

Need to sign him tomorrow.

His NFL.com scouting report says that while he struggles to create sep at the top of his routes, he catches with his hands, snatches the ball out of the air, and plays very physically at the catchpoint. All traits that could be very useful to our offense, especially if Rice doesn't play for more than a couple games.

A no brainer to replace our "no brainer."

Trevor was night and day better with Zay than without him. It would be a solid move with or without rice.

Not that it's saying much but Jones Brown Worthy is better than Rice and whatever trash we started last year

The room is already much better without Zay, so that would just be the cherry on top.

And when Rice returns quite possibly the best group Mahomes has had

Exactly!:thumb:

100% agreed

Veach isn't a random internet Jabroni. He takes action before problems become problems. See Hardman, Mecole. Even though he didn't become some all world guy, Veach didn't wait to see if Tyreek was gonna be able to play or not. He took action. Same thing here.....assuming we sign Zay. If not, he is a broke dick JAG who will suck anywhere else, of course.

we all saw the problems with the O-Line all year and in the preseason etc. Veach didn't do shit about it until
Mahomes running for his life cost us a SB. But, now he does take action before it costs us SB’s.

LMAO

How are you supposed to account for basically your entire OL falling apart due to injuries?

There's no plan for that.

I'm HORNY

He caught 82 balls 2 years ago...before that he was saddled in QB purgatory in Buffalo and Vegas..this past year he got hurt.

Rice, Hollywod and Jones in the playoffs with Kelce is very nice

Umm Worthy?

Chief's have their types at WR

YAC Guys
R. Rice
Z. Jones

Deep Speed
M. Brown
X. Worthy
J. Watson

Questionable
K. Toney
S. Moore
J. Ross

Yikes. That seems like a mental disorder issue. That can be treated. Stupidity like what Rice did not so much.

He'll fit in well here

He can do that cool levitating thing

Wentz Wednesday would have worked better

WTF? Everyone got hurt..

put more weapons in the arsenal

He ain't getting a big deal even if he had 1000 yds here. He's almost 30 and has had over 500 yds 3 times. He's never had over 823 yds in a season. What risk?

He could earn himself $10-12 million in 2025.

That's not a 'big deal' by WR standards but that's a hell of a lot more than walking around money.

I hella pro Rashee but this almost feels like a must sign if we want to be a top 5 offense this year.

Make it happen, Veachy.

Unless Rice is put on the commissioners exemptions for this latest incident, his suspension will most likely be in 2025.

Sends a message to Rice to get his shit together because he's on the doorstep if he continues to embarrass the Clarks.

Who's saying sign him to a big deal? I was thinking a cheap 1 year deal to prove yourself. Then like DJ said, he can get himself a $10-$12 million deal with another team in 2025.

So essentially you are saying that Veach should have somehow knew that:

1. LDT would opt out for the season due to Covid
2. Schwartz, their All Pro RT would miss the second half of the season due to back issues that caused him to retire.
3. Fisher would blow out his Achille's near the end of the AFCCG.

Not saying that KC would have won the SB without the Fisher injury, but of all the line players that did not play in the SB, Fisher's was easily the most crushing. Remmers was serviceable at RT. but a disaster at LT.

Yes he is saying that a good GM would know.

Mitchell Schwartz was the most dependable guy on the team until his back injury that year.

I don’t remember Fisher missing any time until his Achilles injury.

Plus, we had 2 Covid opt outs.

Blaming Veach for that is really something.

I don't think Josh Allen is football purgatory.

Sounds like a Chief already.

He was during his rookie and sophomore seasons.

Not opposed to him at all. Really we’re simply trying to fill the 4th receiving target (at what) here.

We needed size to play outside and he provides that.

Red zone packages with Rice in a big slot role and Jones out wide would be pretty useful even when we get Rice back.

There's a lot of utility we'd get from a healthy Jones. He's more than a stopgap.

Is he more Richie James than Richie James was Richie James?

You always would like to layer rookies and young players with vets that atleast can step in and be where they're supposed to be I guess.

I would not be opposed to signing him. Seems like a no brainer, assuming no major health issues.

They badly needed to raise the floor of the room. Hell last year MVS, Skyy and Toney had no floor. They sucked. Zay Jones had one bad year of drops and the rest were really solid. At this point that would be a breath of fresh air.

Did I mention he knows the offense playing with Doug?

They need to keep only 6 WR’s and have Toney, Skyy and the other battle it out for WR6. Unfortunately that won’t happen but it needs to.

I'd consider a deal at/near what OBJ got for him. Probably a little less than that, but honestly, Zay's been genuinely good more recently than OBJ has been. He's a little more advanced in the offense and has some slightly better size as well.

Because of possible injuries and or poor play of the WR's last year, I'd think the Chiefs will keep 7 WR's.

He's been to see several teams. Is he a smart shopper or asking more than we expect?

I just don't know what would happen between now and camp that would cause you to cut Moore or Toney if you haven't already decided to do it now.

So they're gonna be here.

I think it's far less likely that they keep 7. Because doing so would effectively require that they keep at least 1 and possibly 2 of the guys that led to that shitshow.

If they keep 7 again, it's a bad sign. It means that they're far less confident in Brown/Worthy than we'd hoped.

Brown
Rice (Susp)
Worthy
Jones
Watson (STs)
Toney/Moore

Maybe if the Rice thing is sorted out before the season started they keep Toney AND Moore. Or if they don't sign Jones. But they're not signing Jones and keeping Moore and Toney PLUS Rice. If Rice starts the season active AND they sign Jones, I just don't see a way they keep Toney and Moore - that's what would have to happen to get to 7.

Keeping 7 just not a good idea at all, especially when only one of those guys has core special teams value; the other 2 would be return guys only. They'll need that roster spot for either a 4th TE or perhaps Safeties or LBs that can backfill for the special teams shortcomings of the back of the WR room.

Signing Zay Jones. You do that and there's no room for both of them.

In one of Veach’s press conferences after the draft, he stressed keeping 10 or 11 O-linemen vs I believe what he said was 9 last year. I’m assuming that means WR will be going back to normal this year as well. 5, maybe 6.

And they've talked about one of those guys while being completely silent about the other one.

If Moore were a 3rd day pick, he wouldn't have survived the entire season last year, IMO.

He's nothing but draft capital at this point. He's a sunk cost. They may be hoping they can salvage something from him the way they did with MEH (who is basically serviceable as an RB2, though you'd like to upgrade there). But if they're looking at bringing in Zay Jones, Moore is on borrowed time.

A summer ruling on the Rice suspension is all that will keep him on the roster at that point.

Just cut Moore now then.

I don't think they will but a Jones signing would be a good case for it. It also may mean they think Rice is out a while.

Why?

To what benefit?

Oh sure, i think it's a foregone conclusion at that point, but what if Toney's leg gets bitten off by a crocodile or something. (Honestly, I'd just sign MVS and still cut Moore). Or what if Moore just comes into camp and is actually good?

There's just nothing gained by it.

Why would they cut him now? Might as well carry him through camp and see if he's actually improved at all.

Moore is one Toney injury away from making the roster. C'mon now, Moore has value as a camp body at the very least. No way they cut him before the end of camp.

I seriously doubt that. That's going to take a spot you'll need somewhere else. I can see 6 maybe

Skyy Moore basically not playing specials could be a real problem for him, if he's in that WR 5 or 6 battle.