As we suspected, the Kansas City Chiefs reuniting with veteran wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster didn’t bode well for Kadarius Toney.
Kansas City dropped the hammer on Toney ahead of the official 53-man NFL roster cutdown deadline at 4 p.m. ET on August 27. The talented yet oft-injured and erratic wideout got waived ahead of the cutoff point, ending his disappointing stint with the Chiefs.
Expectations for Toney were high upon joining the Chiefs in 2022. Especially considering they traded a 2023 third-round compensatory pick and a sixth-rounder to the New York Giants for him. Perhaps no one was more excited about his addition than Kansas City superstar tight end Travis Kelce, who made quite the hot take.
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Kelce and his brother — retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce – discussed the Toney deal on their New Heights a few weeks after it happened. The All-Pro chain-mover praised the now-ex-Chief, questioning why the Giants willingly let him go. But after two disappointing seasons in Kansas City, those comments have aged poorly, to put it kindly…