Kansas City Chiefs won’t ask rookie WR Skyy Moore to replace Tyreek Hill

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Needing to rebuild their receiving room after buying and selling Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins, the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs had choices after they bought to the second spherical of the NFL draft. They may have, as an illustration, taken Velus Jones Jr., whose 4.31-second 40-yard sprint on the scouting mix put him in Hill’s vary by way of pace.

They went as an alternative for Skyy Moore of Western Michigan, who — aside from his dimension at 5-foot-10 and 195 kilos — is not much like Hill in any respect. That does not imply the Chiefs do not anticipate Moore — who ran a 4.41 40 on the scouting mix — to have an effect on the Chiefs’ passing recreation, although.

“Skyy is exclusive,” Chiefs common supervisor Brett Veach stated. “He’s smaller, however he performs huge. He has longer arms. He was a working again that transitioned to wideout. It was humorous watching his tape as a result of it appeared like we had been watching perpetually earlier than we noticed him drop a go.

“We now have guys like MVS [Marquez Valdes‐Scantling] that has some dimension and pace, Mecole [Hardman] has pace, JuJu [Smith‐Schuster] is huge. So I really feel like we’ve a very good mixture and now we simply wished so as to add one of the best participant, no matter dimension or peak, simply guys that we really feel are going to come back in and have the ability to contribute straight away. Actually, Skyy is a kind of guys.”

The Chiefs, after shedding not simply Hill however Byron Pringle and Demarcus Robinson from their prime 4 large receivers of final season, have a whole lot of items to suit collectively. Hardman is again however Valdes-Scantling, Smith-Schuster and Moore are new.

Moore has but to determine precisely the place he matches in.

“I really feel just like the receiving room I am strolling into has about all the things,” he stated. “I really feel I deliver versatility and simply one other playmaker.”

The Chiefs did not get to see a lot of Moore on their observe subject at their latest minicamp for rookies. He was out with a sore hamstring.

“I am curious to see how he does,” coach Andy Reid stated after the rookie camp. “I did not get a lot of a glance right here. The issues [Western Michigan] did with him, he was superb at, whether or not it was the quick or intermediate recreation or the lengthy recreation. He may do all of it.

“I sit up for seeing him play.”

The Chiefs aren’t but sure precisely what position Moore would possibly fill. However they’re assured he’ll declare a major one.

“He is not the most important man, however he’s fearless throughout the center,” assistant common supervisor Mike Borgonzi stated. “For a smaller man, he actually goes up and will get the ball. So we actually be ok with becoming him into this offense with Coach Reid.

“The one factor that stands out with Skyy is he is reliable. He will run the appropriate routes and he’ll catch the ball. … And that is one factor that stood out with Skyy is any alternative, contested catches, he was catching the soccer.”

The Chiefs had Moore of their lengthy line of rookies shagging kicks earlier than the beginning of rookie camp practices, suggesting they are going to take a look at him for that job as nicely. Moore did not return kicks as a daily at Western Michigan.

“The child’s arms are wonderful,” Veach stated. “His ball abilities are wonderful. It clearly is smart that it might translate to returning.

“I all the time felt that almost all expert receivers or corners can return there and catch kicks. … I do suppose his talent set ought to simply translate to that. However till you do this in a recreation, you may by no means know. I believe he’ll actually get a take a look at that.”

Hill bought began with the Chiefs as a kickoff and punt returner, scoring 5 touchdowns in that position in his first three seasons earlier than largely leaving these jobs to others. Being a dynamic kick returner may wind up as a shared characteristic between Moore and Hill.

Moore, who caught 95 passes for 1,292 yards and 10 touchdowns final season, sees one other.

“I attempt to make performs,” he stated. “[Hill was] a playmaker — I need to do the identical.”