The Chiefs’ wide receiver situation is getting thinner by the week, and Kansas City is now being linked to a familiar name who could help steady the room.
Tyquan Thornton’s ankle injury is expected to end his season, and Rashee Rice is dealing with an injury as well. Even before those setbacks, the Chiefs were already tied to possible wide receiver trade and free-agent options. Now the need for help looks a lot more pressing.
According to Pete Sweeney of The Kansas City Star, Kansas City is showing interest in former Super Bowl champion Justin Watson - not Tyreek Hill.
“The Chiefs are among several teams interested in WR Justin Watson, per source,” Sweeney reported Friday, October 9.
With the Chiefs on their bye week, they have time to sort through how they want to address the problem. Hill has been a name attached to them often this season, but Watson would bring a different kind of fit: a steadier veteran presence rather than a headline-grabbing splash.
Watson has won three Super Bowls, taking one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers over the Chiefs and two with Kansas City. The 30-year-old receiver has been in the league for eight years and spent 2025 with the Houston Texans, where he caught three passes for 30 yards on four targets across three games.
His best regular season came in 2023 with the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes, when he hauled in 27 of 53 targets for 460 yards and three touchdowns, all career highs. In the playoffs, Watson has nine catches for 120 yards, and every one of those numbers came during Kansas City’s two championship runs.
He may not be the loudest possible answer for the Chiefs’ receiver room, but Watson is the kind of under-the-radar addition that could matter on a depth chart that needs help.
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