The Chiefs are staring at a familiar kind of problem: the offense has enough talent to look dangerous, but not enough juice to feel complete. After a 5-0 start, Kansas City has dropped two straight and now heads into a Week 9 home game against the 2-6 New York Jets with a clear need for more firepower.
That need is why Garrett Wilson fits so naturally into the conversation. The Jets’ star receiver won’t be on the field against Kansas City because of a concussion, but he’s the kind of player the Chiefs should be asking about anyway.
New York is sitting at 2-6, which puts it in seller territory at the trade deadline, and the Jets already own three first-round picks in the 2027 National Football League draft. That gives them plenty of flexibility, and it also gives other teams a chance to pry loose a major name if the offer is strong enough.
Wilson would be a major swing for Kansas City’s passing game. He has topped 1,000 receiving yards in each of his first three NFL seasons and has 21 touchdowns in 66 career games.
He missed time last year, appearing in only seven games, but when he’s healthy, he’s shown he belongs among the league’s best receivers - top 10, maybe even top five. The issue has never really been his talent.
It’s been getting the ball to him enough.
That’s where Patrick Mahomes changes the equation. A quarterback like that would make sure Wilson is featured far more often than he has been elsewhere, and that’s exactly the sort of move Kansas City should be exploring as it tries to steady an offense that has started to show cracks.
The Chiefs’ last two losses exposed some of those issues. Seattle beat them 20-3, then Denver edged them 28-24 in a tight divisional game.
Against the Broncos, Mahomes and Kansas City had one last shot to win it on fourth-and-goal as time expired, but Mahomes was sacked. Even so, the offense actually moved the ball better than Denver in several key areas, including time of possession, total yards, first downs and third-down conversions.
What buried Kansas City was the stuff that keeps showing up in bad moments. The Chiefs were flagged 11 times for 105 yards, and the running game again failed to provide enough support for the second week in a row. When teams slow Kenneth Walker III down, Kansas City’s offense has had trouble finding enough points, even if 24 should usually be enough to win.
New York has said it doesn’t want to move Wilson or running back Breece Hall, but that stance could change if the right offer comes along. For the Chiefs, that makes the next opponent worth watching for more than just the game on the field.
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