Chiefs Add To WR Room, Sign Former Bears Draft Pick To Roster
The Kansas City Chiefs Made A Roster Move Amid Their Latest Injury And Disappointment At A Key Position This Season.
Things are relatively bleak for the Kansas City Chiefs despite having largely the same roster as last season during their Super Bowl run.
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They still sit in their customary catbird seat atop the AFC West at 9-5. But they have lost three of their last five games and four of the last seven since enjoying a six-game winning streak from Week 2 through 7. Along the way, they have been plagued by numerous missed opportunities, many of which have been the fault of an unproven wide receiver room.
That group lost second-year man Skyy Moore to injured reserve, prompting a late-season roster move.
“#Chiefs are signing wide receiver Anthony Miller and tight end Izaiah Gathings, per a league source,” Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2 posted on X on December 20.
Former Bears Draft Pick Signs Contract With Chiefs
Anthony Miller Added to Chiefs’ Roster
Miller, 29, was originally a second-round pick (No. 51 overall) by the Chicago Bears in 2018. He spent three seasons in Chicago before the Bears traded him to the Houston Texans in 2021. The Texans would waive Miller less than three months after acquiring him.
The beleaguered wideout signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers to finish the campaign.
He has not played since, begging the question of how much he can offer. Miller had just six receptions for 25 yards in all of 2021, though he did score a touchdown.
Miller has 140 receptions for 1,589 yards and 12 touchdowns on 227 targets in his career. If he could have stayed healthy, perhaps Miller could have stuck with the Steelers. But he went on injured reserve and missed the rest of the 2022 season.
He has since bounced around on a couple of teams, first with the San Francisco 49ers, then with the Indianapolis Colts’ practice squad this preseason.
Gathings is an undrafted free agent who played wide receiver at Middle Tennessee State. He spent time with the New York Jets in training camp.
Willie Gay Defends Skyy Moore
Moore did not take off as hoped this season. The former second-round pick (No. 54 overall) in 2022 has 21 receptions for 244 yards and one score this season.
He has had some promising moments.
Most notably, Moore had 70 yards and his lone score of the season on three receptions versus the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 2. Perhaps in a sign of things to come, though, he accomplished that on a scant three targets.
He had two grabs for 42 yards on a season-high six targets the following week.
Still, teammate Willie Gay was sure to defend Moore from an onslaught of fans celebrating the young pass catcher’s season-ending injury.
