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RE: Skyy to the Chiefs!
Just saw a nice piece during the draft where they talked to Andy Reid and asked him about Moore. Can't find the clip online, but here is the transcript from NFL network.
Quote:In an interview with NFL Network on Saturday, head coach Andy Reid called Moore a unique player who did a “heck of a job” at the college level.
“We think it’s going to transfer right over to some of the things that we do here in the NFL,” Reid said. “He’s a tough kid. He’s not the tallest guy, but he’s got long arms, and he’s got big hands, and he’s such a secure catcher. He’s quick on his releases — you want to come up and bump-and-run him, which happens in this league, you better be able to have a counter to that. And we think he does a nice job with that.
“So we look forward to getting him in here. We have our rookie minicamp coming up at the end of the week, we look forward to getting him in and going.”
Plus, Reid said quarterback Patrick Mahomes quickly expressed that he was fully on board with the pick.
“Pat was happy,” Reid said. “Pat called right away and was thanking Brett [Veach]. And he and I got to talk a little shop about how we can work him in and get him going. So I know Pat’s excited about it.”
Moore caught 95 passes for 1,292 yards with 10 touchdowns in 2021 at Western Michigan.
On the maneuvering the Chiefs did to get Skyy....
Quote:“But we didn’t want to go down into the 60s,” Veach continued. “It kind of worked out perfectly that we were cool with a small move but nothing crazy, and then it just made sense. It was a nice setup for us to move down four spots, get that fifth‐round pick tomorrow, and then get a guy in Skyy Moore that we obviously probably would have taken there at 50. So, it worked out, and you have to hold your breath there, but they’re going to be begging me to trade back all the time now. That’s the good and the bad thing all at once. But it worked out, and again, we’re really excited about the guys we were able to add tonight.”
The team ultimately used that fifth-round pick to trade up and acquire Darian Kinnard at pick No. 145.
Moore posted 95 receptions for over 1,200 yards and 10 touchdowns as a redshirt sophomore in 2021. Three receiver picks that went prior to Moore such as Tyquan Thornton, George Pickens, and Alec Pierce were all viable options, but Moore was the target that Veach felt fulfilled the team’s needs best.
“I think we have a combination of size, speed. We spend a ton of time on these wideouts, and we want to obviously do the work and talk about the scheme fit,” said Veach. “But we also want to keep it a little bit more simplistic in that we’re going to take good players. Again, coach [Andy] Reid, coach (offensive coordinator Eric) Bieniemy, they’re going to find ways to utilize these guys’ strengths. Skyy is unique, he is smaller, but he plays big. He has longer arms. He was a running back that transitioned to wideout. It was funny watching his tape because it seemed like we were watching forever before we saw him drop a pass. His ball skills are great.”
Veach continued to gush over Moore’s skills and scheme fit into the Chiefs’ offense.
“He can get off press coverage, he plays big enough where you can utilize him on the outside, utilize him on the inside, has great run‐after‐the‐catch, great kid, smart,” Veach said. “[Moore] can pick up an offense real quick. So, on one hand, I think when you’re picking, there are times where you are looking for something. But we have guys like MVS (Marquez Valdes‐Scantling) that has some size and speed, Mecole (Hardman) has speed, JuJu (Smith‐Schuster) is big. So, I feel like we have a good combination, and now we just want to add the best player, regardless of size or height, just guys that we feel are going to come in and be able to contribute right away. Certainly, Skyy is one of those guys.”
Chiefs assistant GM Mike Borgonzi doubled down on the team’s interest in Moore at that spot specifically.
“I think that’s any time you trade back,” Borgonzi began. “We just went back four spots and New England ended up taking a wide receiver from Baylor at the time. So, we were sitting there hoping that Skyy would still be there, but it was something that we felt comfortable with at the time and picking up a fifth‐round pick. We certainly liked all those guys; we brought in Pickens. But I think we were really looking at Skyy. We wanted Skyy.”
https://chiefswire.usatoday.com/2022/04/...kyy-moore/
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Skyy to the Chiefs!
