Every offseason is important for every NFL team. Rebuilding teams need to hit home runs particularly in the NFL Draft. Average teams need to do that and make shrewd free agency moves in order to reach the next level. And elite teams have to do enough to keep their rosters intact and improved.
The latter certainly applies for the Kansas City Chiefs. After a brutal showing in Super Bowl LIX, the front office must come up with ways to address needs while also retaining players who were set to leave. They’ve started working on that, but there’s more to go, especially with offensive line and wide receiver still having question marks.
While the offensive line was the most exposed unit by the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl, the wide receiver corps was not far behind. No one was able to get open in that game, aside from rookie Xavier Worthy. Worthy’s explosiveness was on full display, and the team needs more of that from their wide receivers if Patrick Mahomes is going to get back to his very best.
Luther Burden III could be the wide receiver Patrick Mahomes needs
Rashee Rice will be back from his injury eventually, and the team brought back Marquise Brown, but could the Chiefs look to the NFL Draft to find another playmaker at the position? That’s where Missouri‘s Luther Burden III could come in.
Mahomes’ deep ball decline has been well-documented. Since Tyreek Hill left the Chiefs, Mahomes’ deep passing has steadily gotten worse and worse, culminating in a terrible 2024 season in that aspect. Not even Worthy could save him, as the rookie struggled to separate at a frequent rate.
Burden is electric when he turns on the afterburner, knows how to track passes very well and plays bigger than his size would suggest. The question will be if Burden makes it all the way to 31st overall. His draft stock has been slipping, but the Chiefs may have to trade up to get him.
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