3 trade targets for the Kansas City Chiefs at the NFL Trade Deadline

The Kansas City Chiefs will always be contenders as long as Patrick Mahomes is around but adding talent at the NFL Trade Deadline could also help

After Russell Wilson joined the Denver Broncos, the Kansas City Chiefs were supposed to have some serious competition in the AFC West. Wilson joined a division that had Justin Herbert and Derek Carr who are all good quarterbacks, but they still had to contend with Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs.

Now seven games into the season, Kansas City is in first place at 5-2 with the Chargers on their heels at 4-3 — while the others are stuck with just two wins. While it appears they’re still the team to beat in the West, the Chiefs could look to add more talent to try and keep up with other contenders such as the Buffalo Bills.

Here we look at three players they could add before the Nov. 1 deadline in an effort to chase another ring.

3 trade targets for the Kansas City Chiefs

3. Jack Conklin, OT, Cleveland Browns

Andrew Wylie has been starting at right tackle for the Chiefs this season and while he’s not awful, there’s room for improvement. One player potentially available that would be a significant upgrade is Jack Conklin currently of the Cleveland Browns.

Following their fourth-straight loss, the Browns are now 2-5 and look to be sellers at the deadline. Conklin, a former two-time All-Pro, has been stellar for Cleveland but is in the final year of his deal. He wants to stay but they could save some money by going with James Hudson, who performed well in the first couple of weeks as Conklin recovered from a knee injury that cut his 2021 season short.

Should Cleveland be willing to move on, Kansas City would be wise to see what it would take to add the former first-round pick.

2. Robert Quinn, EDGE, Chicago Bears

On Monday Night Football, the Chicago Bears improved to 3-4 as they had their best game of the season against the New England Patriots. Justin Fields finally had a solid game, even though there’s still room for improvement as a passer, but any progress is good for them right now.

Even with the win, there’s not much expectation for them to make a run this season. That’s why it wouldn’t be a surprise to see them making a move at the trade deadline and one name that could be on the block is Robert Quinn.

The 12th-year veteran had his best season since 2013 when he had 18.5 sacks. This year, his numbers have dropped drastically as he has just one sack through seven games. Of course, the fact that Khalil Mack was traded before the year likely plays a part in that since there aren’t too many other players creating a rush with no one recording more than the 2.5 sacks Roquan Smith has posted.

With all this being said, Quinn could be a welcome addition to the Kansas City defense. He could also benefit from the move since he would no longer be the player defenses zero in on, which would allow him more favorable one-on-one matchups.

Getting after the quarterback is the key to winning and adding Quinn would help the Chiefs do exactly that.

1. Elijah Moore, WR, New York Jets

A second-round pick out of Ole Miss in 2021, Elijah Moore had a good rookie season with 43 receptions for 538 yards and five touchdowns for the New York Jets. This season, he’s had 16 catches for 203 yards but has yet to score a touchdown. And if he had his way, he wouldn’t do so with the Jets.

Moore recently requested a trade — which got Rex Ryan unbelievably upset, almost as if the request was a personal attack on his character. Moore was then held out of their Week 7 game and while New York doesn’t seem ready to make a deal, that could change soon.

If so, the Chiefs could use his services. Right now, their receiving corps is headed up by JuJu Smith-Schuster, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, and Mecole Hardman. They did draft Skyy Moore but he has just six catches thus far.

Overall, the wideouts have been fine for the Cheifs but not overly impressive. Smith-Schuster leads them with 494 yards on 34 receptions but MVS has just 22 catches and Hardman is at 19. Adding Moore would be an upgrade for them while putting another deep threat on the field for Mahomes to get the ball to.

With New York at 5-2, they’re in the mix for the playoffs so they might prefer to send Moore to the NFC but if the Kansas City Chiefs can pry him away, it would be a lot of fun to see him in this offense.