's sometimes encouraging, often infuriating career with the is over. The team's primary decision-maker doesn't seem to regret it. Two days after , general manager Brett Veach he would gladly trade for him again: "I don't think we're sitting here going for a third straight Super Bowl had we not made that trade.
So, from that standpoint, we'd do it all over again in a heartbeat." acquired Toney during the 2022-23 season, to the in exchange for a player high on potential and low on consistency, particularly when it came to health. Toney's job description for the Chiefs over the rest of the season could be best described as either "gadget player" or "depth wide receiver.
" He posted 171 receiving yards and three total touchdowns in seven games, but then . There was always a hope Toney would put it together and become the WR1 the Chiefs were in search for after the Tyreek Hill trade, but he was never more than a minor role player on offense, and had well more than his share of miscues. When the Chiefs brought in wideouts like , and Juju Smith-Schuster this offseason to fill out a room that also includes and , there wasn't much room left for Toney.
As Veach put it, the team was just never able to tap that talent: "It's always disappointing when a player's tenure comes to an end in that situation, meaning you will have players that the age catches up to them, you'll have players where maybe it's a really serious injury, and then you'll have players that you move on from where the tal.