Despite that, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes isn’t concerned.
He is confident in the team’s current roster, particularly at the wide receiver position, to achieve their goals this season.
Although there is still a possibility that the Chiefs could acquire another receiver before the trade deadline next month, they have recently suffered injuries to two of their key wide receivers, Rashee Rice and Hollywood Brown.
The current top wide receivers for the Chiefs are Xavier Worthy, JuJu Smith-Schuster, and Justin Watson.
Worthy, a first-round pick, has 12 catches and four touchdowns, with two of those being rushing scores.
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Smith-Schuster made a strong showing in the Chiefs’ latest game against the New Orleans Saints, recording seven catches for 130 yards, while Watson has contributed six catches for 87 yards this season.
Looking ahead to Sunday’s matchup against the San Francisco 49ers, Mahomes said: “I have extreme confidence with the guys that are on that football field.
“They’ve won games, they’ve won Super Bowls, they’ve made plays in big moments, and Brett Veach has done a great job of bringing players in that can step up whenever their number is called.
“Whenever you have two great football teams that meet up in the Super Bowl and meet up in all these big games, there’s going to be a history between that and so obviously we’ve been able to win those games.
“But we know how good this football team is and we have a ton of respect for them.
“It’s not like one play couldn’t have changed all these football games, so we’re going in with the mindset that we’ve just got to make the plays whenever they count.”
