The Kansas City Chiefs are trading for Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Josh Downs. The Chiefs, who are in desperate need of help at the wide receiver position, are reportedly sending fourth and fifth-round draft picks to Indianapolis in exchange for Downs and a seventh-round pick. Downs requested a trade away from the Colts franchise, which made several other major trade moves before Tuesday's deadline.
Downs now joins Keenan Allen, Quenton Nelson and DeForest Buckner in their departure from Indianapolis. Since joining the league as a third-round draft pick for the Colts in 2023, Downs reeled in 231 catches for 2,494 yards and 12 touchdowns. Downs now joins a Chiefs wide receiver room featuring Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy, Cyrus Allen and Jalen Royals.
Tyquan Thornton is on the injured reserve after suffering a gruesome ankle injury in Week 4. Rice is the Chiefs' leading wide receiver with just 25 catches for 292 yards and two touchdowns through six games. Worthy, the team's second leading wide receiver, suffered a left hamstring injury this past weekend.
Downs gives quarterback Patrick Mahomes another wide receiver weapon as the Chiefs look to make a deep playoff run this season. The 25-year-old WR has 33 catches for 354 yards and one touchdown through nine games this season. Kansas City is 6-2 on the season following this past Sunday's Week 9 victory over the New York Jets.
They now turn their attention toward a Week 10 matchup against the Atlanta Falcons this coming Sunday.
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