The Chiefs need a receiver. The Packers might have the answer.

Why the Packers are the logical call

The pragmatic target: Romeo Doubs

What Doubs gives Kansas City on Day 1

The upside swing: Dontayvion Wicks

Why not just wait on the Chiefs’ own room?

You could. Worthy’s on-track return would give Kansas City the jet-motion/speed-to-threaten-leverage element they’ve been missing, and Rice will be back as the suspension burns off. But the Week-to-Week NFL rarely waits for tidy endings, and the AFC will not pause while KC plays roster rehab. One added receiver can flip the geometry now — which, in turn, makes everyone else’s job easier when they do return.

Cost, structure, and a realistic offer

Green Bay isn’t giving away a starting receiver in September. But the Chiefs don’t need a sweetheart deal; they need a fair one. Two frameworks that make sense:

How they’d be deployed in Andy Reid’s menu

Don’t overthink the timing

Kansas City can talk itself into patience — and maybe that’s right if the internal health picture brightens quickly. But the Chiefs are 0-2 for the first time in the Andy Reid era there, and the offense has felt like labor. One move doesn’t guarantee fireworks, but it changes the math on every snap: boxes lighten, seams open, third downs shorten, and the quarterback can win with spacing as often as he wins with sorcery.

The verdict

If Brett Veach is calling Green Bay, the order should be: