Maybe Kadarius Toney will develop into the celebrity vast receiver he sometimes appeared like in his rookie season.
However it received’t be for the Giants.
The Giants gave up on their 2021 first-round decide on Thursday, after they dealt the injury-plagued wideout to the Chiefs pending a bodily. The Giants will obtain third- and sixth-round draft picks, the previous a compensatory decide for the Bears’ hiring of former Chiefs exec Ryan Poles as GM.
Toney performed in simply 12 of 24 video games with the Giants and simply two this season. He damage his proper hamstring in coaching camp and missed all three preseason video games earlier than enjoying sparingly in Weeks 1 and a couple of. He aggravated the harm and stated he damage his left hamstring, too, early this month as he neared a return. He had not dressed for a recreation since Week 2 and finishes his Giants marketing campaign with two catches for zero yards.
“We’re transferring on. I want Kadarius nicely,” head coach Brian Daboll stated earlier than follow, declining to disclose a lot concerning the considering behind the commerce. “We simply decided that we thought was finest for the group.”
It could be finest for Toney, too, who was the ultimate first-round decide of the Dave Gettleman regime and had been surrounded by commerce rumors since Daboll and GM Joe Schoen took over.
“CHIEFS KINGDOM BABYY,” Toney, whose new group has a bye this week, wrote on Twitter alongside a number of hearts. “Thank You God.”
In a since-deleted tweet, Toney — whose profession as aspiring rapper Yung Joka was seen by some as a distraction — insinuated he was not (or now not) injured, saying partially, “If I Was Really Damage Nonetheless Lol…..Irrelevant folks don’t get updates.”
The Giants didn't touch upon the message. Daniel Jones praised the Giants’ docs, and Kenny Golladay, who himself has been sidelined with a knee harm, stated Toney has been nearer to taking the sector than Golladay.
“If he stated he was wholesome, he was wholesome,” Golladay stated. “I can’t actually decide how his physique is.”
Toney’s murky standing now not issues for the Giants, whose receiving corps already had been absent Sterling Shepard (for the season with a torn ACL) and Golladay (for now with a knee harm) and has relied closely on the likes of former seventh-round decide Richie James and former practice-squadder David Sills. Rookie second-round decide Wan’Dale Robinon, injured for the primary month of the season, is coming off his finest recreation, catching six of eight targets for 50 yards in Sunday’s win over the Jaguars.
Forward of a visit to Seattle, the 6-1 Giants unloaded their most promising, if sidelined, receiver. Requested if they'll strive to herald one other wideout, Daboll stated: “We’ll see, guys. It simply occurred a couple of minutes in the past.”
Via seven video games, not one Giants receiver has racked up 200 yards by means of the air. James is main the way in which with 191 yards, adopted by Saquon Barkley’s 180. With few weapons, the Giants have transitioned right into a run-focused offense. If they've intentions of changing Toney externally, the commerce deadline is Tuesday.
And if there was both anger or cheers within the locker room following the swap, they didn't seem publicly. A number of Giants stated they might attain out to Toney.
“Anytime there’s a commerce you’re going to be shocked,” stated Barkley, who stated the group can have the identical mindset with out Toney because it did with him. “However KT’s a gifted participant. I want him nothing however the very best in KC.”
Toney confirmed flashes of promise — two flashes to be precise — and ended his Giants tenure with out a receiving landing.
Final 12 months, Toney broke out in New Orleans, the place he caught six passes for 78 yards — and tried a cross on a trick play — in a Week 4 win. The following week, he garnered comparisons to Odell Beckham Jr. throughout a 10-catch, 189-yard great thing about a efficiency that was tainted by a fourth-quarter ejection for throwing a punch at Cowboys security Damontae Kazee.
Toney appeared in solely seven extra video games with the Giants and didn't exceed 40 yards receiving in any.
“Clearly would have beloved to have extra success on the sector, however want him the very best going ahead,” stated Jones, who misplaced yet one more outdoors weapon however publicly saved his focus. “We don’t make any of these selections. That’s stuff that occurs upstairs. It’s our job to play.”
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