Chiefs GM says he would do Kadarius Toney trade 'all over again' - ESPN

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs didn't get what they wanted long term from their 2022 midseason trade with the Giants that allowed them to acquire wide receiver Kadarius Toney, who was released this week.

But because of Toney's contributions in what for the Chiefs was one of the most glorious days in franchise history, general manager Brett Veach felt the deal was one of the best he has ever made.

«I don't think we're sitting here going for a third straight Super Bowl [championship] had we not made that trade,'' Veach said of the deal that sent third- and sixth-round draft picks to the Giants. „So, from that standpoint, we'd do it all over again in a heartbeat.''

Toney, 25, the Giants' first-round draft pick in 2021, wound up playing in just 20 regular-season games for the Chiefs. He caught 55 passes and scored four touchdowns, but those games were most notable for injuries and dropped passes. Toney tore the meniscus in his knee while returning kicks minutes into the first training camp practice last year, and though he returned for the start of the regular season, he was listed on their weekly injury report for 19 of the Chiefs' 21 games.

But in the fourth quarter of the Chiefs' Super Bowl LVII win over the Philadelphia Eagles two years ago, Toney scored one touchdown and set up another with a 65-yard punt return.

It was when he flashed that kind of big play ability that the Chiefs thought they might be able to develop their next star receiver.

“We're certainly disappointed,'' Veach said. „I think he's disappointed. We really liked the kid, and I know that people have different takes on Kadarius, but I know in this building he's a bright kid, he's a smart kid. When you look back on it, some of this stuff is a stroke of