The Kansas City Chiefs have been rolling through their early season schedule as one of two teams to start the season with a 5-0 record, joining the Minnesota Vikings.

While the Chiefs have had a successful start to the 2024-25 season, offensive woes have been haunting the defending Super Bowl champions.

Kansas City is attempting to earn its third straight Super Bowl title, which would make it the first team in the NFL to do so. However, with a limited wide receiver room, it’s looking like a difficult task.

The Chiefs’ wide receiver room currently includes JuJu Smith-Schuster, Skyy Moore, Mecole Hardman, Justin Watson, and Xavier Worthy.

At the start of the season, the team’s No. 1 wide receiver was second-year star Rashee Rice, but he’s currently sidelined with a lateral collateral ligament (LCL) injury.

This leaves two-time MVP Patrick Mahomes with a limited toolset. The superstar quarterback has been struggling early in the year, trying to find consistency in offensive drives, but the lack of a clear No. 1 target has hurt Mahomes.

So far this season, he’s posted six touchdowns and 1,235 yards with a 69.4 completion percentage. He’s also given up six touchdowns and already has 23 rush attempts, both of which can log for the highest of his career if the Chiefs don’t find an offensive threat on the outside.

Given the struggles for Mahomes and the Chiefs, a recent trade pitch sends three-time All-Pro and five-time Pro Bowler DeAndre Hopkins to Kansas City.

The trade pitch, posted by Bleacher Report’s NFL scouting department, explains that a marriage between Hopkins and Kansas City would benefit both parties since the Tennessee Titans currently have the “aging wide receiver” on a rebuilding roster and the Chiefs are in dire need of acquiring help for Mahomes.

In the 2024-25 season with the Titans, Hopkins has produced one touchdown on 14 receptions for 175 yards.

He’s currently playing in his second season in Tennessee after previously competing with the Arizona Cardinals and Houston Texans. Hopkins first earned his All-Pro status during his time in Houston, where he spent the first seven years of his 12-year career.

His best season came in 2018 when Hopkins recorded 11 touchdowns on 115 receptions and 1,572 yards.

While Hopkins is in the latter half of his career, he would be able to bring stability to the Chiefs’ wide receiver room, taking some of the weight of a player like Worthy, who’s potentially feeling the pressure to step up and take the No. 1 reigns as a rookie.