{"id":877522,"date":"2026-10-10T14:16:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T14:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/877522\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T14:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T14:16:20","slug":"chiefs-reportedly-one-of-several-teams-interested-in-justin-watson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/877522\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs reportedly one of \u2018several\u2019 teams interested in Justin Watson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">It was a big blow to the <a href=\"https:\/\/arrowheadpride.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>\u2019 offense when wide receiver Tyquan Thornton dislocated his ankle against the <a href=\"https:\/\/silverandblackpride.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> in Week 4. He could recover in time for the postseason, but the team still has 13 regular-season games to play well against a much tougher slate of opponents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">So it shouldn\u2019t be surprising if the team looks for a way to replace Thornton\u2019s downfield role in the offense. Before Thornton was plugged into the offense in 2025, wide receiver Justin Watson manned an impactful spot in Kansas City as a deep-ball threat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">It sounds like the Chiefs may be interested in turning back the clock to Thornton\u2019s predecessor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">According to good friend of the site Pete Sweeney of The Kansas City Star, the Chiefs are \u201camong several teams\u201d interested in signing Watson, who is currently a free agent after the <a href=\"https:\/\/battleredblog.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Texans<\/a> released him this preseason. In 2025, Watson signed with Houston as a free agent after Thornton impressed on the Chiefs\u2019 practice squad through the end of the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">He appeared in only two games for the Texans last season before going to the Reserve\/Injured list with a calf injury; he returned for the Texans\u2019 regular-season finale and played on special teams in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">In Kansas City, Watson caught 64 passes for 1,064 yards and seven touchdowns; 56 of his 64 completions resulted in a first down or touchdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Over his last two seasons with the Chiefs, Watson accumulated 694 yards and three touchdowns on 35 catches on passes thrown 10 or more yards downfield, according to Pro Football Focus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Watson may not be the only reunion in Kansas City\u2019s receiving corps, but he may provide the field-stretching dynamic Thornton built his role on. Watson has limits that were evident once Thornton stepped into a similar position and excelled further, but the familiarity with the offense \u2014 along with the downfield chemistry with quarterback Patrick Mahomes \u2014 could be enticing for a midseason addition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was a big blow to the Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 offense when wide receiver Tyquan Thornton dislocated his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":877523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[15977,228863,349,99],"class_list":["post-877522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-kansas-city-chiefs-news","tag-kansas-city-chiefs-rumors","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}