The San Francisco 49ers have traded for wide receiver Skyy Moore from the Kansas City Chiefs, sending a 2027 sixth-round pick and receiving a 2027 seventh-round pick in return as well.<\/p>\n
Moore, 24, was a second-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, but has struggled to find playing time while with the Chiefs. He found himself on the outskirts of a crowded wide receiver room this offseason and is now joining the 49ers, who are in dire need of receiver help.<\/p>\n
The 49ers have struggled with injuries at the position for much of the offseason, which has especially popped up in training camp. Currently, San Francisco is down Brandon Aiyuk (ACL, MCL), Jauan Jennings (calf), Jacob Cowing (hamstring), and Jordan Watkins (high-ankle sprain).<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Demarcus Robinson will miss the first three games of the season, as head coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed he\u2019ll be suspended for the first three games for violating the<\/p>\n
During the past two days, we\u2019ve covered potential trade targets<\/a> at wide receiver<\/a>. We almost mentioned Moore, but decided to swing for the fences. Moore enters a contract year, so he has plenty to prove. Per Over the Cap, Moore won\u2019t cost the 49ers more than $2 million this season. It\u2019s a win-win as he\u2019s a capable body, a former high draft pick, and comes into a situation where the Niners clearly want a \u201cgadget\u201d type of player.<\/p>\n Depending on which site you use, Moore had no more than two targets last year. He was much busier in 2023, with 36 targets, compared to 32 in 2022. In 2023, 21 of those targets happened underneath 10 yards. In 2022, 17 of those targets were of the short variety.<\/p>\n At 5\u201910, sub-200 pounds, Moore won\u2019t be asked to block in between the numbers. That\u2019s a significant part of Kyle Shanahan\u2019s offense, which means his role might be limited.<\/p>\n Adding Moore to the fold would suggest that one of the Niners\u2019 injuries is more serious than expected. It\u2019s easy to speculate that it\u2019s Jennings, who we haven\u2019t seen in August. Cowing has suffered two hamstring injuries this month, so we can\u2019t rule him out.<\/p>\n This move is safe, and also suggests Shanahan will lean into more 12 and 13 personnel. That means Luke Farrell and Kyle Juszczyk could see more time than expected. Or, if Isaac Guerendo stays healthy, the Niners could rely on multiple backs in the passing game. Shanahan has always tailored his offense to its personnel. Injuries or not, 2025 will be no different.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Francisco 49ers have traded for wide receiver Skyy Moore from the Kansas City Chiefs, sending a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,47545,2746,2745,99],"class_list":["post-98412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-san-francisco-49ers-roster","tag-san-francisco-49ers-depth-chart","tag-san-francisco-49ers-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98412","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=98412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}