FEBRUARY 11: Toney was not on the Chiefs’ final injury report for Super Bowl LVIII, but he is not expected to play in the title game, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The healthy scratch may well represent the end of Toney’s time in Kansas City.
JANUARY 28: Finishing out a disappointing season with the Chiefs, Kadarius Toney has not played since Week 16. Injuries have been a constant during the 2021 first-round pick’s career, and he is listed as out for today’s AFC championship game due to a hip injury. It appears Toney is disputing this designation.
In an expletive-laden Instagram Live tirade, Toney accused the Chiefs of lying about his injury. Kansas City’s injury report listed Toney as being out due to ankle and hip injuries ahead of the wild-card and divisional-round games; only a hip issue is listed this week.
This rant occurred hours before today’s game kicked off, and given Toney’s performance to date, it could change his status with the Chiefs. Toney, who turned 25 on Saturday, was a full practice participant Wednesday but was listed as limited Thursday and Friday. The team downgraded Toney to out Saturday. The Chiefs had hoped Toney could grow into a No. 1-caliber wide receiver this season; he has fallen well short of expectations.
Acquired for third- and sixth-round picks before the 2022 trade deadline, Toney has proven unreliable in New York and Kansas City. Injuries significantly limited him with the Giants, and they cropped up immediately following his move to the Chiefs. Hamstring trouble largely derailed his final weeks as a Giant, but during his three-year career, the shifty wide receiver has dealt with ankle, quad, oblique and knee trouble since coming off the 2021 draft board 20th overall. The Giants dealt Toney due to reliability concerns; those have not dissipated in Kansas City.
Toney suffered a meniscus tear minutes into Chiefs training camp this summer, but he was back in time for the team’s opener. This has been by far Toney’s healthiest season, but it has also brought him more attention for consistency issues not involving health. Toney drops represented part of the Chiefs’ long-running receiver issues, and his offside infraction negated his own go-ahead touchdown in a narrow loss to the Bills in December. During Toney’s most recent game active, he dropped a pass that led to a Patrick Mahomes INT (and a dismayed reaction from the superstar quarterback).
The birth of Toney’s daughter also factors into his absence, with the Chiefs listing him as out due to “hip/personal” reasons. Moving beyond the issue of Toney’s accusation, this rant certainly stands to spell trouble for his future with the defending champions. Toney has just 27 receptions for 169 yards this season, and while his Super Bowl-record punt return provided a boost in the Chiefs’ narrow Super Bowl LVII win, his absence appears to have helped streamline the 2023 squad’s passing attack. The Chiefs have performed better without inconsistent wideouts Toney and Skyy Moore available; Moore remains in the IR-return window.
It would cost the Chiefs $2.53MM to cut or trade Toney after this season. One year remains on his contract. Toney’s stock already plummeted during his time in New York, and while he has displayed an intriguing skillset, the Florida alum’s trade value is obviously low at the close of his third season.
Kadarius Toney has million dollar movement skills and a ten cent head.
Yep
Not to pile on but….I think he forgot to turn on the Camera during his rant lol…But I’m not social media expert either.
2 teams in 3 years and fixing to be 3 teams in 4 years and that’s if someone takes a chance on the guy….which I’m guessing someone will.
Beyond Tebow, typical Gator?
Toney’s no Aaron Hernandez. If he tried to shoot someone, he’d probably drop the gun.
Or shoot himself in the leg like the former NYG did!
Plaxico Burress….but Burress was beast tho lol
Or Aqib Talib who did the same thing lol
Priceless!
Bro, you are just bad. Enjoy the $2 million check they’re gonna cut you in a few weeks.
It’s only like 1.3 once Uncle Sam gets his cut
KC should have just cut him after drops. Rather they played it nice, and here’s the results of that.
I said it before he was drafted, immediately after he was drafted, and many tines since. The guy is a selfish moron. Doesn’t matter about the organization or what they’ve done for you…you don’t become that kind of a distraction for your teammates hours before a game….most especially a big playoff game. Air your dirty laundry another time. How can any team possibly think Toney deserves another shot after this.
People have to be paying attention for it to be a distraction
What the F does this even mean? Of course they are paying attention. The week of the SB any minuscule stuff is analyzed and over reported so they would be paying attention to it since it’s right at the day of the game. Are you that obtuse or you like attention paid to your mastery of bad logic.
Toney cost KC a win when his trick-play TD got called back cos he lined up offside. That was in December. National and (especially) NYC media are too busy ogling Kelce’s WAG to realize that.
Undrafted FA level production, Antonio Brown level intelligence bad combo.
Mr. Toney, here’s your mirror.
Well if true chiefs should be investigated and fined/ docked draft picks.
Investigate what? Dock draft picks? Wow?
Investigate if Toney is telling the truth or not. That’s usually how these things go.
Yes. If it’s found to be true they should be fined and docked draft picks. Falsely reporting injuries is against the rules.
Wow. Indeed. Just because you like the chiefs doesn’t mean they’re above the rules,
How do you prove its true though lol. Toney might feel he’s good enough to play but maybe the trainers recommended against it. They also had him listed with a “personal” tag which could basically be anything. And at the end of the day, he’s still a scratch…you can be a healthy scratch. This is a nothingburger and the league cares more about NOT listing an injury designation.
You look at medical reports held by the team on the player.
Other teams through the years have been in trouble for falsely reporting/messing with injury designations, this is nothing new.
Probably a nothing burger but nfl still needs to look into it and if found to be true fines / loss of draft picks should come.
You can’t get fined for anything that involves NOT playing a player. You can only get fined for PLAYING a player whose injury you hid.
Dude is a choke artist. He’s a mental midget, so mentally he’s injured. I wouldn’t trust him in a game like this.
Guess he doesn’t like playing professional football.
No team will touch him now. Moron
Looks like he is lining up on the wrong side of the line again…..
So he’s a healthy scratch. If I was Toney, I would like being listed as injured rather than a healthy scratch.
Seems he might be angry as he’ll not get a divisional round paycheck. With his rant he won’t be gettin a SB check or ring (if KC wins) and that might be the big misery, can’t say he’s a SB Champ just a chump
Someone this dysfunctional seems like a good fit for the Raiders.
He’s a pariah. Joystick talent and potential but a head case. It’s a risk/reward scenario for any team. If you can get them on the cheap? You might end up with a wild card lottery ticket. I’ve moved on from ever looking for the ‘good things’ from him. Perhaps the Chiefs will now much like the Giants eventually did.
One time someone had to humble me. I was about 25. Not saying he’s lost. Just saying we all get humbled. It’s what you do after. Reggie White got traded before he got his s#*% together. It happens. Now do me a favor and start him against my Niners. Hell give him kick return duties!
Great thoughts Randy V. Been there too!Thank you.
What a bum lmao
And if the chiefs go on to win the superbowl he will get a ring. Wonder how long till we see that ring on pawn stars.
I thought he was on the injured report for his hurt hands. Otherwise I couldn’t figure out why he was so reluctant to catch the ball.
So, looks like he’ll run himself out of KC now as well. Maybe if they waive him in the offseason someone will claim him and take them off the hook for his remaining salary.
Not that he’s the most trustworthy source but he DID say that rant was directed towards the media not KC.
Then again, I’m in the camp of “cut him if you’re not playing him”; especially with as many opportunities as he’s had between NYG & KC
He helped win 1 game in his whole career and has lost 2 games in a season and a half. All of this off field diva stuff he should’ve been released mid-season. He should be cut now and not given a ring if they win it, don’t invite him back to KC or let him on any team flights. What kind of idiot trashes his employer and wants taken care of by them too?
As an NYG fan I remember Travis Kelce stating NYG was stupid for letting him go ….
If people bothered to remember half the things that Kelce said, I doubt that he’d be allowed by microphones as much as he is currently is.
I was gonna back the 49ers if he was active.
Is Barbara Billingsley available to translate?
List him on the injury report as “hurt feelings”.
Even Chase Claypool got the Bears a 6th round pick when they unloaded him. Maybe send him to work with a team with a great wide receivers coach to see if they can make him more productive. Terry Robiskie is one WR coach I’d suggest that’s been around a long time & has a great track record.