Rex Ryan defends Kadarius Toney and explains who Andy Reid should ‘rip into’ instead

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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Kadarius Toney is receiving heavy criticism after another poor play at the weekend.

After his costly offside call the week before, Kadarius Toney needed a simple, clean, straightforward game against the Patriots.

The rest of the Kansas City Chiefs team delivered their part. Kadarius Toney did not.

Toney bobbled a catch which led to a turnover, and head coach Andy Reid was asked after the game whether he would be taking him out of his line-up in the future.

Andy Reid told what to do next

There is a lot of attention on Kadarius Toney now, heading into the Christmas Day game against the Raiders.

Toney is just one part of a receivers group that has been bad throughout 2023, with only rookie Rashee Rice emerging with any credit.

Skyy Moore has been a big disappointment, while Travis Kelce looks like he is 34, taking a step back.

The drops and poor play have not been confined to Toney, and former NFL head coach Rex Ryan says Andy Reid should put the entire receiver group, and the coaches, on blast.

Speaking to Get Up, Ryan explained: “If it was just him it’s easy. It ain’t just him. It’s details in that same room.

“Andy Reid’s a player’s coach, he is always going to protect them in the media and in public, but privately he needs to go in there and shut the door with every receiver in that room including that coach and say ‘hey it ain’t getting done’.

“He needs to rip into them and tear them a new you-know-what, because you’re letting our whole football team down. You’re killing our football team right now.”

He added that he would demand every receiver ‘catch 200 balls every day’ in practice.