The recently cut former Charger may be heading to his old team’s biggest rival.

Several NFL free agents have opted to switch allegiances this offseason, forsaking the colors of their former teams for those of major rivals. Now, another prominent wide receiver appears poised to join the fray.

Mike Williams, recently released by the Los Angeles Chargers, is reportedly in talks to join the Kansas City Chiefs.

The speculation was ignited by FOX Sports’ Craig Carton during The Carton Show on Thursday morning, where he suggested that Williams would soon be unveiled as the latest addition to the Chiefs’ roster. Carton also asserted in his report that former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tyler Boyd would be signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Neither move has been confirmed by ESPN’s Adam Schefter or any of the NFL Network’s Holy Trinity of insiders (Ian Rapoport, Mike Garafolo, or Tom Pelissero), leaving the true status of both players up in the air at this time.

Williams gives Chiefs another proven weapon

Kansas City’s receiving corps lacked consistency last season

Kansas City had many doubters during what turned out to be another Super Bowl-winning campaign in 2023 for multiple reasons, including a very poor run defense. However, the biggest bugaboo was undoubtedly Patrick Mahomes’ receivers, who led the league in drops and drop percentage during the regular season.

The drops came in key moments, and were almost directly to blame for home losses to the Detroit Lions and the Philadelphia Eagles. The Chiefs were able to mitigate and overcome those woes on their way to victory in Super Bowl 58, but they don’t want to make things more difficult on their quest for a third consecutive Lombardi Trophy.

Williams, owner of a minute 3.3% career drop rate, has averaged 15.6 yards per reception over his seven years in the league, meaning he could serve as a replacement for departed deep threat Marquez Valdes-Scantling.

When healthy, however, Williams would help Kansas City in multiple ways. On top of his straight line speed, he’d give Patrick Mahomes a true deep threat that can fight off smaller defensive backs and consistently come down with the ball.

The attention he’d attract would give Travis Kelce and Rashee Rice more room to operate in the short-to-intermediate areas, and prevent defenses from being able to devote a linebacker toward spying Mahomes on key downs, making him even more dangerous as a scrambler.

The 2023 Chiefs were likely the worst team of Mahomes’ six-year starting tenure, and yet still found a way to emerge from the AFC and win the championship. If Carton’s assertion is correct, the conference’s myriad of other contenders are going to have an even steeper hill to climb in 2024.