Continuing to sit on this;
Think the only way it make A LOT of sense is if KC thinks Indy underutilized Downs vertically. If they think there is a little more “Zay Flowers-esque” to his game than has been shown. Not necessarily Thornton-Nine routes but Corners, Deep Overs, etc..
Josh Downs is so very interesting.
He’s *probably* better than any non-Rice WR in KC but wins in the same area of the field. Does it differently but similar area.
It’s easy to point to the M2M str, it exists, but minimal vertical presence, on LoS versatility, & catch point str