The Patriots were very bad at drafting receivers too. But you still need to try because aside from QB, WR and DE are the two most expensive positions. When you don’t try, you have to pay average or worse players like Samuel, Palmer and Moore almost $20 million this year. The Chiefs have Rice and Worthy under contract for 4 years each for just over $20 million total.
Even if you just look at production in the playoffs. Rice averaged 65.5 yards/game in 2023, Worthy averaged 65 yards/game in 2024 (excluding superbowl since it was mostly garbage time), Shakir averaged 58 yards/game in 2024 which was his best year, Keon and Samuel combined to average 34 yards/game last playoff.
There certainly several ways to build a winning roster in this league, but I still think the Chiefs WR strategy is smarter even if it hasn’t been a home run yet and hopefully never will be. Though I will give Beane and McDermott a lot of credit for getting a good OL coach, OL depth and an awesome running back.