Chiefs’ Kadarius Toney is SLAMMED on social media after nightmare efficiency vs. Lions with three drops… and Giants followers snigger on the receiver months after he gave them center finger

Kadarius Toney produced an early contender for the worst efficiency of the season on Thursday night time – and Giants followers could not assist however snigger at his expense.

With Travis Kelce out injured vs. the Lions in Week 1, Patrick Mahomes wanted his different receivers to step up within the All-Professional’s absence.

That did not occur, and the primary wrongdoer was Toney, who dropped three passes within the sport because the defending champs suffered a 21-20 residence loss to Detroit.

If three drops weren’t dangerous sufficient – Jacksonville’s Zay Jones led the league with 13 all of final season, for context – Toney truly immediately contributed to the Lions scoring factors. 

His first drop of the night time bounced off his palms and into the arms of Detroit security Brian Department, who took the ball the opposite means for a 50-yard landing.

Toney later dropped a move on third down within the third quarter – forcing the workforce to accept a discipline purpose – and did not haul in an try with simply 2:25 remaining within the sport with Kansas Metropolis seeking to take a late lead.

Kadarius Toney noticed a move bounce off his palms for a Lions pick-six within the third quarter

The previous first-round decide for the Giants completed his nightmare night time with one receiving yard and negative-one speeding yard, and New York followers didn’t conceal their amusement on-line.

The oft-injured receiver performed simply 19 video games over two years for the Giants earlier than the franchise traded him to the Chiefs final season, and Toney (literally) gave Big Blue the middle finger after profitable the Tremendous Bowl with the Chiefs in February.

Giants followers did not conceal their amusement at Toney’s brutal night time for the Chiefs on Thursday

So it wasn’t shocking to see Giants followers enjoy Toney’s tough night time.

‘Do Chiefs followers nonetheless need to defend Kadarius Toney?,’ Giants Each day requested.

‘Droppenheimer,’ one fan hilariously branded the wideout.

One other fan identified that the commerce package deal the Giants obtained for Toney – a third-round and sixth-round decide – helped the workforce land tight finish Darren Waller this summer season.

Even the native media took some swipes on the participant, who the Giants chosen with the twentieth total decide in 2021.

‘Cannot belief Kadarius Toney, in each means possible,’ stated ESPN’s Jordan Raanaan. That is why the Giants traded him.’

And The File’s Artwork Stapleton stated, ‘All those that questioned how Giants may let Kadarius Toney out of the constructing final 12 months refused to see the large image.’

‘He is a gadget participant, not a WR1.’ 

Even some Giants beat reporters supplied some harsh evaluation of Toney afterwards

Mahomes defended Toney after the sport.

 ‘I’ve belief in KT. He missed lots of coaching camp. Clearly, he wished to play and fought in rehab exhausting so he may play,’ the quarterback stated.

‘Stuff just isn’t at all times going to go your means, clearly, he would have wished to catch a couple of of these within the sport, however I’ve belief that he’s going to be the man that I am going to in these essential moments and he will make the catch and win us some video games like he did final 12 months and get him increasingly more reps. I am positive that these drops will disappear.’

It stays to be seen whether or not coach Andy Reid has as a lot belief in Toney as Mahomes does, however the quarterback will likely be hoping his favourite goal Kelce can return in Week 2.