Veach hit a grand slam with Rashee. Love to see it.

Naw man, this is a player that NEEDS more reps. I'm trying to think of how well he will do next season with a full offseason with Pat.

He's gonna be unstoppable once we pair him with another competent WR

Not resting a rookie. I'll rest Kelce but let Rice play.

plus he's only 62 yards shy of 1000. He should play.

I spend the 1st half getting Rice and TK their 1000, then give them a rest.

He will be once h can run some real routes. Great season.

While watching the Ravens game today, they said Zay Flowers got his first 100 yard game of his career today. Rice has two.

Rice: 79 receptions, 938 yards, 7 TDs
Flowers: 77 receptions, 858 yards, 5 TDs

Flowers was a guy we wanted to trade up for in round 1, yet we get Rice in round 2 staying put. Gigantic win for Veach after last year's debacle with Moore.

Morons will still pretend like Flowers is SO much better.

Really excited we used him downfield. There's not reason he can't be used all over the field as much as possible. He's such a weapon with the ball in his hands

Hmmmmm let's see here..... IF Flowers has Mahomes as QB and Rice has Lamar would the stats be much different is the real question.:hmmm:

Flowers is a midget. Rice is better than him.

No doubt, I think it's safe to say he does have quick explosive speed initially but does not have quite the "take it to the house" long end speed as witnessed getting caught after running 20-25 yds uncontested. Whereas IF Ross makes that catch it is a TD no doubt IMO. Don't get me wrong here because I do love how Rice is developing but Ross needs to replace MVS especially after today's key drop AGAIN. Just saying.

Ross? No ****ing way.

Yeah wtf LMAO

With all due respect here, I don't think you realize how talented this kid is because the Chiefs brass had every excuse imaginable(except his play) to cut him after the domestic crap. They know how good he really is and just need him to know the playbook more and recognizing the soft areas in the D as the play develops(a la getting Patrick's eyes down). You can see that Rice is starting to figure out what Pat sees pre-snap. But the only way you get better is just getting more snaps. Or at least split the snaps between MVS and Ross. MVS is a flat out choker IMO.

The only thing stopping Rice from being a big play downfield threat is Matt Nagy’s Reerunned obsession with the underneath passing game.

This needs to be repeated every time the Veach haters bring up his inability to draft a WR.

I don't think anyone thinks he can't draft they just haven't taken enough shots.

Ross isn't a speedster type. He's not going to be taking deep balls to the house, it's not his game.

he's a Tee Higgins type. Not a Chase.

Oh no. There is a very vocal minority that take every opportunity to say he can’t draft a WR or evaluate a WR.

This is dumb.

All of it.

It’s like he’s got a rocket up his ass with only about 15-yard’s worth of fuel.

Elite burst but not-so-elite long speed lol

Well until Ross gets a significant number of snaps it's just your opinion.:shrug:

Ross isn't out running Rice. He might not outrun MEH.

Lol, Ross isn't fast. There's really people that think he's fast?

Ross has "game speed" after the catch. You saw this at Clemson. There are a percentage of RBs / WRs with 'ho hum' 40 times until they get into the game and have the ball in their hands. Not every offensive ball skill player has this. Just saying.

127 yards receiving.

But remember friends, we must take out all outliers so he only actually had 47 yards.

One stat really stands out for me. Out of everyone in the NFL, Rice is second to Tyreek in terms of YAC. And Tyreek is having one of the greatest seasons any WR has ever had. Ever. And Rice is a rookie who barely played the first half of the season And he still only trails Tyreek in YAC.

That's crazy to me.

And I was in the 'Zay Flowers is going to be the best WR out of this class' camp during the leadup to the draft. But I said a couple weeks ago that now I wouldn't trade Rice for any other WR in the draft. I think he'll end up being the best in class.

Yet, MVS still gets twice the snaps he gets.

Certainly we can find another receiver who will play COD with Mahomes.

Until he does it in the NFL, this mythical Ross game speed is just your opinion.

I know Rice doesn't have top end speed but in his defense the defender had a slight head start and he still almost housed it

Sneaky morsel from Mahomes’ press conference today about Rice spending the entire offseason in Dallas with Pat and Stroupe.

Alligators can out run humans for about 20 yards. He is real quick for about 20 yards then he tops out. Others can go faster than him
After that 20 yards or so.

I love Rice. But I get the narrative in Veach and wide receivers. Moore has been so disappointing. And it's compounded by the fact that George Pickens was there for the taking if we don't trade down with the Patriots. This team is probably the one seed if we had Pickens and Rice out there. I know that they claimed that Moore was the guy that they wanted all along. If he was, then the scouts or Veach messed up that evaluation. But I bet that if they hadn't traded down, Pickens is a Chief. Instead, there was a run at the position. Pickens got drafted, and in a panic, they took Moore.

People like MahomesMagic and OKchiefs absolutely think Veach "can't draft WRs".

If we can develop his route tree, and at this point i don't see why we can't, yeah, that's a really nice 2nd round pick. Looks really, really good right now.

His numbers say he's the GOAT of Chief rookie recievers. What more can we ask?

People were up in arms saying "we have nobody to replace Juju!!!" Now that we're here, overall Rice's numbers are better with a game left. All the knee jerk reactions from earlier in the year are just that.

I'm not a big fan of players flexing after a play. Rice's flex after the touchdown yesterday was a welcome exception

He'll be a damn fine no 2 WR one day...

I agree with JPH that what’s still missing is a consistent outside threat. Rice has reached the point of dominance in the slot. Maybe yesterday’s deep shot is a sign that he needs more consistent work outside and you just learn to deal with his rawness in exchange for the big play. But I still love more his future as a power slot. Hell, if he’s dominating without outside help, just imagine when he gets guys he can play off of.

Didn't see this posted anywhere in the thread. If previously posted, my apologies for the repost.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl...ch/ar-AA1miMR7

He's starting to believe...

It’s why I feel like the #1 requirement this offseason is to bring in WRs with +football IQ. You expect mistakes and in this case learning from mistakes from rashee. Problematic if veterans can’t even execute basics like lining up correctly. But man… once we get a few guys on the field who see the field the way mahomes does, we’re back to being a juggernaut on offense again.

Great find.

Absolutely awesome to hear.

Dax Hill is one of the fastest safeties in the league. I'm not sure how many more could take the angle he took and chase Rice down.

I think he would have out-run Taylor-Britt, from looking at the replay, if Hill hadn't gotten there just in time. A safety who is a step slower (4.48 speed instead of 4.38) wouldn't have gotten there on that angle OR would have had to take a more oblique angle and gotten there later.

Nice share dude.

How different would things be looking if Moore had the kind of growth we’re seeing from Rice? Bummer..

This season and last should provide a clear prototype for a Mahomes WR. Switch up the physical profiles all you want, but the mental side of things needs to be elite. I feel like they could find great value in smart guys that have lost a step.

A little extra post game interview snippet

https://x.com/HaroldRKuntz3/status/1...896889563?s=20

Oh I'm really just saying it's positive that there's obviously even more growth and potential there. He's already a really, really good weapon, but it's obvious there's more we could ask of him. If we do and he continues like this then, well, that's exciting. If he stays exactly where he is that's still a massive plus for a R2 pick.

This is great, thanks!

Rice starting to understand these things is a big deal.

This article is something I saw happening with him back in the Pats game. Where he was reading the soft zones and actually breaking off routes to go to them and Pat was finding them.

What's wild is that in his first year, by the end of the season he's doing this veteran shit and we got guys like MVS and Mooore who never ever showed an ounce of this.

Is it time to dunk on the people in the first few pages who wanted Hyatt?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rashee Rice had the first deep pattern catch of his career yesterday. The story behind it? He ran the wrong route — on purpose — after spotting something in the defense.<br><br>&quot;Something a lot of rookies don&#39;t do.&quot;<br><br>On one of the Chiefs&#39; biggest developments:<a href="https://t.co/oKerx5czXp">https://t.co/oKerx5czXp</a></p>&mdash; Sam McDowell (@SamMcDowell11) <a href="https://twitter.com/SamMcDowell11/status/1741838246147993775?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 1, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

we're getting to the point where rice gets his own gif thread if this keeps up LMAO

blinding acceleration

https://i.imgur.com/T4rhJOX.gif

25 yard gain in the blink of an eye

easy 18 yards

https://i.imgur.com/DjoYtCc.gif

All of those bundle of stickss drooling over Flowers while downplaying how good Rice is can all suck a ****ing AIDS dick.

looking forward to the all 22 of the deep ball because it's gonna look just like watkins in SB54

Lmao, what? You're such an idiot. Ross would have gotten caught before Rice did.

Outside of Kelce he's the only one who does.

Wonder if he was coached to do that?? :p

Unreal


If you can rest a guy. You should ALWAYS, and I mean always, do it. This is a meaningless game. Pure lunacy to stat chase and play him.

No Rice OR No Mahomes or No Kelce and we have 0% chance to win a Super Bowl

Puka has 22 more receptions than Rice. The ONLY player to have more YAC than Rice is Tyreek.

Give Rice 22 more receptions with his insane YAC and Rice is statistically the best WR in the 2023 class. Veach nailed it.

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Well, to be fair, if you put Rice on a team that already has two good WRs he wouldn't have the production he has had. SOME of his production is simply due to having no other choice and our WR room being that bad.

What a load of shit.

Cooper Kupp missed a lot of time and was banged up all season. Who the **** is the other WR that you're referring to? Demarcus ****ing Robinson or Tutu Atwell?

Also, Kelce was more productive than any WR on the Rams not named Puka.

I wasn't a fan of the pick, but as I have said several times now, I am a Rice fan. I think he is being underutilized by a large amount.

But, Flowers is the kind of player Reid seems to get excited to draw up plays for, whereas a guy like Rice is seen as a regular receiver.

I don't think you can look at what any player is doing on another team with another QB and HC, especially one like Flowers, and say that's what they would be doing with Mahomes and Reid.

I love Rice, but Flowers would have been great too I believe.

Like, Pickens may not like Tomlin's aggressive dick head style of coaching, and would have flourished with a HC like Reid who let's players have some personality.

BWillie has become obsessed with being the biggest troll on CP. He becomes a bigger and bigger idiot by the day. He's almost unbearable to read anymore.

So, just to be clear, you're saying that Rice is part alligator?

You let your fandom control any rational thought. I step back and think about how things are even if I wasn't a fan. Rice has been great but I dont know how it is a crazy thought to assume that if Rice would be in an offense with two good receivers he would be less productive. It's ****ing common sense. There are only so many mouths to feed and in this offense he is the only mouth we can even figure out how to feed.

22 less receptions than Puka you ****ing lollipop

Dude, come on. Obviously his production is higher because of the lack of other alternatives.

But use the ****ing eye test. He’s legit. His YAC ability is elite and that translates regardless of the WR room (and arguably if he were opposite other good receivers he’d have even more space after the catch).

Stop with this blatant trolling.

That was literally all I was saying. He's a very good player and he projects to get even better with his athleticism. You guys are very sensitive unless it is pure sunshine pumping.

That 67 yarder took me back to Sammy Watkins stacking Richard Sherman to set up the lead score in the SB vs the 9rs.

Notice how that moron didn't even acknowledge my rebuttal that completely shits on his dumb argument.

He's essentially arguing that Rice's production is misleading because he's force fed the ball.

But yet Nacua has 154 targets to Rice's 102.

LMAO :facepalm:

Blah blah. Then ignore the fact that he spent the first half of the season getting the clear Andy-Reid-rookie-WR-underuse versus how Nacua, Dell, and Flowers were being fully utilized in their offenses from the start.

Justin Watson was on the Tampa Super Bowl team and had 94 yards. Gonna get 500 yards in KCs amazing wide receiver room this year. Im sure him getting 5 times as many yards here in KC than in Tampa had nothing to do with them having Evans, Godwin, and Antonio Brown ahead of him. Yeah, nothing.

"Obviously his production is higher because of the lack of other alternatives."

Sshhhh. You agree with me.

I wonder if the reason Rice has grown so much in 1 year is a result of hanging out with Mahomes/Kelce all year long. Seems like he's soaked in knowledge on beating certain coverages and how to find the empty spaces in zone.

Hes picked up so much in 1 year. I'm like a proud parent I'm so happy for him.