So, last season we had to deal with a certain poster bitching constantly about Karlaftis because he preferred someone else with that pick. Are we looking at the same situation with EMAW1979 this year about Rice? We know that Andy doesn't use rookie wide receivers very much. So, when it's game 9 and Rice isn't on pace for 1500 yards is this guy gonna be screaming that Hyatt would have been better?

Yea, I noticed that too. Seems like they care even more about that than the 40 for WRs (unless they're looking for a true burner).

I'm just happy his last name is Rice. :thumb:

I would say they just don't seem to care about late separation guys, I wonder if the lack of urgency on picking a guy like Pickens shows the same. But then they also didn't seem fussed about contested catch guys and based on his 2022 film that seems one of Rice's plus attributes.

I have a hard time evaluating Rice. Early on in the draft process I listed him as a top 5 receiver in this class. The longer I watch him though, the more I get N’keal Harry vibes. Rashee is definitely a faster athlete than Harry but their college tape is eerily similar with how they dominate jump ball and back shoulder throw scenarios. My main worry is Rice’s ability to create separation vs man coverage. I think early on he’ll be an asset vs zone, but his biggest question mark will be beating 1 on 1’s vs man when teams want to double Kelce/Toney.

Very interested to see how our 2nd round receivers pan out this season.

Now the chiefs need to go out and get a WR with the last name BEANS

I just don't think this WR class was very good overall. I was very confident in Skyy, and we all know how he came along last year. Rice will be our Terry Mclaurin if this works out well for us. If not he's a jump ball guy who sits on the bench.

Now all those hill-running vids make sense

Yep.

By production, NFL had him rated as the 8th best WR in the draft. His athletic testing was 6th in the class.

His composite rating (those two combined) was THIRD.

This was a very good pick.

Those N'Keal Harry vibes lead me to predict Drake London being a bust and welp.

So he has bad hands and can’t separate? Chiefs fans are reeruned

FYP

If you were pining to keep JJSS and you don't like this pick, i'm not sure what to do with you. This guy can do everything JuJu did except he's a little faster, a little more explosive and doesn't come with the injury baggage.

The Chiefs needed a workhorse WR. A big bodied guy who who can develop into a full time snap eater and be productive underneath. Andy has always had one.

Toney, Ritchie, Moore...MVS....none of them are that guy.

Which is why i wasn't sold on the smaller, shiftier guys being the Chiefs selection, as much of a fan i am of that type.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here is one of the newest <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> WR Rashee Rice vs Maryland last year. <a href="https://t.co/hGivpXYQHV">pic.twitter.com/hGivpXYQHV</a></p>&mdash; Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jacobs71/status/1652338923467689992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Wow, he looks terrible. He can't catch and he can't get space. Just awful. LMAO