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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
I’m not saying we need to just chuck the ball up. But what mahomes doesn’t have is a WR with a catch radius. Whether you’re back shouldering it, high point, fades or even just wrestling for position… so mahomes’ option 9 times out of 10 is to throw a perfect ball to a WR who’s wide open. The most glaring example is Mvs who has been really bad at adjusting to the ball.
Part of efficiency is being able to get rid of the ball quickly. that also goes a long way to keeping mahomes on his feet and helping the OL out. Other teams can throw quick sideline routes knowing their WR will find a way to make the play. We don’t have that. And that’s a big miss. Just because mahomes is capable of doing magic tricks in the pocket doesn’t mean it’s ideal. And it’s not something you want to sustain into his 30s. At some point you have to give him some WRs who can help him out before the pass is thrown.
Again, you can talk statistical production til we’re blue in the face. We are better in a lot of ways but we still have gaps. Now, does that mean Hopkins is the answer? I have no idea. Depends on health and compensation. But the idea that the right fit, right comp $20m option isn’t a huge help to our offense is nonsense.
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Reid finally got to the new scheme last year when the year before with Hill he was in between the spread/WCO hybrid and trying to defeat the deep safety looks we were always seeing.
His answer was a new West Coast offense for 2023 where he stole/borrowed from lots of people to get guys open fast including Frank Reich.
This is why we looked so good last year, it wasn't just Hill is gone, it's now we can attack shells properly.
Adding in a top WR won't bring us back to the struggle sessions from 2 years ago when Reid was kind of floundering for good answers.