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Originally Posted by dlphg9
Travis Kelce is closer to a WR, than a TE. That's a good thing he's considered a TE too because he'd be really expensive if he was labeled a WR. Travis can literally line up anywhere. He plays the slot a ton.
What could Hopkins teach our young WRs that TEs can't?
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Yeah, Travis runs routes from everywhere. But he doesn't run the same routes at the X as a true WR would. He can't run some of them, because he simply lacks the speed to do so. WRs can't run some of the things Travis does because they don't have the physical advantage that Kelce does. how they go about their business is going to be different, down to how they execute their releases, how they create space, and so on.
Do you not see that TEs don't run certain routes that WRs run? There are routes that Travis doesn't run, particularly boundary routes, as an example. Or notice how Travis runs his routes vs. how a WR would run the same route?
I mean, there's a pile of differences between how defenses scheme against TEs vs. WRs, concepts, as well as the fact that Travis always has the physical advantage vs. any defender 1v1., etc. WRs don't always have that.