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Originally Posted by JPH83
Question for Rice is whether he's big enough to do that. I think a floor for him involves the contested catch element not really translating because he's not as big as he plays, and NFL players shut that down. But even then I think the floor involves him adapting, and Reid focusing on, exploiting the explosive 10-20 yards he clearly has. So worst scenario is he's maybe doing the job we expected for Moore. Probably takes him and the coaching staff a year to work out exactly what they've got.
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Well, that's possible, but the 41 inch vertical and elite body control are probably going to play.
But I think there's a tendency here to think that's all there is to Rice, and I don't think that's the case. I think he leaned on it a bit in college, because he could.
There are some sloppy releases on the tape (errr video) and some of that may be the toe issue, and some of it may just be inconsistent footwork but there are also examples of really nice, clean snaps. So, to me, cleaning up his feet at the snap is really the main area of work needed. I don't think that's insurmountable.