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Originally Posted by TwistedChief
Anyone with a slight criticism of our WRs is getting blasted? We all know our WRs have been anything but good this year. There's a stark difference between "we're hopeless with this group and they completely suck" which is the mantra of MANY here and "we won a SB largely with this group last year, they're having some growing pains, but I think there's a good chance our HOF coach and HOF QB will figure it out because they've done it before." Will that equate to a SB? Probably not, but we have as good a shot as anyone with the team we're fielding because it's not just about the WRs.
I wanted them to make more of an investment in receivers. They didn't do it. It worked for them last year and they're trying to again get by with an aging Kelce and hoping Mahomes can play at an MVP level and elevate a bunch of young guys. You may disagree with it, but surely you can at least see the merit in it?
It's not like Veach and Reid are sitting there completely unaware, but they've rebuilt units on the fly before and I'm sure they think they can do so again. Time will tell.
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I think it's less about 'elevating' the young guys and more about 'developing' the young guys, which I think it an important distinction.
Mahomes is going to play at an MVP level, because that's just who he is.
There's talent here; it's just inexperienced. I expect it to grow and get better every week. Meanwhile, the defense is looking killer, and that's great to be able to lean on them a little early while this group of young receivers learns on the fly. Kind of like the secondary last year.
We already have a precedent on this team, in recent history, for what we're doing.
I'm pretty confident this front office and coaching staff are going to be successful, because they almost always are when they commit to things like this.