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Originally Posted by O.city
They've moved Rice along quickly.
Kinda puts to bed the whole "rookies don't play etc" stuff, no?
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Not at all. He's only been on the field more because Toney is hurt and playing very little and Richie James is hurt and not playing. I'd much rather Rice be out there playing, but his recent up tick in usage is due to our #1 WR being injured all the time and our #4 guy being injured the last couple of weeks. Rice is behind Toney, Moore, MVS, James, and Watson. Moore, MVS, and Watson are all healthy and got more snaps than Rice on Sunday.
Watson - 43 snaps/61%
Moore - 41 snaps/59%
MVS - 38 snaps/54%
Rice - 32 snaps/46%
Toney - 17 snaps/24% (Hurt)
Once Toney maybe, hopefully gets healthy (doubtful) and James gets back to being healthy, then Rice will likely see more like 15%-25% of snaps. I hope it's not the case, because I think it's pretty clear that right now he's our best WR. He'll have some frustrating drops, but he will probably make up for it.
Hell Rice is our best WR when it comes to getting a 1st down.
Rice - 8
Watson - 5
Moore - 5
Toney - 4
MVS - 4
James - 0
Ross - 0
I think Rice is going to be a baller.