[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

I think it's clear that the team went with Skyy early, as they'd invested a second last year so they expected him to step up. Toney missing camp slowed his progress.

Just my guess, although I think it's pretty much a lock, don't you?

Now, obviously, Skyy hasn't done much. So we're seeing Rice's package of plays grow, and he's looking viable.

And we're seeing a little Ross sprinkled in, too.

Seems to me that they like to have at least one veteran out there on every snap, two when it's an important down. I think that's sensible.

But Veach told us what the team's plan was for the young guys. It seems to me that Moore has disappointed so far, and Toney is...Toney. It also seems like Rice and Ross are seeing their packages increase. Just like we were told they would. Both have shown flashes relative to their snap counts.

My 'homer' take was always that I couldn't see Veach striking out on three big swings and a lottery ticket.

So far, it looks like maybe one swing and a miss, and three maybes.

I still think we overestimated how well our initial depth chart would hold the door open in the early stages. And we kinda assumed juju was a low hurdle. I don’t think that went according to plan but at this point who cares. The important thing is that in this game it looked like we’re making serious adjustments to something better. I won’t sugarcoat the first few games because despite winning, our pass offense should not look like that. That second half offense though… that I am happy to work with. It’s still small sample size and minnesotas pass defense isn’t good, but it’s promising. Watson and ross making plays on imperfect or difficult passes… rashee catching a td pass in extreme traffic. I’ve been dreaming of this for mahomes. Happy tears.

And it still goes back to having that primary guy. This offense looks entirely different on drives when we commit to rice eating targets. He and ross just flat out get open in ways our other WRs don’t. The Watson drives were great but i don’t think those very high risk passes are any kind of consistent formula. When rice and Ross are in you feel rhythm. Even with the drops.

I’ve always felt we have a decent cast of role players but when they have to play beyond that role we see the holes. Even spreading the ball means giving more targets than we want to. But with that primary guy these guys slide in really nicely. I love Watson not as WR1 but as an occasional big play guy. Mvs as a clear out option is great but not as an every down option. Toney in a more limited role keeps him healthier. Sorry, at this point, I don’t really get skyys role.