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Originally Posted by staylor26
Oh I'm being obtuse? The ****ing irony.
You all offseason:
"The Chiefs need a WR1"
*the Chiefs draft a WR who looks like a possible WR1, and at the very least a very high end WR2, just 6 games into his career*
You: but it doesn't solve the problems of the rest of the room!
You are just moving the goalposts because you're absolutely obsessed with this subject/narrative, and you just want to keep arguing and being overly critical while pretending like you're happy with Rice.
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I'm not moving the goalposts any more than you are.
The Chiefs needed a WR1. I don't know if Rashee will be. But he definitely fits the bill for a primary target/Juju replacement. I applauded the pick from the beginning. And I'm glad people see why I badly wanted a primary target. THere is so much playbook we can open up IF he reaches his potential.
If you claim Rashee is progressing way faster than expected, I agree. And awesome. But that also means you expected us to lean on our current WR room (minus Rashee) all season. There was huge overconfidence in Mahomes/Reid to carry the offense and to spread the ball even without a primary target. In fact, there was fear a good WR would VULTURE targets from our current room. I'm happy to see that myth busted.
When I say it doesn't fix underlying problems I am talking about the rest of the room. And it's voicing frustration that, since you mentioned "talking out both sides of the mouth", some insist that things will bumpy while at the point relentlessly defending EXPECTED bad WR play. Now to the point where we're shifting a lot of the blame to Mahomes. He deserves plenty of blame but without a doubt the lion's share goes to a WR room that by and large hasn't been good.
And yeah, Rashee is a great fix but it doesn't solve everything. I hated that the Chiefs surrounded Tyreek with JAGs so I never said WR1 alone solves everything. And I've been vocal all offseason about how we have to have to have to stop overusing Kelce at his age. And yet here we are with no choice but to pepper a hobbling 34-year old warrior with targets. But whatever... I don't love it, but it's fine. Band-aid.
If you agree that Rashee gets us to last year's level but that we should keep focusing on WRs in the future (even if strictly through the draft), good. We're on the same page and I'm more than happy to live with what we have this year. But that is only because there is now a common understanding that we do need a primary WR target - ideally a true WR1 (not just casually hoping we back into one), we can't just spread the ball around to a bunch of guys who don't neatly fall into x/y, and we have to lean way less on Kelce sooner rather than later. No, those points which are largely believed today were not largely believed going into the season.