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Originally Posted by RunKC
1. Same guys but 1 (Juju) we're enough last year
2. Rice is a better version of Juju and I think that will show even more in the 2nd half of the year
3. Kelce, Rice and Pacheco are a great trio that can help Mahomes. Rest are good complimentary
And finally...feed the ****ing ball to Rashee Rice. The guy didn't get a target the entire 2nd half and it showed. He's WR1 and they need to start treating him like it.
Even Mahomes said in the post game Q&A that now Rice needs to get the ball deep. Stop spreading the ball to everybody and focus on your talent.
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1: Advanced metrics tell us that the WRs last season were just barely adequate, and in fact the offense required extraordinary help from Pat playing at God mode level for most of the year, as well as McKinnon going way above and beyond average, and Travis having a career year. Maybe not quite as important, but Mecole was our leading WR in terms of RZ TDs, and the leading scoring WR (receiving/rushing) overall. That in itself should've been a small red flag.
2: Rice is not yet at the same level as JJSS was last season. He may be more physically capable, but he certainly doesn't have the same level of experience/football IQ to go with it, yet. We'll check back on that in about two years.
3: Travis/Pacheco are having slightly down years from last season, as well as MVS. Not having terrible years, but they aren't quite as productive as last season. Call it within predictable variance. Which is something someone should've been accounting for.
And yeah, I'd like to see more targets for Rice. Goes without saying, really. If he's going to be our top WR, he should be getting more than 5-6 targets a game.
However, I'd also like to know if coverage explains any of why Rice only saw two targets in the last game. A few weeks ago, JT noted that Rice only beat man/press man twice all season before the game he analyzed. That was around Week 4 or 5, iirc. Rice beat man/press twice in that game JT analyzed, ftr. I would like to know if Rice is improving in that area of his game, and I would like to know if MIA put someone on him in the 2nd half. And how that worked out for Rice.