WR Byron Pringle is playing really well

[Dante84]

After a season ending injury in the final preseason game as a rookie, second-year WR Byron Pringle has been thriving and taking first-team reps at Chiefs OTA’s. One of my favorites from the 2018 NFL Draft is seemingly ready for a breakout.

video via @Chiefs and @ChiefsReporter pic.twitter.com/GNZse8ShB0

— Brad Kelly (@BradKelly17) May 31, 2019

Another good nugget - Toub on WR Byron Pringle on special teams: "He's really looking good right now. He like took it to another level. We're really excited, the way he looks right now."

— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) May 30, 2019

Two wide receivers are standing out, and they are Byron Pringle and Cody Thompson. Pringle is speedy, looking to be back in full health since his hernia surgery last year. Pains me to say it (��), but I like Thompson more than Jamal Custis right now at OTAs.

— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) May 30, 2019

Byron Pringle is the young Chiefs wide receiver taking advantage of the extra practice snaps afforded by the absences of Tyreek Hill and Sammy Watkins. “He’s played fast,’’ wide receivers coach Greg Lewis said. “He’s played physical and he’s plucking... https://t.co/j8agJgY7FZ

— Adam Teicher (@adamteicher) May 30, 2019

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

This did not result in a first down. pic.twitter.com/VZQJKpNXyE

— CJ Moore (@CJMooreHoops) October 7, 2019

[Dante84]

Final tweet for this week’s #JacobsEyeInTheSky belongs to Byron Pringle. Great peel back here on Bosa. Does a great job getting in front of him so it won’t be a penalty. Bosa is beyond exhausted. #Chiefs pic.twitter.com/YUQUp6GWW2

— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) September 23, 2020

[Halfcan]

Pringle needs to get DRobbs snaps. DRobb can't seem to catch a cold this year.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Bryon Laystax is better than this turd. He made a block!

[Dunerdr]

Pringle is my favorite non super start guy on the roster and its not even close.

[Blaker32]

It is crazy the highlight video you could put together through the first 2 weeks of just D Robb drops.

[htismaqe]

Demarcus Robinson vs. the Chargers.

4 targets, 3 catches, no drops.

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by Dante84

Final tweet for this week’s #JacobsEyeInTheSky belongs to Byron Pringle. Great peel back here on Bosa. Does a great job getting in front of him so it won’t be a penalty. Bosa is beyond exhausted. #Chiefs pic.twitter.com/YUQUp6GWW2

— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) September 23, 2020

Ha ha, I saw that during the game and made sure to point it out to my KSU fan wife. He's pretty football savvy.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Demarcus Robinson vs. the Chargers.

4 targets, 3 catches, no drops.

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Someone w/ the NFL stats department's gonna need a dictionary. I'm not real sure what the hell else you'd call that.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

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Someone w/ the NFL stats department's gonna need a dictionary. I'm not real sure what the hell else you'd call that.

Most places have him with 6 drops on the season and he had 3 in the first game.

[suzzer99]

Originally Posted by Dunerdr

Pringle is my favorite non super start guy on the roster and its not even close.

It's pretty cool that he gets to go from being a super long shot to make the team to the guy whose block sprang Williams to ice to SuperBowl.

No matter what happens from here on out - he'll always have that story to delight the grandkids.

(Although Williams should have gone down, but he can leave that off the story.)

[suzzer99]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

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Someone w/ the NFL stats department's gonna need a dictionary. I'm not real sure what the hell else you'd call that.

Tyreek makes that catch. Hardman probably does too.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

Tyreek makes that catch. Hardman probably does too.

Tyreek had two drops against the Chargers IIRC. They all drop passes on occasion. Watkins actually drops more than his fair share.

[Dunerdr]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

It's pretty cool that he gets to go from being a super long shot to make the team to the guy whose block sprang Williams to ice to SuperBowl.

No matter what happens from here on out - he'll always have that story to delight the grandkids.

(Although Williams should have gone down, but he can leave that off the story.)

I'm in no way a kstate homer, im from oklahoma, i just love the way he plays.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Tyreek had two drops against the Chargers IIRC. They all drop passes on occasion. Watkins actually drops more than his fair share.

Some guys struggle with velocity more than others.

It seems like Robinson may be one of them. That 2-point conversion catch that Hardman made, I don't see any way Robinson brings it in.

I mean if you figure that there are 'kinds' of drops, how would you break 'em up? I'd say technique is one (letting the ball get into your body), focus is one and maybe just flat out velocity is one.

I think Watkins is guilty of focus drops. His technique is typically excellent and he doesn't seem to struggle with heaters. Hill's drops are usually technique where he'll let the ball get into him. With someone like Dropmetrius Harris, you got both - but he didn't seem any less likely to catch it at 100 mph than he did a lob shot.

Robinson, OTOH, seems to have good focus (explains his report on schoolyard plays with Mahomes) and his technique doesn't appear to be causing these. But when he gets a real heater, it seems to just go bouncing off sometimes. I wonder if he has smaller hands or if they're not as 'soft' in letting the fingertips cradle around them (which I guess would still be technique related...)

I dunno - but he's dropping some damn nice throws from Mahomes and it really goes back to about week 10 of last year. If he's got the yips, he needs to get over 'em or see more time on the pine.