*****The Rashee Rice Thread*****

[Dante84]

More to come!

Mahomes knew Rashee Rice was his guy after throwing with him in Dallas.@AdamLefkoe with the scoop �� pic.twitter.com/X8ZAab22kM

— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) April 29, 2023

Rashee Rice | WR | SMU

One of the best WR prospects at the catch point and winning leverage mid-route. He consistently sets up defenders to put them on his back, locates the ball, and attacks it at the highest point.

Skill set is wild for a 6' 200lb WR. pic.twitter.com/ClxW4SJvi5

— Matt Lane (@Matty_KCSN) February 16, 2023

Rashee Rice was drafted with pick 55 of round 2 in the 2023 draft class. He scored a 9.53 #RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 145 out of 3062 WR from 1987 to 2023. https://t.co/lwD9tvVPvv pic.twitter.com/YjucxErSE1

— Kent Lee Platte (@MathBomb) April 29, 2023

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by HC_Chief

I see size, speed, measurements can be equated, for sure. What I think is ridiculous is thinking "this guy is same size as ______" = obvious comp. It is ridiculous. FFS, Justin Jefferson was the NFL Offensive Player of the Year. D'Andre Hopkins is a legitimate NFL all-pro year after year. ROD SMITH is a Hall of Famer. These are the guys to which this second round pick out of SMU, that few had on their draft board this high btw, are being compared. Come on. Bruh. The breathless hyperbole is ridiculous. That is all I have pointed out, yet fatass zach thinks "nah, that's not hyperbole, it's totally legit to comapre this kid out of a Div 2 (arguably) school = comparable to a Hall of Fame player".

It's more than measurements, it's playing style.

When you watch some Rice tape, he does Hopkins things. The high-pointing the ball. The fighting through contact for the catch. The stuff Hopkins did in Houston that made people think Deshaun Watson was good. You see Rice do those things.

The run after catch stuff. He's an extremely similar skillset.

No, I'm not saying he's going to be as successful in the NFL as Hopkins, but I can tell you he's a very similar TYPE of receiver with a lot of the same ATTRIBUTES. He's of that style. Not a Hill, not a Waddle, not a DK Metcalf. He's like a Hopkins-type receiver.

Now, he's going to have to clean up his routes, like almost every draftee, and he sometimes has the dropsies on easy catches, which tells me he's trying to run before securing the ball. But these aren't unfixable flaws. The raw material is there.

Without them, he's a top ten pick.

I'll take my chances with Reid, Nagy, and Mahomes to get his best football out of him.

[HC_Chief]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

It's more than measurements, it's playing style.

When you watch some Rice tape, he does Hopkins things. The high-pointing the ball. The fighting through contact for the catch. The stuff Hopkins did in Houston that made people think Deshaun Watson was good. You see Rice do those things.

The run after catch stuff. He's an extremely similar skillset.

No, I'm not saying he's going to be as successful in the NFL as Hopkins, but I can tell you he's a very similar TYPE of receiver with a lot of the same ATTRIBUTES. He's of that style. Not a Hill, not a Waddle, not a DK Metcalf. He's like a Hopkins-type receiver.

Now, he's going to have to clean up his routes, like almost every draftee, and he sometimes has the dropsies on easy catches, which tells me he's trying to run before securing the ball. But these aren't unfixable flaws. The raw material is there.

Without them, he's a top ten pick.

I'll take my chances with Reid, Nagy, and Mahomes to get his best football out of him.

Great take. I hope you are spot on. 100% re: Reid, Nagy, and Mahomes maximizing this kid's potential.

[RaidersOftheCellar]

Wasn’t my first choice, but I’m talking myself into it.

[Pablo]

What is there for me to be upset about? I want to rage but just can’t muster it when we got a guy pat practiced with and recommended at a position of need

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Correct me if Im wrong but I seem to recall Mahomes wanting them to draft CEH. They did. Wanted them to draft Skyy. They did. Now he wanted them to draft this guy. Mahomes GM

Mahomes wanted Moore?

[Chiefspants]

Idk how do this dude's measurables match up against Bobby Sippio?

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by Wisconsin_Chief

And there it is. It was an obvious smoke screen when those names trickled out.

4D Chess

[Chiefshrink]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic

No, everyone did not haver him in the 2nd round. I could post more proof, but its not worth it.

I like the player, quite a bit actually, but it was a waste of draft capital to move up.

The GM of the defending SB champions disagrees with you. Once you lead a team to more SBs than this GM then you can be taken seriously with your takes.

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by HC_Chief

Great take. I hope you are spot on. 100% re: Reid, Nagy, and Mahomes maximizing this kid's potential.

Man, you know, shit happens, who knows?

But the raw material is there, Mahomes liked him after working with him, we have the best offensive coaching staff in football. He's going to have every advantage.

If he WANTS to be great, he's certainly in the best position to be.

[DenverChief]

Originally Posted by siberian khatru

Dane Brugler scouting report:

I have noticed we like drafting team captains and guys that played many sports at one point in their school career.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by jd1020

Workout aint a game and Mahomes also wanted CEH. So...

And Burrow said CEH was the most important player on the LSU NC team. It didn't translate to the NFL. It happens, but to equate every pick to CEH is old and stale.

[HC_Chief]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

Man, you know, shit happens, who knows?

But the raw material is there, Mahomes liked him after working with him, we have the best offensive coaching staff in football. He's going to have every advantage.

If he WANTS to be great, he's certainly in the best position to be.

Yessir! Like I said before, IF this kid comes in, works his ass off, learns from these gurus and becomes THAT GUY... this is THE 2023 pick. In five, ten years from now, people will be talking about "...remember when KC traded up to get Rashee Rice in the second round?!".

I hope that happens.
What I think will really happen: this kid may work his way into a starting spot by yr 2. Will, if he maximize his potential, eventually fill the role of JuJu: 60-70 RPY MAX, FOR 800-900 yds. Nothing wrong with that at all.

[Couch-Potato]

Kid says he plays just like Hopkins so no need I guess.

[oldman]

If Mahomes is happy, I'm happy.