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Originally Posted by HC_Chief
Expectations & speculation.
With his speed, we (everyone) expected him to be more (unrealistically) productive. He has shown flashes and his numbers are not bad at all, BUT we are talking about the KC Chiefs offense here. It is ridiculously explosive and expectations (hyperbole) are through the roof.
Speculation: when it appears Mahomes is passing up Hardman, even though he appears to be open, we wonder "wtf is wrong here? Dude is FAST and wide the **** open. Why doesn't PM2 throw there? Does he not trust him? Why? Did he run the wrong route? Has he ****ed up too many times and therefore our stellar all-universe QB will avoid potentially getting picked/mess up because he and Hardman are not on the same page after three seasons?!?!"
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He was always set up for this.
He wasn't drafted to be an X. He was drafted to 'replace' Tyreek as a downfield Z when it appeared possible (probable) that Hill was on his way out of the league.
Once Hill came back, Mecole was immediately redundant. It's not his fault.
Then due to the draft capital expended on him, we tried to force a square peg into a round hole and make him the X receiver we so very clearly needed w/ that 2nd rounder. It just didn't take. And frankly, there shouldn't have been any expectations that it would. He has simply never been that kind of player even going back to Georgia.
Once we finally moved on to trying to emphasize what he can do well instead of trying to overcome what he does poorly, we got a very productive player in a secondary role. And ultimately that's okay - circumstances led to a draft pick being made that wouldn't have been made but/for said circumstances.
And we're still getting decent production from him.
Hard to really complain loudly about it at this point.