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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Yup.
Hill had an innate ability to run routes from the moment he took the field. It's revisionist history to act like he was some RB out there running go routes.
His footwork and agility in/out of his breaks was always top shelf. That guy was born to play the position.
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I'm not suggesting that they took an elite athlete who had zero idea how to play receiver and turned him into one of the best in the NFL. It's obvious Hill was a natural for the position, but that being said most of his production came from gadget plays (reverses, sweeps, screens) and go routes his rookie season. His ability to play receiver from year 1 to his last season as a Chief has substantially gotten better. Not that he couldn't run routes in his rookie season but I think it's undeniable that he leaned heavily on his athleticism in his rookie year while as the years went on he had everything in his arsenal to throw at defenses.
That's not what we are arguing though- can Christian Watson who himself is a phenomenal athlete develop into a true #1 WR? If Watson didn't have any holes in his game we wouldn't be talking about being able to draft him at #29. High risk, high potential undoubtedly but I believe that our coaching staff would be able to get the most out of this player especially in our offense that wouldn't require him to carry the bulk of the load early on.