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Originally Posted by philfree
Defenses caught up to our offense last year and they took away our deep passing game. If affected Hill and Hardman. That said I don't understand the Hardman hate.
"Even after the snap count droppage, Hardman has either surpassed or remains on-pace to create career-highs in targets (85), receptions (61), yards (617), first-down catches (31), catch percentage (71.7), and yards after catch (470). He's also sliced his drop percentage from 12.9 percent in 2020 to 3.3 percent in 2021.Dec 9, 2021"
That's nothing but improvement in a year where Mahomes was forcing the ball to Hill over and over. There will be plenty of competition for the ball this year with more weapons for Mahomes to choose from, but I anticipate Hardman will have his best season ever. His speed should open it up for other players as well.
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Numbers don't tell the story with Hardman. The majority of his targets come 5 yards from the line of scrimmage or under.
Until he is a threat running a full NFL route tree he'll never be more than a gadget guy.