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Originally Posted by Wisconsin_Chief
Yikes, that's impressive.
I still think JuJu seems like the type to take a team friendly deal if he truly loves it here. Remember, he turned down more money from us the first time around to stay in Pittsburgh. He seems like a loyal guy.
He fits in perfectly for his role here and he doesn't really have the type of skillset that teams generally overpay for. I think he just might stick around.
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Yes, on it's face that's impressive.
But there have been 41 guys with more than 85 targets this year. JJSS is 38th in depth of target at 7 yards downfield.
More amazing than that isn't his rank, it's the gap. 32nd in the league (Christian Kirk) isn't .2 yards ahead of him - he's
2.5 yards ahead of him at 9.5 yards downfield.
And it gets even worse in man coverage where he's at 6.8 yards/target. The Chiefs don't even attempt to get him open downfield (or mid-field) against man coverage. He's simply not going to succeed.
So you have a guy running quick hitters vs. man and occasionally attacking the seams vs. zone. Essentially getting a slew of high school football type of opportunities.
Yeah - he has a hell of a catch rate - because he's getting simple tosses in short. He's not being used like a Z receiver; he's being used like a TE.
The degree of difficulty for JJSS is essentially nil and the deeper you go, the more replaceable he appears to be.