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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
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.
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He's doing the exact things every said Moore was drafted to do. Hence, let him do those next year at a 2nd round WR cost.