Originally Posted by Megatron96
No. Sorry, this is the NFL, and no coach thinks "well, we're up by 17 in the first half, with a whole half to go, I need to take my foot off the gas. Never seen that go sideways before."
It's not a thing. Even against the Jets. If it were a thing, Andy wouldn't have put 41 on CHI. Or any of the other dozen teams he's shellacked in the past.
And I'm not saying they 'suck' forever. I literally have been saying that every 4 or 5 weeks they should be evaluated to see where they are. Currently, after four games, they are playing below expectations. Which I also said would probably be the case until (hopefully not much later than) Week 10 or so. When they finally gel (fingers crossed).
The goal here is for them to play to at least last season's level, which is pretty low bar, but whatever it takes.
They ain't there yet. They're not particularly close right now. As a room, they're averaging less than 148 yards/game. Most playoff-caliber teams are getting more than that out of two-three WRs.
But I expect Andy/Nagy to make some adjustments to the snapcounts of these guys and we'll see what the next 4-5 weeks brings, and because it's Andy, I'm positive we'll see adjustments and improvements.
My contention is with the idea that the WR room is doing well, or that it's good enough.
They're not good.
Skyy, who was sold to us by some Chiefs journalists as well as CPers, as the TC monster, as fallen pretty flat, outside of his "big" 70-yd game, and after 23 games in the NFL, Skyy's production has left a lot to be desired. Including getting blanked in 8 games.
MVS, who was billed as a "legitimate WR2," is currently averaging less than 2 catches per game.
Toney hasn't produced up to a WR1/WR2 or even a WR3 level, with just 57 yards to his credit after four games.
And those were the three WRs we thought were the most likely to catch on quickly this year. They were supposed to be the guys that propped the room up until Rice/Ross could get their feet under them, right?
Well, that didn't really work out so well.
The one positive thing that's happened within that room is that Rice is playing fairly well so far, his drop issue aside. Need to see a lot more, but for his first month as a pro he's doing okay.
The rest of the room is playing like a bottom-tier unit, and if that continues the rest of the season we can forget about the SB.
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