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Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch
Rice over JJSS in 2023 is undoubtedly an upgrade. Juju can't play regularly anymore and even at the end of the season his production was slipping drastically.
3 for 27
2 for 21
2 for 35
2 for 29
1 for 7
That's his production from Christmas Eve up to the Super Bowl against the Eagles last year. I'm sorry, but he absolutely wasn't this core piece that we just can't function without. He was fine in the Super Bowl for that one drive but that was about all JJSS provided as far as being an impact player for a month and a half at that point.
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Rice’s route tree is almost exclusively bubble screens.
When the Chiefs try to use him on more downfield routes, he hasn’t been able to produce… see last week.
That’s the difference between a rookie WR and a veteran.
No one is suggesting the Chiefs should have brought back JJSS to be that veteran presence… but to not replace him with another veteran WR (DeAndre Hopkins) was an epic fail by Veach.