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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15
Not being combative, because I agree with most of this post.
But what is the fascination with trying to replace Tyreek?
We've shown we don't need that burner in this offense. Hell, I'm not sure this offense would support a burner anymore.
I feel like every guy that's advocated for around here is not much more than "small guy brbrbrbrbr go fast"
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The fascination isn't with replacing Tyreek. It's just with making sure there is credible deep speed to punish teams if they start coming up to compress the short and intermediate routes and strangle YAC.
The Raiders' gameplan was successful on Christmas Day for a variety of factors, but a key one was showing no respect for the deep ball in their gameplan... and then not being punished for that.
The offense worked better in the playoffs because they were able to hit Valdes-Scantling on shots when teams didn't respect KC deep.
He's gone, and no one on the current roster really fills that role. I'm good with bringing Hardman back but don't love relying on him in that role.
Get a more dangerous and respected deep threat than Valdes-Scantling was in 2023 (even 2022 Valdes-Scantling was respected, which is a key for why the offense was able to be so efficient and consistent) and the space underneath for Rice and Kelce will be much greater.
And it doesn't have to be a small fast guy like Marquise Brown or Xavier Worthy or Roman Wilson. It can be a bigger fast guy like Xaiver Legette or Troy Franklin.
Even a pairing like Samuel and Legette is an upgrade from Toney/Hardman and Valdes-Scantling (and potentially a major one, depending on how Legette hits). Get better/more dangerous at the Z spot. Get better/more dangerous at the outside/deep threat spot.
Profit.