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Originally Posted by htismaqe
He's really going to have to change his game if he wants to have the longevity needed to be an all-time great. He takes WAY too many hard hits and it's a huge part of his game. He won't be able to play like that the older he gets. I mean, even if he manages to stay healthy despite the hits, running around like that is a young man's game. He's going to have to operate more from the pocket and the less he runs, the more defenses will key on it. Right now his biggest asset is that he's a dual threat. He won't always be that, healthy or not.
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That's all true, he will have to change his game as he ages. But he is. We're seeing it in real time. Just a couple seasons ago he had to have a top-10 WR like Stefon Diggs as a security blanket.
He's past that now, and distributing the ball to whoever's open, because he's able to go through his progressions and make his reads much better than he was earlier in his career.
He's running a lot now, because his weapons aren't that good or they're young/inexperienced, so he has to make up the difference by taking off. But if Kincaid grows into a top-tier guy or Coleman or whoever, he'll have to run less.
Not saying he'll become a great pocket passer, but he's learning to be a lot more comfortable in the pocket. And if he develops one or more of these young guys into top-notch receivers, he'll grow even more into a really good, if not great, pocket passer. Then we'll really be in trouble.