LNBS: Chiefs draft theory

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Originally Posted by kccrow

He ran a lot of crossers, overs, drags, and posts. I'm not sure why those would ever come into question. Reid doesn't ask much in terms of comebacks, curls, and hitches, especially from his Z. I don't think I'd start worrying about that much. Again, I've been presented with nothing that speaks to this narrative that he can't run routes. It's largely made up by people assuming all he did was run go routes, and because he didn't run a large volume of possession receiver-style routes. I wouldn't be drafting Hyatt to run curls all day. That doesn't take advantage of his greatest asset which is his speed and acceleration. Reid would never use him that way.

Never said he cannot run routes, I said his route tree isn't fleshed out. Did you watch the Bama game? His bread and butter was free releases off go routes from stack formations with DBs playing 15 yards back. I don't see how this is consistently translatable to the NFL and worthy of a first? How likely is it Reid will be able to consistently contrive these looks for him to warrent a first round selection? If playing WR was that easy, and all you needed was elite speed with a coach to scheme free releases, Ross is a HOFer right now. I counted a single route in that game where he set up a nice contested catch from a red zone slant off a jab step. Literally one, in his best game of the season. Yes, there's a significant number of draft pundits questioning him as a route runner, I mean guys who do this for a living like Steve Smith saying these things. Maybe they are all making assumptions, but I find that very hard to believe. To each their own I guess.