What's wrong with Mecole Hardman - Part 2

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Originally Posted by -King-

You could also argue that McLaurins development was hampered by being drafted to a dog shit team.

I don't believe for a second Hardman would be better in another offense than he is here. It's not like his play isn't popping off the page just because he shares the field with Hill and Kelce. It's because he makes the worst kind of mental mistakes and because it really seems like him and Mahomes are nowhere on the same page. It's also that most of his best players are plays where Reid draws up a play just for him rather than him running a route and being open organically because he read the defense right and made the right option or because he flat out beat the corner. That's the difference between him and someone like McLaurin. McLaurin just flat out beats corners, he doesn't need the OC to run a pitch play or screen in order to get success out of him.

Yeah, I get it.

I didn't say I believe it either. I just don't think we can know.

The Hardman situation is what it is and I personally put at least some of the blame on the team and the situation he's been put in. That being said, he hasn't developed and a lot of that is on him.

Next year is year 3. For WR's, especially in Reid's offense, that's the magic year. If he doesn't bust out this year, he's likely playing out his rookie contract and moving on. So we'll know sooner rather than later I believe.