What's wrong with Mecole Hardman - Part 2

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

No, I never disputed that we'll regress no matter what if we lose either of those guys. That's common sense.

But as of right now... Losing a healthy Sammy Watkins stings a little bit. It stings a lot if either hill or kelce go down. Watkins is at least capable of playing like a WR1 (when healthy). If Hardman is struggling to get open in the slot, it's going to be that much harder to get open against press coverage and double teams against elite corners. Then there's a waterfall effect. We saw it last year... When tyreek doesn't draw double teams, drob and mecole have to fight more to get open instead of being bailout options.

If tyreek or kelce goes down, it's unreasonable to expect to replace them with a like superstar. But you need a WR2 who can at least be adequate. I haven't given up on mecole and will be rooting for him. But none of our WRs have proven they can be that guy. Being a role WR doesn't really help when your elite guys aren't giving you lots and lots of help.

yeah, except Watkins was NEVER healthy, and caught 37 balls.

That's it. 37.

We're freaking out over 37 catches.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

yeah, except Watkins was NEVER healthy, and caught 37 balls.

That's it. 37.

We're freaking out over 37 catches.

I think you're missing my point. I was saying that when tyreek was out, the offense regressed but Watkins was serviceable as wr1. When tyreek and Watkins were out, every single one of our receivers struggled. That's the situation we're in today if we lose tyreek. I could care less about losing Sammy who never saw the field. I am just pointing to the importance of having a clear WR2. And we don't have that right now until somebody steps up to it.

Nobody is freaking out over this. We can win without it. But we really need one of our guys to step up to that role and so far nobody has.