In order to prevent us wasting precious years of Patrick Mahomes' career, Veach needs to work some magic this offseason. What's your advice for him? [Reply]
Originally Posted by TRR:
Are you advocating for a WR?
Time will tell. If they prioritize a top tier TE in free agency, the level of WR they may sign won’t be impactful.
Who isn’t advocating for a WR? We’re likely losing two of our top 4. You think a team that has consistently invested in the position while simultaneously not putting much value into TE2 had a sudden dramatic change in philosophy after a SB where nobody outside of Tyreek Hill could win 1 on 1?
They aren’t going to “prioritize a top tier TE in free agency”. What reason do we have to believe they will? Again, because Veach mentioned backup TE? He mentioned WR as well. You aren’t making any sense with this argument. [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
He had 6 sacks in 2019. He’s shown he’s capable of being productive.
He was absolutely disruptive on tape and consistently got pressure in 2020. It’s all on tape, and just about every scouting report mentions this. DJ, Zierlein, Brugler etc. have all said the same thing. This is reflected by his pass rush win rate and PFF grades (I know I know PFF) as well. The lack of production is 100% misleading, which is why I think it’s silly to stop there.
Despite the difference in production, nobody will tell you he didn’t clearly get better from 2019 to 2020.
The issue is it was a weird year and he’s still new to football. He’s not an athlete playing football though. He’s definitely a football player and has improved while demonstrating he has the intangibles to make a huge jump in the NFL.
I'm always leery of no production, but at the end of the first, you're not getting a clean prospect. It is what it is.
Figure out what he does well and ask him to do that. [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
Who isn’t advocating for a WR? We’re losing two of our top 4.
They aren’t going to “prioritize a top tier TE in free agency”. What reason do we have to believe they will? Again, because Veach mentioned backup TE? He mentioned WR as well. You aren’t making any sense with this argument.
I’m not advocating for the prioritization of a WR (many more holes to prioritize)...Watkins barely plays (especially in 2020) and Robinson hasn’t been relevant since 9/15/2019.
The discussion (not argument LOL) is simply based around an opinion that KC may rather replace Watkins/Robinson’s production with a second threat at TE. The reason (other than Veach calling it out) is a lack of quality behind Kelce for seasons...since Harris (does he qualify as a threat??) [Reply]
Originally Posted by TRR:
I’m not advocating for the prioritization of a WR (many more holes to prioritize)...Watkins barely plays (especially in 2020) and Robinson hasn’t been relevant since 9/15/2019.
The discussion (not argument LOL) is simply based around an opinion that KC may rather replace Watkins/Robinson’s production with a second threat at TE. The reason (other than Veach calling it out) is a lack of quality behind Kelce for seasons...since Harris (does he qualify as a threat??)
Why do you keep ignoring that all Veach did was add backup TE, along with WR, to a list of needs?
You’re quite literally making something out of nothing, while also ignoring things that contradict your assessment.
Watkins barely playing and Robinson not being relevant doesn’t change the fact that they clearly want a WR2, hence why they went after Watkins in the first place AND re-signed him last year. [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
Why do you keep ignoring that all Veach did was add backup TE, along with WR, to a list of needs?
You’re quite literally making something out of nothing, while also ignoring things that contradict your assessment.
Watkins barely playing and Robinson not being relevant doesn’t change the fact that they clearly want a WR2, hence why they went after Watkins in the first place AND re-signed him last year.
Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19:
He’s a fat sack of shit, not going to be worth a fuck. But Miami got him for nothing.
Brian Flores and Isaiah Wilson grew up in the same neighborhood and attended the same high school, albeit a few decades apart, but Flores thinks he can "get through to Wilson".
If he does, Wilson will be a steal and if he doesn't, who really cares at that price? [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
No, what Veach said was that we aren’t going to go out and sign a WR immediately in free agency (like we did with Watkins) because we don’t have the money to do that.
This was unsolicited, so if anything, I found it interesting that he specifically mentioned a WR. They aren’t going to go out and get a big fish there, but that kind of makes me think they want to get a guy in that tier 2/3 area which goes with what guys like Nate Taylor have said.
And if the PC is what you’re basing all of this on, he even said something about adding a WR in the draft.
They are adding a WR one way or the other, and they will probably do both.
The point is backup TE has no impact on them adding a WR.
Veach mentioned WR, CB and OT being the deepest position groups in the draft and I’m POSITIVE he has a couple “Sneeds” at WR he’s targeting that had great 2019s but lackluster 2020s due to specific circumstances.