After a season ending injury in the final preseason game as a rookie, second-year WR Byron Pringle has been thriving and taking first-team reps at Chiefs OTA’s. One of my favorites from the 2018 NFL Draft is seemingly ready for a breakout.
Another good nugget - Toub on WR Byron Pringle on special teams: "He's really looking good right now. He like took it to another level. We're really excited, the way he looks right now."
Two wide receivers are standing out, and they are Byron Pringle and Cody Thompson. Pringle is speedy, looking to be back in full health since his hernia surgery last year. Pains me to say it (��), but I like Thompson more than Jamal Custis right now at OTAs.
Byron Pringle is the young Chiefs wide receiver taking advantage of the extra practice snaps afforded by the absences of Tyreek Hill and Sammy Watkins. “He’s played fast,’’ wide receivers coach Greg Lewis said. “He’s played physical and he’s plucking... https://t.co/j8agJgY7FZ
Originally Posted by RealSNR:
"Herp it's minicamp he's a turd lol derp"
No, it's actually numbers. At least ONE of these so-called training camp heroes is going to make it on the 53 man roster at WR. And given it's such a tight competition and so many of them play special teams pretty well, we're probably going to see 2. Possibly even 3 for part of the season, depending if Hill is suspended and for how long.
Hill
Watkins
Hardman
Robinson
We'll carry at least 5. I'm thinking it's more likely we carry 6. Here are the leftovers:
Kemp
Deiter
Pringle
Thompson
Custis
Those are 5 training camp heroes. All dudes who look great in shorts and get homers whacking off pretty good during training camp and preseason. There are no gritty hard-nosed veterans they have to beat out, and there are no coach's pets that people want to see get cut. It's a 100% open spot that they'll be competing for.
The minimum bar they need to meet is that of Marcus Kemp on special teams in order for their spot to be an upgrade over last year. The optimistic yet realistic possibility is for one of them to be better than Chris Conley/Demarcus Robinson from last year. Again, shouldn't be hard. A couple hundred yards and maybe one or two TDs. Particularly in beating out Conley-- if any of them can get his production AND not be a fumbling piece of crap, we've already upgraded.
So like it or not, these "turds" are going to get pimped because the odds are that we'll see more than one of them on the 53 man roster this season.
Better him than Robinson. Robinson is, so far, one of those guys where it's his year every year, except it never actually is. Give me a new alternative. Same for Deiter. I know, I know. These guys always seem like they're 'connecting' with Mahomes. News flash: Mahomes is really fucking good. He'd make a traffic cone look awesome. [Reply]
I feel like people had unrealistic expectations of Robinson. He made a lot of really good plays last year - considering he was generally the 3rd option behind Hill, then Watkins/Conley. And sometimes the 4th option behind all 3. [Reply]
Originally Posted by suzzer99:
I feel like people had unrealistic expectations of Robinson. He made a lot of really good plays last year - considering he was generally the 3rd option behind Hill, then Watkins/Conley. And sometimes the 4th option behind all 3.
He seems to be the guy Pat ends up with a lot of instances whenever he's rolling out and looking to make a play as well. His strength may actually be how his improv skills correspond so well with Pat's. [Reply]
If he's "legit" it should show this year, but what I've seen so far is a guy with natural gifts who has taken a very long time to start to get a handle on routes and reading defenses. Tyreek Hill, as an example, picked those aspects up very quickly in comparison, and that's the main reason he turned so quickly into one of the top receivers in the league, despite being drafted as a running back and (to this day, unfortunately) really only being recognized for his generational speed. Playing receiver at a high level involves a lot more than speed, height and even hands, and that's why, I think, Robinson hasn't seen the field more than he has to this point and why, when he has, it's generally been forced on the team because of injuries to players in front of him. Guys like him are valuable, I'm not saying he's not, but guys like him are also available all over the place.
But hey, maybe this year really will be the year he develops into something more. That would only be good for the team...
Anyway, this thread is about Pringle, and I'm not sure I didn't see more potential from him before he got hurt last year than I'd seen from Robinson all along, but time will tell.
Even if the guy does come from some b-school in Kansas. :-) [Reply]
I mean if your two possible scenarios are the most talented wide receiver in the league and Gherig Dieter then I guess he's more Dieter but I think you're selling a guy incredibly short who was the #4/5/6 option and only played two years, one with Mahomes.
I'd MUCH rather have Robinson than Conley, for instance. This is a weird take. [Reply]
