One of the best WR prospects at the catch point and winning leverage mid-route. He consistently sets up defenders to put them on his back, locates the ball, and attacks it at the highest point.
Rashee Rice was drafted with pick 55 of round 2 in the 2023 draft class. He scored a 9.53 #RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 145 out of 3062 WR from 1987 to 2023. https://t.co/lwD9tvVPvvpic.twitter.com/YjucxErSE1
Originally Posted by staylor26:
The best part about Rice is how many people hated him and the pick (not just on CP or Chiefs fans either).
Brett Kollman and a lot of the draft guys I listen to thought Rice was a mid round pick.
I never understood it.
The YAC stuff was all there on his college tape, but what I'm super excited about was that sideline grab, because that's the first of that we've seen this season, but was also a staple of his college tape.
Mahomes starts throwing those to the kid, and we're going to light people up. [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
The best part about Rice is how many people hated him and the pick (not just on CP or Chiefs fans either).
Brett Kollman and a lot of the draft guys I listen to thought Rice was a mid round pick.
I never understood it.
A lot of people hyper focused on the drops, which I understand.
But, like Kelce early in his career, the solution seems to be to just keep feeding him the ball. If he can get open, make tough catches, and be an absolute monster in open space, the benefits of getting him the ball are going to outweigh the occasional drop.
Remember how many of us yearned for a gunslinger who would throw the occasional INT after over 2 decades of retread QB's who played it safe? Similar logic, I think. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chris Meck:
was that sideline grab,
The Holy Spirit in my soul was jumping for joy on that one for sure!! The only other WR on our crew that did that earlier in the season was Ross but.......:-)
Can you imagine IF Ross hadn't "screwed the pooch"?????:-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by BryanBusby:
I'm telling you. Anymore if you're not running a 4.40 or lower you are basically an UDFA in draft jackoffs eyes.
Which is stupid. We watched Bowe's entire career. He was a 4.5 guy and he had plenty of huge YAC plays, and even got straight deep balls once in awhile.
