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 Hammock Parties:
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.
Drops easy ones, catches super tough ones, and an explosive athlete. That was basically his draft profile.
He is precisely as advertised and looks like he can develope into Veach's first WR gem. What a game!!
Biggest thing is he has chemistry with Patrick. He and Patrick improvised for some chunk yards today. When you start to play that game with Patrick he'll fire it to you even when you're not open, which Rice happened to catch anyway. I mean wow. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
his drops issue really isn't an issue anymore
catch rate higher than juju
Dude, it's only been one game, he needs to show "catch consistency" the rest of this season and trying to compare him to Juju is so disingenuous comparing one game to Juju's whole season with us. [Reply]
From a few days ago: Earlier in the year, it was very clear that the Chiefs were finding specific times to put Rice on the field. The team unleashed him in scenarios that suited his understanding of the offense and what he could handle at the time. He got described by some as more of a package player because of that, but that tag may not be following him anymore. On Tuesday, offensive coordinator Matt Nagy praised Rice for his progress and said he's trusted to do many things in the offense now.
“Not necessarily, I think he’s done a good job of being able to show us that he can do more," Nagy said. "(He’s) taking the time throughout the week to understand certain route concepts. We know what he can do with the football in his hands. We saw that yesterday a few times, he’s a physical runner, he has strong hands. Now I think you’re noticing that some of his snaps are going up slightly as far as his percentages of snaps. We want to continue to do that, that’s part of development and the trust factor – which is real. The more we can get at that, the better we will be because he’s a very good football player. You’re right he is growing, but it will be in increments, and we like the path he is on right now.”
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"I think we've only scratched the surface, honestly," Mahomes said. "I think you've seen us hitting him kind of around the line of scrimmage, you saw the one around the sideline. I think he can do some of the vertical threat stuff. He has speed and he has burst, you can see it when he has the football in his hands. So let's start working him in and getting him more opportunities. It's hard when defenses play us like this — we've put some kind of deep-crossers and stuff in where defenses are settling back and I can go underneath. But I think he has a chance to be a great receiver in this league, and we're going to continue to push him to be that receiver every single week."
