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
The worries about getting separation all were from before we knew he was playing on a fractured toe.
I think we may have gotten a steal but you shouldn't take victory laps about the reactions after the draft, everyone was going off the information at the time.
If we got a first round steal at 55 this pick is going to be legendary. I love this kid's attitude [Reply]
I'm tempering my expectations, especially the 1st year. But if he pans out and becomes a top WR it'll go a long way to putting to bed any criticisms of Veach's WR drafting. Rice was a guy that was all over the shop on people's evals it seems, and lots admitted he is/was a hard evaluation. [Reply]
9:27. PFF is on and saying that it's basically mathematically impossible that Rice ran a 4.51 40 and he thinks there was something screwy with the laser timing. It would make sense why Hyatt's was slow too, and Tank Dell.
The point with the 10 and 20 times not lining up with the 40 time is that the 40 time is fiction.
If it's true he ran a 4.4 for coaches I will never complain about his speed again, he's plenty fast.
Also his 10 time is faster than Toney so he will be juuuuust fine getting open off the line.
Word that he was practicing double moves at the request of the Chiefs since he wasn't asked to do it in college and he must have shown promise in that as well.
I apologize to everyone for ever doubting this pick. It's like Pickens without the drama and he could have been a first rounder. No wonder Veach traded up to make sure he got his guy. [Reply]
