Chase versus Pitts

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(03-24-2021, 02:38 PM)Au165 Wrote: You never answered my question, what route can't he run? I ask because he practiced the last year with WR's at Florida and ran their route trees in practice every day, and it all transferred to the tape. I got video clips of him running various level digs, Bang 8's, slants, corners, fades, wheel routes, whip routes, and these are against high-end corners too, not just linebackers. He is a CRISP route runner and runs many of them with the nuance of very high-end WR's, showing an ability to set up routes as the game progresses. 

You say that he is a CRISP route runner and runs "many" of them with the nuance of a very high-end WR, but I disagree.  He doesn't run routes nearly as effectively as Chase, Waddle, or Smith.  It isn't to say he can't run a specific route, but he simply isn't the route runner of the other three.  

If he was a dominant blocker as well, I would say you could use him as a TE where he lines up "tight" or in the slot, but we don't need him as a slot WR and he isn't the blocker you need to line up tight.  That leaves outside, where Travis Kelce lined up fewer than 5% of his snaps last year as he led the league in receptions.


This is still about matchups and what I love about Chase, Waddle, and Smith, is how much it would force defenses to drop safeties and open up the middle of the field to the likes of Sample, Boyd, Higgins, and even Gio/Mixon.

To be clear:  I am not saying "he sucks" or anything stupid like that, but I don't see him helping this offense the way one of the top 3 WRs could.