Auden Tate is Much Better Than Most People Think

[Whatever]

(01-22-2020, 12:53 AM)impactplaya Wrote: Auden Tate has made some people look foolish cause he has 
Solified himself on the roster 
Tate is a big bodied WR who made strides in year 2.
All the more amazing when you consider for a better part of the 
Year the Bengals offense lacked a true burner To back the safties up and loosen the middle of the field 
If defenses dont have to worry about a vertical threat 
Then all.they do is condense and blanket everything underneath 
Passing windows shrink 
Auden Tate rarely had a chance to do damage after a catch 
Cause either 
A. He was catching balls that extended his radius.
B. Most of his routes asked him to have his back to the defense.
Curls...sit down routes...
Was he ever asked to run a Seam route
Or a skinny post ?
Put Tate in the Chiefs offense. He would actually be schemed 
To get open. Get favorable match ups 
Tate is far from a finished product.
But let's not forget.
He was in a offense with a playcaller that took 10 games 
To figure out how to use Mixon and the TEs.
Sometimes talented players are handcuffed by inept OCs.

Any S in the league will be licking their chops if you throw it to a WR that slow on a skinny post.  At best, you're just throwing up a jump ball into double coverage and hoping for a minor miracle or a flag.  

The Chiefs skill positions are based on speed and home run hitters.  When Andy Reid schemes guys open, he tries to get guys with the short area quickness and top end speed to get big chunks open.  That isn't Tate. He's not a scheme fit at all.