Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice and fantasy analyst Matt Harmon talk about the six-game suspension to open the season and what it will imply for Kansas City’s offense. Hear the full dialog on “Football 301” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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One fascinating character on this Chiefs group although is Rashee Rice, who simply introduced right this moment he will be suspended for six video games.
Rashee Rice begins off the season with that six sport suspension.
There was discuss a 10-game suspension at one level.
Rashee Rice lacking these first six video games.
How do you suppose this ability place group works out for the Chiefs?
Do you’re feeling higher?
Even if Rice is not there?
Do you’re feeling higher about the place this passing sport is perhaps for the Chiefs in 2025?
Oh man, I, I, I simply want that they had one norm.
I want they simply had one regular receiver, , and like, I’m sorry, like I do know folks love these guys.
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I simply, I simply want that they had one ex-receiver line up on the boundary and beat press-man protection, and so they simply haven’t got that protection, however, um, Yeah, they’ve Tyquan Thornton, which, I imply, we’ll see.
Hey, I do not need to, we’ll see what occurs with Tyquan Thornton.
They have been overrated about him and so they’ve been launching footballs down the subject.
So, um, I believe actually that the key with that is how good, um, how good can this offensive line be, as a result of I believe that could be a trickle-down impact to the huge receiver room.
The solely factor I will say about Rice, and I do not, I do not say this as like a dig at him, once you have a look at the prime 20 huge receivers, first down per route run over the final two years, in accordance with True Media, amongst guys that run 300 plus routes, Rashee Rice is considered one of the outliers when it comes to 4.9 air yards per goal and like his reception notion success charge versus man protection is like 63.8%.
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Almost all the different guys are above 70%, like they’re constant man protection winners, and so they actually win extra so down the subject.
So, now he was an superior zone beater in the first three video games.
Last 12 months, his success charge versus zone protection was truly ninety-ninth percentile.
That’s what simply form of makes the Rice suspension robust, is that one, it takes a fairly important dimension away from their offense, and I simply marvel like what does he appear like, , what does he appear like when he will get again?
Like what does he appear like when he will get again?
Like is he nonetheless getting the similar quantity of quantity, like are they nonetheless Funneling targets by means of him, as a result of the complete factor is like, hey, we wanna increase the offense, we wanna throw the soccer down the subject.
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Well, does that imply, like, the 4.9 air yards per goal man is gonna nonetheless get those self same quantity of targets?
Like, I simply suppose, I believe his position in the offense is a bit more singular than possibly it will get painted out to be.
Not that that makes him a foul participant or something, like a sneaky, horrible participant.
Like I stated, Deebo Samuel is the different outlier in that, like, prime two first downs per route run record, and I believe these guys may very well be form of similar-ish, deal with breakers, zone beaters, stuff like that.
But you do want a second pitch, which I believe, once more, to convey it again to the offensive line, they have to be a giant a part of that second pitch.