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Originally Posted by Kiimosabi
I don't really see that Darren Waller comparison. I feel like he's more of a Tee Higgins, just a big wide receiver.
Him playing at TE is just going to have teams trying to cover him with linebackers until they figure it out.
The Chiefs have so many options at receiver now. Feeling better and better about losing Hill and the gravity he demanded for lack of a better term.
Now I feel like Mahomes is really going to go to the guy who is open, making it much harder to defend. I know I'm not saying anything new, it's just great to watch.
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We don't really utilize a traditional TE, as in an in-line, blocker first, receiver second type TE. (Well, we do, but that's Bell's job.) Like a Gronk or a Kittle. It's part of why fans of those guys want to pooh-pooh Kelce's achievements. We move TE's around pre-snap, we split 'em out wide, we put them in the slot, we do all kinds of stuff. Things that are designed to find and exploit mismatches.
Waller is kind of on the other side of Kelce from your Gronk/Kittle types and your Kelce type. Faster than all, but not much of a prototypical TE. He's your big WR type, so I get the Fortson comparison although I expect Fortson's forte to be more like a Gonzales -post up, go up and get it type of TE.
Nothing at all wrong with that. If Gray continues to improve too, he's more like your Kelce Jr. skillset.