NFL.com: Maclin likely to disappoint

[Bufkin]

If Q, please delete.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...ppoint-in-2015

6. Jeremy Maclin, Chiefs receiver

After setting career highs with 85 catches and 1,318 receiving yards last season, Maclin shifts from Chip Kelly's high-flying attack to Kansas City. He'll struggle to repeat that production against a steady diet of top corners and double teams in 2015. Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce will generate attention, but opponents aren't going to move off Maclin for the rest of that wideout group. While he's a massive upgrade at the position, K.C.'s conservative, run-heavy playbook makes the former Eagle a fantasy risk.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Cochise

No kidding. He has the Claynus curse inverse working in his favor now.

Curse doesn't apply here.

Maclin is a good player. Actually a borderline great player IMO.

But he won't do well here because he's not that much better, if at all, from Bowe.

No receiver does well with Alice.

The curse only applies if I think a player either sucks or is great. See Sean Smith.

[CoMoChief]

If Maclin doesn't pan out in KC it will be due to 1 of 2 things.

1. He's injured a lot and doesn't see much time on the field to warrant any real success.

2. Alex Smith

[RunKC]

No receiver does well with Russell Wilson either.

Our team is built a lot like theirs.

[Deberg_1990]

I forecast very "Andre Rison" like numbers.


70 catches, 1081 yards.

[RealSNR]

Maclin seems nice

http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/article...a-7ee040ead379

For more than a month, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith and one of his newest receivers, veteran Jeremy Maclin, ran around the practice field throwing and catching passes at will.

Now for 10 of the OTA practices and the three-day mandatory minicamp, there were defenders, but no pads. The rest of the time they were going against air, trying to perfect the timing and precision needed to execute coach Andy Reid’s offense at the highest level.

But in all actuality, it wasn’t really football.

That doesn’t begin until training camp on August 1 on the campus of Missouri Western State University. That’s when the guys can throw on the pads and really get after it.

But even so, the two were still able to get meaningful work done throughout these offseason workouts and enough to compare it to past experiences.

For Maclin, whether it was running through plays in 11-on-11 drills, talking in meeting rooms after practice or simply communicating what they’re seeing from the defense between plays, he had high praise for how well he and Smith have clicked since he arrived in Kansas City.

“I don’t think I’ve ever been off to a better start with a particular quarterback in my life,” Maclin stated.

After being the Eagles first-round pick back in 2009, Maclin has amassed 343 receptions for 4,771 yards and 36 touchdowns in his five seasons on the field. He missed all of 2013 with a knee injury.

Four of the five seasons Maclin has been on the field have been with coach Andy Reid, offensive coordinator Doug Pederson, receivers coach David Culley and many others who now find themselves in Kansas City.

“He’s only a couple years removed from our system,” Pederson said. “We’ve changed some things since he’s been in the offense, but he’s such a smart, savvy, veteran guy that he’s picked up on what we’re doing really fast.

“He and Alex have sort of developed that continuity right away.”

But even before Maclin signed with the Chiefs back in March, Smith had been aware of what Maclin could do in this offense.

“We watched a lot of Eagles film a few years ago when coach Reid and company first came over from Philadelphia,” Smith said. “Obviously, (Maclin) was all over that film. Certainly you could see what a playmaker he was, how explosive he was.

“But it’s the competitiveness that really jumps out at you when you’re around him.”

Maclin put that competiveness on display throughout offseason workouts.

If there was a ball in the air, he was going for it.

Maclin often found himself on the ground after the play from either diving for the ball or getting tangled with a defender after a duel in the air.

Maybe most importantly, Maclin was showing his quarterback how hard he’d fight for the ball when it comes his direction.

Regardless of whether he is wearing shorts and going against teammates or what is to come this fall when the Chiefs step between the lines for real, Maclin showed that he is a competitor this offseason.

“He’s a guy that can do everything,” Smith said of Maclin. “At this level, that’s so rare. A guy that has the speed and quickness to be a threat downfield, but also has the size to move inside. He wants it coming his direction.

“As a quarterback, you want that. You want those guys on the outside to kind of have that confidence about them—that no matter what, they’re going to win.

Smith could see on tape three years ago the physical ability Maclin possessed, but it’s his mental approach to the game that has really surprised Smith since they started working together.

“It’s easy for receivers to just worry about their job and to worry about their route,” Smith explained. “You can see pretty quickly how aware (Maclin) is of the entire defense. He’s not just seeing a corner; he’s seeing the safeties and all of the linebackers.

“He knows what kind of coverages they’re in and how they’re defending him. He’s smart. And with that, he can anticipate when the ball is coming his way.”

Coming off a Pro Bowl season in which he produced 85 receptions for 1,318 yards and 10 touchdowns, Maclin was at his best when his team needed him the most.

He averaged 20.2 yards per reception when the score was tied and 15.6 when the Eagles were behind. He even averaged 20 yards per reception and had four of his 10 touchdowns in the fourth quarter when the game was within one score.

Simply put, the Chiefs have a guy that is used to making the big catches when his team needs him the most.

“He has a guy he can trust,” Maclin said of Smith. “He can put the ball in different spots and I’ll go out there and make plays.

“I’m looking forward to doing some special things with him.”

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Originally Posted by RunKC

No receiver does well with Russell Wilson either.

Our team is built a lot like theirs.

Their receivers do just fine for how much they throw the ball.

There's a huge difference in their passing attack and ours.

Seahawks: 8th in YPC

Chiefs: 28th in YPC

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

If Maclin doesn't pan out in KC it will be due to 1 of 2 things.

1. He's injured a lot and doesn't see much time on the field to warrant any real success.

2. Alex Smith

3. He's never been the #1 option and can't handle the pressure and/or get open on an individual level to be a star receiver.

[Ragged Robin]

[Chiefshrink]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

ghkj

Lionel Richie avatar ?

[-King-]

Yeah he won't get 1300 yards and 10+ TDs, but he'll get 950-1100 yards and 5-7 TDs. He's such a perfect fit for this offense that's it would be hard for him not to do that if he plays 15-16 games.

[IowaChiefs83]

Originally Posted by Stop, Chiefs

Curse doesn't apply here.

Maclin is a good player. Actually a borderline great player IMO.

But he won't do well here because he's not that much better, if at all, from Bowe.

No receiver does well with Alice.

The curse only applies if I think a player either sucks or is great. See Sean Smith.

Do you really think Nick Foles/Mark Sanchez is that much better than Alex Smith?

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Originally Posted by IowaChiefs83

Do you really think Nick Foles/Mark Sanchez is that much better than Alex Smith?

In the last two seasons? Absolutely. They certainly led far more productive passing games and offensive attacks.

[IowaChiefs83]

Originally Posted by Stop, Chiefs

In the last two seasons? Absolutely. They certainly led far more productive passing games and offensive attacks.

So if Nick Foles/Mark Sanchez was under center for the Chiefs this upcoming season you would have no doubt Maclin would match or even surpass his numbers from last year? Do you truly believe that Bowe and Maclin are one in the same? You truly believe our lack of a passing attack falls squarely on Alex Smith's shoulders because the receiving talent was there for him to be more successful than what he was?

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Originally Posted by IowaChiefs83

So if Nick Foles/Mark Sanchez was under center for the Chiefs this upcoming season you would have no doubt Maclin would match or even surpass his numbers from last year? Do you truly believe that Bowe and Maclin are one in the same? You truly believe our lack of a passing attack falls squarely on Alex Smith's shoulders because the receiving talent was there for him to be more successful than what he was?

You're making it too complicated.

Here's what I believe: Alex Smith isn't good enough, he's never been good enough, and yet another talented WR is going to suffer under his cruel yoke this season.

[TimeForWasp]

I'm looking forward to a really good year.