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WR Nathaniel Dell, Jr., Houston
The existing WRs under contract for this team are both intermediate route geniuses in WR Kadarius Toney and WR Skyy Moore, as well as a one-dimensional deep threat in WR Marques Valdez-Scantling. I anticipate the Chiefs will bring back another player or two from their Super Bowl run, but there's no question that Toney and Moore both play a similar role in different ways. What the team needs is a true X receiver who can be a physical possession player, or a dynamic Z receiver who can allow HC Andy Reid's playcalling's freak flag fly. And I've undervalued some players in this draft, like WR Jaxon Smith=Njigba, because they don't fit cleanly into either of those needs.
Well, I'm not sure Dell does either. But I'm sure as hell interested to find out. A criminally skinny speed demon, "Tank" Dell has a sudden quickness that... I'm honestly not sure I've ever seen before. Some players have shown it: RB Barry Sanders, WR Dante Hall, WR Kadarius Toney... but this guy lives in it. He has some moves that human beings, even the elite ones he will soon be playing with, simply do not have. I'm not sure I've seen a shiftier player.
As a pure receiver, he will be a work in progress, but the reason WR Tyreek Hill went from a gadget player to a true Z dynamo was because of his (football) intelligence and unbelievable competitive spirit. Dell seems to have both of those. He will enter the Chiefs as a gadget player, and a dynamic slot guy, but he could very well develop into the longterm Z that they need.
If he doesn't, he's what Toney already is. What's that worth to you? A 2nd? Sign me up.
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