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Originally Posted by skinsfaninok
Still led the league QB rating throwing deep not targeting Hill
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But Hill still impacts the defense even when he's not targeted. Secondaries are forced to honor not only the deep threat he represents but the sudden quicks he has on slants and digs.
I think Richardson and Reed combine to represent the same or similar threat that Hill and Kelce represented in KC, personally. But for the purposes of playing devil's advocate and making the case that Smith will be challenged to replicate his success from last year, I don't think you can wave Hill aside as a non-factor when Smith was targeting someone else.
It's the same phenomenon as Crowder's 2016 season. Reed and Jackson opened up so much space for Crowder to operate in the slot.
I think Richardson and Reed, if healthy, will do pretty much the same thing.