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Is Tyreek Hill still a top-10 WR?
Is Tyreek Hill still a top-10 WR?

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Is Tyreek Hill still a top-10 WR?

Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice, fantasy analyst Matt Harmon and NFL writer Charles McDonald discuss the Dolphins wide receiver's outlook for this season after his statistics dropped in 2024. Hear the full conversation on 'Football 301' - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript And I left Tyreek Hill at number 10. Advertisement And uh I really wanted to drop him out of the top 10 because I'm just kind of, I want to be out early on Tyreek for, for a variety of different reasons. Um, and I'm a little just concerned about coming into this season for him, uh, just overall with where he's at. Tyreek Hill did not make my top 10, and I think, I think we're on the beginning of the, I think we're on the beginning of the downslope. Uh, and so I wanna, I wanna bail. I, I, I, if I, if stock marketing, stock market has taught me anything, you want to get out early before, before it's too late, but, uh, yeah, so Tyree did not make mine.

How can the Chiefs expand their offense?
How can the Chiefs expand their offense?

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How can the Chiefs expand their offense?

How can the Chiefs expand their offense? | Football 301 Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice, fantasy analyst Matt Harmon and NFL writer Charles McDonald discuss Kansas City's struggles through the air last season and why sorting it out is imperative to getting back to the Super Bowl in 2025. Hear the full conversation on 'Football 301' - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen tid View more Video Transcript I wanna see, I guess, the expansion of Kansas City's offense. Advertisement You're gonna get Rasheed Rice back. He lost Joe Dooney though, so we'll see like how Kingsley Sumataya plays that left guard. I don't know, man. He was really bad when he played last year. I think if you can just get Rasheed Rice back. And Xavier Worthy takes that next step, you can at least get back to playing some form of like explosive offense because I think, you know, even with, with someone as good as Mahomes as your quarterback, you don't want to be living how they were last year. Maybe they thought Xavier Worthy was gonna be a little bit more ready as like a real wide receiver threat. If you're gonna sign up for another 17 games of what they went through last year. Advertisement Uh, I don't know if they would get back to the Super Bowl, which is, that's the bar for this team. Kind of led to Andy Reid's worst tendencies, which is going full blown Mickey Mouse offense, Full blown, I mean, old school, late 90s West Coast with his, you know, the dancing and the red zone stuff, like. This is the frustrations with Andy Reid for a long time was what we saw last year. This was, this is what people used to say about the Eagles offenses in the os. Like, I remember as a kid, and then now I saw it last year and I'm like. Where's Freddie Mitchell at? I remember this offense. It's like, where's where's another 4 yard swinger out? Advertisement Uh, like I remember these offenses, so it's like, let's get back to 2018. I know 2018 is just never gonna happen again. I mean, obviously, but like let's get back to that like her down, block it up and chuck. Man, I would just feel so better, so much better about this, uh, offense if they just had like one true ex-receiver, you know, like one guy who could win against pressman coverage, like, throw him a bound, like, just handle the boundary stuff because all of these guys are players that take some level of role catering.

Why 'busy backfields' could become the NFL trend in 2025
Why 'busy backfields' could become the NFL trend in 2025

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Why 'busy backfields' could become the NFL trend in 2025

Why 'busy backfields' could become the NFL trend in 2025 | Football 301 Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice, fantasy analyst Matt Harmon and NFL writer Charles McDonald discuss the increased use of wide receivers and tight ends lining up in the backfield for carries and why it could become more common this coming season. Hear the full conversation on 'Football 301' - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript This is kind of the Packers is what inspired this one, but there's other teams doing this, and this is split backs and busy backfields, you know, a lot of stuff's happening in the backfield in the NFL, and I don't just mean motion, which is a little bit about motion, but who is in the backfield? Advertisement It used to just be a running back and then maybe you go full back, maybe you go on 3rd down, you got a running back in the tight end because of pass protection. Now it's first down, you got two receivers back there. You got to run back in the receiver. You got a tight end in the receiver. And the Packers, I thought, especially once they went through that little Maik Willis, uh, sabbatical when Jordan Love got hurt, it really inspired them to do more with their little spinner series. They led the league and receive. runs. It was mainly Jane Reed, but they're just finding ways to get their talented players touches. Advertisement And I think again, I'm talking about creativity with play callers, what coaches do this entire offseason is steal from each other. when they just review and they go, Oh, that worked really well. OK, how can we use that for our guys? And I think teams are gonna watch teams like the Packers. And others, uh, uh, uh, 49ers, of course, the Samuels, the Rams, always with their jet sweep guys. um, the Cowboys actually with CD Lamb did some cool things, Chiefs always, and then the Broncos with Marvin Mips did some cool things too, putting him in the backfield as well. But not just receiver runs, but getting receivers in the backfield. Advertisement Two tight ends in the backfield with a running back and making full house backfields. I saw the Cardinals doing that a good deal. I see the Bengals doing it a ton. The Bengals did some really cool stuff with getting the tight end in the backfield and basically being a de facto fullback. Defenses with the too high with all the quarters and stuff. They have to read and react and see what you're doing. If you guys got guys in the backfield, you're changing gaps, and you can change it without doing too much on your own end on offense and being too crazy, just getting these guys in different spots. So busy backfields. Advertisement This is my scheme thing for this year. Um, also, this is tied into more pistol. Uh, 2024 featured the highest rate of pistol last year, um, ever, 8.6% league-wide. They continued to trend from 2023. That's tied. Into this because when you're in pistol, you can kind of hybrid the backfield from gun looks and under center looks, and I think we're gonna see even more creativity with that because it's it's working for teams. It's just a little change up. You're not gonna major in it, but I do think more teams are gonna start using this changeup throughout the leagues and, uh, it's kind of cool when you see some talented players like Mims and Jareed get touches that aren't just like little 4 yard gains. It's like first downs and explosive play, so I I I see more creativity happening on the offensive end on this side.

How can Jordan Love improve in 2025?
How can Jordan Love improve in 2025?

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How can Jordan Love improve in 2025?

Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice, fantasy analyst Nate Tice and NFL writer Charles McDonald's discuss what makes the Packers quarterback among the top-10 at his position in the NFL and where he can grow this coming season. Hear the full conversation on 'Football 301' - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript Matt, why'd you throw in Jordan Love in there? Advertisement Uh, optimism, they finally forgot the receiver room. Yeah, hi, I'm Matthew Golden. Uh, what do you want to see out Jordan Love maybe this year that has has him in your top 10. I mean, I just think Jordan Love is a really fun player. Um, he's a, he's a daring quarterback. He's a little bit of I don't want to say like a maybe like a Diet Coke version of, uh, Matthew Stafford at his best, and I think he also could tap into a little bit more as just a mobile quarterback too. I think, like, not that he's ever gonna be Lamar Jackson or Jayden Daniels or, you know, Josh Allen or something like that, but I think they could lean into his mobility a little bit more, uh, when he is healthier, hopefully here, uh, in 2025 and beyond when he was in 2024. Advertisement So altogether it just kind of felt like at times the Packers passing game. Never, it was like a little bit of a star crossed lovers thing. They just never quite got the timing right, whether it was wide receivers were injured or Jordan Love was injured or offensive line was banged up, especially there towards the end of the season. I am pretty confident just in the system overall, but especially just love as a player. I think he, arm talent wise, he can be up there with any of these top players. If he just smooths out like from the decision-making standpoint, I definitely could see him jumping up a tier in this list. Advertisement I just love big game hunters. I think last year he, he just has some moments where he's, he's, this is his DNA. He is gonna make some of the stupidest decisions, but then he's gonna act like it never happened, and he'll come back on the next series on the first play and rip one of the best throws you'll ever see in your life. And I mean that, and I don't just mean like, oh, very excellent, I mean. Some of the best throws I've ever seen on film. Um, but he also has some of the worst throws I've ever seen on film and worst decision. I love that though, like, and I think he's still so young, still learning this, getting in an environment that's just adding layers, you can see his comfort level. Advertisement Um, I always thought when his first year starting, full-time starting was He made the rhythm his own. Not everyone's gonna have the same dropback and the same timing. It's just, you know, hopefully you get the ball out on time, but you could see his confidence growing where he's adding that extra little bounce and it was just like, but it was his own timing. And, and it's just really cool to see a young guy kind of do that. Like you could see it click for him. Um, I thought last year was kind of a roller coaster, but the highs were still so high. And this guy can complete all the throws I want to see. Advertisement So it's just, I'm still staying bullish on him. I'm not including him in my top five like I did on a quarterback draft last year, where I, but that was also a future 34 years with contracts and everything, but I am still bullish on him for 2025 and really beyond.

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