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I had thought about this over the last week or so, and KCSN’s lab kind of solidified my thinking on it. I believe it was Matty (or maybe Craig) said that it’s unlikely to ever really replace Kelce’s production at TE and that it was easier and much more likely to find that skillset in a WR. I agree.
People have been asking for a Kelce successor the last few years when we might’ve stumbled onto one in Rice. I mean, they win in the same area of the field, and excel at YAC. One of Rice’s biggest strengths as a player is uncovering in zone coverage. Literally our first TD of last season was Rice improvising a route to sit in zone, had he ran his intended route he would’ve ran into coverage (like Skyy Moore does). Kelce developed into a **much better** route runner than Rice is currently, but for all intents and purposes Rice fulfills a similar role in terms of area on the field he wins, yac, and ability to win vs zone.