Shannon Sharpe is wondering what happened to Tyquan Thornton & says he’s been better than Hollywood Brown this season!

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  3. I ageee Thornton should get some more opportunities. He was very productive while our guys were injured/ suspended

  4. I mean Hollywood got more targets than him but not by much on Monday. Didn’t Hollywood have 0 yards too?

  6. Thornton and Brown play different roles and have different skill sets, what is he even talking about?

  7. Early season chiefs always look a lot different than late season/playoffs. When the time is right Thornton/Royals/Smith will all be used more than they have been. (Smith already doing it) But if they’re winning right now, Andy is gonna save that for later.

  8. I have kind of wondered this too, but I feel like this may be a situation where the chiefs do not want to drive his price up. I think he’s probably better than Hollywood, but I don’t think it matters a ton.

    If he plays significant snaps all year doing what he was doing, there’s no way we could afford to keep him. People hate to admit that their teams do this type of thing because they want to believe their teams are all in all of the time, but from a long term perspective when you have a receiver room this deep this is the right play.

  9. EGE.

    Thornton has eaten a lot already this season and his belly was still full, so it was time to feed Rice once he came back. Now that everyone has had some bites, the Chiefs can start feeding all of them again.

  10. There’s only one ball and Rashee, Worthy, and Kelce are eating. I agree, Tyquan has been better than Brown. There’s a place for a guy who is a constant threat to keep defenses honest.

  11. They’ve both got 300 yards and about the same amount of touchdowns. Thornton should see more playing time but I would say they are pretty equal all things considered.

    I would say Juju would still be ahead of them both because he can block his ass off and usually gets at least one big chunk play every game. Then obviously Rice and Worthy are the main WR threats.

  13. I mean the offense has been humming since Worthy came back so I find it hard to say that we’re messing up our personnel offensively. He plays a valuable role in stretching defenses and is great depth piece in case someone else goes down injured or needs a breather on the sidelines for a play or 2.

    Every team needs guys who can come in and fill a specific role and Tyquan seems to be a great fit for it. Not everyone can be a superstar.

  14. I think with a heathy Worthy, Thornton’s usage is going to be scheme and coverage dependent. If a team is determined to man up a ton against us, he’ll probably be out there more.

    The Time’s Ours guys made a great point this week. Andy probably isn’t thinking in his mind “I need to get these guys this percentage of snaps”. He’s bringing (non Rice/Worthy/Kelce) guys in based on coverages he sees and plays he wants. The big 3 are going to get lots of snaps by definition of being consistently better than everyone else, but everyone else is going to be matchup dependent in the rotation.

  15. The issue is that Thornton is being used for spreading out the field. They are sending him down field for a long ball, but those aren’t being thrown as much lately now that Rice is back in the mix. The short, slot game is back and in full effect. So Thornton and Brown are gonna be running those out routes but defenses are still taking that away so back to the shorter distances which is where you will find Kelce, Rice, JuJu and Worthy. They aren’t ignoring Thornton on purpose. But I can imagine Thornton might be a little frustrated with his use now that things have changed a bit. I do think T has proven more effective than Hollywood up to this point.

  16. What a world we live in where the chiefs have TOO MANY good receivers!

    On a side note, i do believe Hollywood is better at this point than Thornton but the chiefs should be giving him some in game snaps to keep him in the mix and keep the momentum he has built. He will be great for depth in case anyone gets hurt but he’ll be even better if they don’t just put him on the shelf for weeks at a time.

  18. I agree with him. He played well in the absence of Rice. Now that Rice is back, he has disappeared.

  19. Maybe they are keeping him healthy for post season. He’s best at deep balls. 

  21. My personal hypothesis has been that with Simmons and then Trey out, they’ve dialed back on the longer developing plays to help the o-line out. That with Rice coming back further decreases his opportunities. If he’s not seeing more action when our entire o-line is back, I’ll be somewhat surprised.

  22. Hmm. Hollywood is 2nd in receptions and yards and first in TDs. I like Tyquan, but this is just stupid.

  23. He did get a 39 yard reception in the Raiders game, which was his only target.

    I think we’re focusing more on short and intermediate distances with Josh and Trey out, and also focusing on getting Rice involved since he’s only been back for two games.

    With Trey back against Buffalo, and with Buffalo having a somewhat soft secondary, he may get more looks this week.

    Once we get up one or two scores, Reid also likes to dominate time of possession with long drives, which usually doesn’t involve the deep ball other than as a threat to punish defenses.

  24. You’d think an NFL receiver/TE would innately understand that players don’t disappear, but that TT going deep leads to TK and RR eating underneath etc… 🙄

  25. Thorton is in the MVS/Watson field stretcher role now. It’s an invaluable part of the offense whether you get the ball or not.

  28. Part of it is we haven’t been seeing a ton of man, and part of it is we’ve been running a lot of 12 personnel. And 12 personnel is how we end up getting rashee on Bobby Wagner lol

  29. Once Simmons was out, Mahomes stopped throwing the ball deep as much which means less opportunities for Thornton.

  30. Not everyone can get the ball during each game when you have this many reliable receivers. The team’s WR depth chart is insane now. Everyone gonna eat at some point during this season.

  31. I agree Thornton is better than Hollywood and should see more snaps than he has been but it’s not an apples to apples comparison, they are two different types of receivers

  32. It seems like Mahomes is struggling to get deep balls with Simmons out. Moore is good in pass pro but not as good. The quick pass game with Rice, Brown, Juju and Kelce is where he’s had success.

  33. If I were any kind of coach, trainer, player in the NFL, I wouldn’t listen to a thing Shannon Sharpe says. He’s walking talking rage bait.

  35. Hollywood is like an older Worthy, just not as good at YAC or as explosive. Thornton is kind of like a better MVS. He’s good at the deep routes and a reliable pass catcher when he gets open. It’s apples to oranges.

    I do think they should be putting in packages every game that feature a couple of Thornton bombs, similar to what they did with Justin Watson.

  36. I get it, but the offense looks amazing. Not sure we need to be changing anything. However, when Hollywood inevitably gets hurt, Thornton will get reintegrated.

  39. Tyquan, I believe, is X’s backup, not Hollywood’s. My guess is that Andy like to rigorously abide by his depth chart until he has a reason not to. That said, I ultimately agree with Sharpe.

  40. Seth Keysor said that what happened is that Simmons can hold his blocks for about 0.5s longer than Moore and that’s what’s needed for the long ball.

  41. 1) Hollywood makes more money. Sometimes it’s that simple.

    2) Thornton has made great deep ball catches but has been less productive in any sort of underneath or sideline catch roll which is where they want to use Hollywood

    It wouldn’t be Hollywood’s snaps he’d be taking, it would be Worthy’s. And I don’t think he’s better than Worthy.

    Now I would LOVE more sets where we have TWO deep threats on routes plus Kelce in to chip, then roll out to the middle or be the checkdown like we saw vs the commanders. And Rice across the middle. That would be an absolutely lethal combo if they aren’t blitzing. We’d be 6 on 4 at the line, with the field stretched. Either deep guy wins a route and it’s a big catch. If they don’t, Rice across the middle for a first down plus. And if it all doesn’t work, Kelce for the checkdown and probably run for a mile because they can’t cover everyone.

  42. 100% want him out there, but this entire paragraph reads like someone who bet the over 0.5 receiving yards with a few grand they didn’t like losing last game, it is what it is

  44. The chiefs will play Thornton when the scheme fits the opponents match up. How many times do people not understand that the passing game is tailored differently each week.

  46. The receivers are taking on the “everybody gotta eat” mantra. It’s not about 1 guy here or there.

  47. Mans got a point
    But i feel KC have the reverse issue as last year. An over abundance of talent at WR and not everyone can eat.
    Maybe Reid is scheming different players against different opponents but seeing how the last 2 wks the games were basically over early in the 4th qtr I wouldn’t be surprised if Reid is going into preseason mode in those instances.

  49. While I like Thornton and think he’s gonna be a great player for us, our offense is clicking better than it has in years. I’m not gonna start questioning Reid now

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