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It’s the “When” That We’ll Miss Tyreek Hill – By Laddie Morse

It’s the “When” That We’ll Miss Tyreek Hill – By Laddie Morse

We know the camaraderie Between Patrick and Ty Hill – We Will Miss the “When” – Chiefswire photo credit.

First of all, this article is not named “Why We’ll Miss Tyreek Hill.”  If you’ve been a Kansas City Chiefs fan for any length of time, you know and will miss WR Tyreek Hill… at the very least, ON the field.  

This piece is primarily in response to a Monday morning piece at ArrowheadAddict by Lyle Graversen called: “Will it be easy for Kansas City Chiefs to replace Tyreek Hill? Read the article here: https://arrowheadaddict.com/2022/05/23/will-easy-kansas-city-chiefs-replace-tyreek-hill/2/

Lyle makes it clear cut. He is a Hill fan, and you should know I’m a part of that same Hill Fanclub. Graversen makes the point that over the past four seasons, WITH Hill on board, the Chiefs offense has “averaged”:

  • 219 receptions
  • 2,911 yards
  • 24 touchdowns

And then Graversen lays out how the same stats can be achieved with this year’s collection of wideouts:

Lyle recognizes that there may be some give and take in those figures, but his point is clear: the 2022 Chiefs collection of Wide Receivers should have no problem matching(or exceeding) their average receiving output of the past four years. 

In a recent piece on Bryan Cook, I mentioned that a big-time defensive hit has more of the ability to change the momentum of a game than any other play… except perhaps a long bomb touchdown.

While I Don’t doubt speedster Mecole Hardman may supply a few of those thunderbolts, it will likely be the combination of three or four WRs who have enough acceleration to force opposing defenses to cover a lot of real estate, wide and deep. We need to keep in mind that whenever Hardman was on the field, he had Ty Hill as the QB focus of Patrick Mahomes. 2022 changes that fact.

Hardman Catch in Traffic – Yahoo Sports Photo

Hardman Top 10 Video, see it here: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=mecole+hardman&docid=608050842679772353&mid=0596D7A67707D35310E20596D7A67707D35310E2&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

o 4.29   Tyreek Hill——————4.33  (But speed is not just what makes Hill Special)

o Mecole Hardman 4.37  Hardman was close to Ty Hill’s time: https://nflcombineresults.com/playerpage.php?i=27347

o Marquez Valdes-Scantling-4.37  

o Skyy Moore 4.41-Combine Timed

o Let’s not forget the forgotten man: Josh Gordon, who once ran a 4.3 40-yard dash. 

It’s hard to picture an Andy Reid offense without the fastest man in football, but that doesn’t mean Reid will be running an offense without speed.  There is plenty of it!

This leads us to how we will likely miss Hill the most, whether or not that means he scores… or not. Take a look at this video of Ty Hill: https://youtu.be/VJV7KNvOKpw

It’s when not if – to be sure, Ty Hill’s skills will sooner or later be missed- in a particular moment. But Brett Veach made the decision, and we go with what we’ve got. I like it. It is a powerful group of WRs. But, as noted, it’s not if but when! An additional question needs to be asked with all the other additions: How much?

While I’m going to miss Tyreek Hill, no doubt about it, I’m also excited to see the new cinematic multiverse of an offense the Chiefs are growing into… it will also be fun to treat OTAs like a Trailer for the upcoming season. 

Laddie Morse — ArrowheadOne

David Bell

8 years farming the family farm, 31+ years Software Engineer, Mainframe Software, 12 year 3rd career - Counselor and Director for a Veteran Administration Contract Agency Assisting Veterans in Southwest Missouri. Amateur dabbler as an Author and fan of the Chiefs since the beginning. Go Chiefs!

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