Bowden had more snaps than Shaheed. Any scouts can share their thoughts?
Shaheed is not a complete WR yet. It's nothing personal against him.
I get the Tyreek Hill comparisons, but he's far more advanced in his route tree and technique.
That's fair, but if you have a great player, there are many ways to get him the football that don't involve the full route tree.
Shaheed's very first touch in the NFL came off of a jet sweep, which he took to the house. How many times have we seen that play since?
Puka Nucua is nowhere near Tyreke's level either in terms of the route tree, but the Rams go out of their way to find ways to get him the football so that he can do what he does.
One of the holdover aspects of the SP era that I'd really like to see us get away from is the insistence that we absolutely MUST spread the ball around, even when it is obvious that someone has a hot hand. We have seen many times now where a guy gets a hot hand, and it's like we go out of our way to get the ball out of his hand. We'll see a player single-handedly move us down the field and end the drive with a score, and then we won't see that player again the rest of the game.
It’s honestly as if people have been watching “Sean Payton ball” for so long, that the idea of featuring a player is now a bizarre, foreign concept.