RajCaj80
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Man.. that route was a thing of beauty.
It's not like Rhodes fell asleep at the wheel either, he was playing Cover 4 zone and was bailing out.. he just bit hard on the outside move, head nod and then Deonte cut hard back inside...
you can tell the potential to be a good route runner is there.
Remember now, Tyreek Hill was thought of as a gimmick gadget player, and pure returner his Rookie year in 2016. He dedicated himself to his craft and really learned the position over the off-season and blew up in 2017.
If Payton has a plan for Deonte to be a bigger part of the offense going forward there's no reason he can't be the occasional big play threat. He would probably have to add a few pounds of muscle to his frame though...
With his height, we have to have someone that can deliver the ball over the shoulder, in stride and on time. As blown as that coverage was, Rhodes was just a fraction of a second too late to break that up. #22 (Safety?) almost gets there on time too.
An under / late thrown pass turns that into a jump ball with defenders and I wonder how many of those he'd end up coming down with. It's been a long time since I've any of our QBs deliver a deep shot to a WR in stride.