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00:01text on 9 1 3 5 8 6 7 9 6 5 somehow we have begun arguing about xavier worthy
00:07i feel like
00:08i am in the minority when it comes to xavier worthy and that's perfectly fine sometimes that
00:14happens i would say for the most part we've all been on the same page this offseason so i like
00:19sometimes that there's a little bit difference so someone asked how can xavier worthy be a bust
00:24two years into his career now i want to be clear i've not called him a bust he is definitely
00:28trending in that direction someone texted in and said c dot using your logic you would have called
00:34joe burrow a bust in college he didn't make a name for himself until he went to lsu i'd also
00:38like to
00:39point out that he transferred after his first two years because he wasn't going to start at ohio
00:43state he was a bust at ohio state he then transferred to lsu and then became a star so yes
00:49i'm with you
00:49i would have called him a bust had he been at ohio state he was not a bust at lsu
00:54he was in the first
00:55two years of his college career i also think that's radically different this is my point
01:00everybody i guess i have two main points about xavier worthy why i feel the way that i feel
01:05somehow i feel like in the conversation about xavier worthy he played in a lot fewer games than what you
01:12guys are giving him credit for he played in 14 games last year 14 of them he played in a
01:19substantial
01:20amount of games he had less yards than rasheed rice did who only played in eight games last year
01:26rasheed rice suspension also missed the end of it because of injury he had more yards than xavier
01:32worthy did last year also i'll give you the second point why i think xavier worthy somehow has just
01:38gotten some magical pass that i would say you haven't given really other guys rob i will give you
01:44xavier worthy's number and i'll give you mccall harvin's number who do you think was better in their
01:48first two years and we remember what the conversation was about mccall hardman mccall
01:53hardman's first two years of his career he had 67 catches for 1098 yards he averaged 16.4 yards per
02:03catch he had 10 touchdowns xavier worthy has 101 catches he has 1170 yards averaging 11.6 yards per catch
02:15and has seven touchdowns now he has more catches that is sure but for the 40 more catches that he
02:24has
02:24to only have 72 more yards than mccall hardman he also doesn't have the yards per catch mccall
02:34hardman actually was a deep downfield big play wide receiver found the end zone more mccall hardman was
02:40better in his first two years than xavier worthy was i don't know how you could really argue the point
02:46so my point back to what we were arguing is somehow xavier worthy still gets this pass and i was
02:52here when
02:52mccall hardman people were not giving mccall hardman this pass in his first two years of his career like
02:58they're giving xavier worthy i would also say for your comparison mccall hardman was what the fourth pass
03:05catching up from those teams tyree kills on the team i know he got hurt one of the years sammy
03:09watkins was on the team and travis kelsey was on the team xavier worthy has more opportunity and has
03:15done less with it than mccall hardman and by the way this is semantics i also don't think xavier
03:19really is a bust he's just not a hit he's just what would you use disappointment i mean if i'm
03:25with
03:26you bust is maybe like he's not a bust in the same way the sky more correct i feel like
03:30when people
03:31hear the term bust they're equating it to sky more breeland speaks or like right but this is the
03:36point i would make because someone on the text line says c dot you're discrediting the fact that last
03:41year he played with a torn labrum in a dislocated shoulder those are fair points no one on the text
03:48line can explain to me then with all of these injury concerns that xavier worthy has why he played in
03:54two
03:54of the chiefs preseason games if you're telling me that mccall hardman was hurt or that xavier worthy was
03:59hurt last year i'm sure mccall was hurt too if you were telling me that xavier worthy was hurt last
04:04year and that's why he couldn't perform that is fair tell me why he played in the titans game then
04:09the titans game had no value for anybody and they were sitting all of the people that really mattered
04:15it's not like the chiefs weren't sitting guys at the end of the year rice didn't play at the end
04:20of
04:20the season mcduffey didn't play at the end of the season you have to explain to me then if you
04:25are
04:25willing to give worthy the pass for last year that he was hurt why he played in the tennessee game
04:32and then played in a short week against the broncos with chris oladokin as their starting quarterback
04:39wouldn't that be the perfect time to sit somebody down who's hurt you you can't play both sides to me
04:45with xavier worthy you have to then be able to explain to me why the staff felt he was healthy
04:50enough
04:50to play in two of their last three preseason games they they were they were eliminated from the
04:55postseason those games had no bearing if anything the chiefs in my opinion they were trying to lose
05:00to ensure that they could get a top 10 pick you have to explain to me how xavier worthy was
05:05playing in
05:06those games if you're going to tell me why he couldn't perform when the games mattered is that he
05:09was hurt i also would say was xavier worthy we have two years of sample size the year before that
05:15he was
05:16just fine while being healthy the entire season his rookie year i you're right the level of protection
05:23he gets for the injury that he played with all season is crazy to me i mean you'd be i
05:28think the
05:28average fan would be surprised how many players play through an injury but that's not here or there
05:31his rookie year he was just blah he was a 600 yard guy that that's fine i it's not bad
05:38but it's not
05:39like wow what a guy is a first round pick i he has been just totally meddling maybe that you
05:45you asked
05:46earlier what use where i use i would use meddling he's been a meddling player with the kansas city
05:50chiefs not bad but not not good he's a meddling player that people now don't really seem to have
05:56a good grasp on what his ceiling is i'm asking the text line text line 9 1 3 5 8
06:016 7 9 6 5 how many
06:03yards you think xavier worthy gets because if you're really high on xavier worthy this year and fine like
06:07we're having a sports conversation you're allowed to be there then i'm telling you then there's money
06:11to be made because when his over under comes out on fan duel and draft kings you will be way
06:16over what
06:16they think it is if that's the case then you'll hit the over under by week 10 you'll hit by
06:21week 10 if
06:22he's what you think he will be what do you think his over under is going to be set at
06:25650 somewhere in
06:27that range 650 yards vegas is telling you they think he's a 650 yard receiver and vegas can be wrong
06:34of
06:35course they can be wrong what's a great year from xavier worthy what's a year that you expect you
06:41think xavier worthy will have 900 yards in a chief's uniform will he have 850 yards in a chief's uniform
06:47we're heading into year three and you think he's their fourth option in their offense he's behind
06:53kelsey he's behind rice he's behind kenneth walker he's their fourth option in their offense and it's
07:00year three this is this is a big time year for him to determine if you want to pick up
07:03his fifth
07:04year option or not he was less productive last year than highland brown highland brown was not
07:09well liked in kansas city he was less productive last year than highland brown it's like if if
07:15xavier worthy turns out to be what hollywood brown was in kansas city that's not first round pick good
07:19but that's there's a role for that in the league he just he is never going to be the player
07:23that
07:24chiefs drafted that night the straight line 40 yard dash record breaker blah blah blah those dreams
07:31are dead and gone i i think there are still fans holding on to those dreams but those dreams are
07:35very dead and gone what do you think he is i gotta ask this question i think he's hollywood brown
07:40not hollywood brown in baltimore i think he's hollywood brown hollywood brown was fast but hollywood
07:45brown is just a fine 700 yard receiver in the league like if you pull hollywood brown's numbers right now
07:51and you said what's his average year i'm betting it's like 700 that's what he is no one's upset
07:55with him on the roster but no one's like oh boy we got hollywood watch out yeah i'm with you
07:59someone
07:59on the text line uh worthy isn't great but he's not a bus he needs to be wide receiver number
08:03two
08:04so far if xavier worthy is your number two wide receiver it explains why their wide receiver room
08:08is so bad it explains why people are clamoring to bring back tyree kill explains why people want to
08:14bring in keenan allen and stefan diggs if that's your number two wide receiver we all watch the nfl
08:21he's a bottom half number two then if that's what we're arguing if that's what we're debating he's
08:25a bottom half number two based on what he's been so far what's his skill set what does he do
08:30well
08:30is he a great route runner does he create great separation for a guy who has the speed has he
08:36proven to be a burner in this league i don't think he's proven to be that i think the absolute
08:42best case
08:43scenario for him let's say if everything works out i think it's alec pierce i don't think there's any
08:49no chance i mean i agree with you because i'm saying i'm saying alec pierce has been a legitimate
08:53big time home run threat listen to this for the four years that alec pierce has been in the league
08:5814 yards a catch 16 yards a catch 22 and 21 yards a catch so he actually has been that
09:05he's been a big
09:06play home run down the field he's been that kind of threat xavier worthy is averaging 11.6
09:12yards per catch think about that alec pierce is averaging 20 that would be a substantial difference
09:20in terms of being a home run threat i he's he's not alec pierce alec pierce's worst seasons and
09:27better than xavier worthy's best season like he's he hasn't shown he can be that player and that player
09:33was polarizing this year for making a ton of money so one of the text on said i think he
09:37can be mike
09:37wallace okay let me look up mike wallace here really quickly hold on let me pull it up here mike
09:41wallace stats not the guy from 60 minutes hold on mike wallace that mike wallace has very bad
09:46okay i just if you think he can be mike wallace that's great mike wallace's second year in the
09:51nfl he had 60 catches for 1200 yards and 10 touchdowns his third year in the league he had 72
09:57catches for 1100 yards and eight touchdowns that ain't xavier worthy you know xavier worthy is khalil
10:04shakir that's who he is he's khalil shakir you would take khalil shakir right i mean i agree with
10:10you but i'm just saying is that's i would say that's who we can most likely be i think he
10:14can
10:14be khalil shakir that's what you think if you look at their numbers and what you think he can be
10:19last
10:19year khalil shakir had 72 catches for 700 yards and four touchdowns now again that that's not a bad
10:25player that player was also a fifth round pick out of boise state if xavier worthy was a fifth round
10:32pick if that's what cyrus allen turned out to be we wouldn't be having this conversation i'd be i'd be
10:37touting the hell out of cyrus allen hey they hit in the fifth round we're talking about a guy the
10:42chiefs traded up for in the nfl draft he was the 28th overall pick in that year's nfl draft and
10:49he's
10:49that's who he is he is khalil shakir somebody said see that nobody was getting open last year yeah
10:54xavier worthy was one of those people not getting open he was one of them
11:01so yeah i'm down on xavier worthy if you can't tell i'm down on him and i i think the
11:06text line
11:07is holding on to the hope and i get it you guys do this with people from time to time
11:11there's people
11:12i still hold on to hope to yeah they'll figure it out they'll yeah i get it xavier worthy is
11:16the guy
11:16that you guys are still holding on to and i let xavier worthy go and i i just i don't
11:22put the stock in
11:23the injury the way that everybody else does i still haven't really seen a good answer on the text line
11:27if you're telling me it's because of the injury you have to explain to me why he played the last
11:31two games of the season why was he healthy enough to play against tennessee and healthy enough to
11:35play against the broncos despite this very serious injury that made him a 500 yard receiver this year
11:42with one touchdown he had one touchdown this season he was bad he was real bad this season for the
11:51chiefs and part of the reason why you are so worried about their wide receiver room
11:56is because their wide receiver room is so dependent on xavier worthy being good this year
12:01why you wanted them to spend a first round pick on a wide receiver and go get these guys is
12:06because
12:06they are relying on xavier worthy being good that is why let's keep our wide receiver conversation going
12:13so
12:13you
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