Hill needs to be a big part of the offense throughout the season
As I mentioned earlier, the Kansas City Chiefs were two different teams when Hill wasn’t a big part of the offense than when he was. It’s not just a case of how many times he’s used but how you use him. As you can see from the table below, if you average out his catches between games 6 through 11 and 12 through 15, the difference is just 0.5 catches (4.8 vs. 5.3). However, he was used better in games 12 through 15. If you try to force the situation, things usually don’t go well. With the myriad of weapons on the team, they can all be used, which gives the defense a difficult job of deciding who they need to focus on.
|
Games |
Catches
|
Yards |
Touchdowns |
|
6-11 |
29
|
370 |
2 |
|
11-15 |
21
|
457 |
3 |
Additionally, you can move Hill around the field. You can even use him as a runner. Put him in the backfield sometimes and use him on end-arounds. Everyone run innovative offenses, so the Chiefs need to keep up. You need to use different formations to confuse the defense. Nagy did a great job of disguising receivers in the backfield, especially in goal-line situations. He had the receivers you’d expect, but have some in locations you wouldn’t expect. That gave the Chiefs some easy touchdowns.
Hill’s quickness and athletic ability need to be used to their full capabilities. With him succeeding, you give better opportunities for newest addition Sammy Watkins, Travis Kelce, and Kareem Hunt, among others to succeed themselves. That, in turn, helps the offense continue to be one of the tops in the NFL.
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