Matt Derrick
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Podcast Appearances
But, hey, if the ball is in his radius, he seems to get it.
He's not one of these guys that, hey, the ball's got to be right in his red basket for him to hold on to it.
I've seen him grab some low balls.
They made a sliding catch.
There seems to be a diversity of the ways that he can get his hands on the football, and I don't think that I've seen a drop that I would say, hey, that was 100% on him and the quarterback didn't have something to do with it or the defender didn't have something to do with it.
Otherwise, he's shown really good hands.
I mean, and honestly, I mean, that goes on down the line.
You know, what, on, I'm trying to remember which day of the week, because it keeps changing.
Wednesday, I guess it was, when we were out there, you know, Jake Brainingstool was on the sidelines.
Chiefs don't disclose injuries for the most part this time of year, so we don't know what it was.
But, I mean, that was the situation with Brainingstool last year.
I mean, he was injured and ended up redshirting the year.
I haven't really seen anything from anybody else for the most part.
I mean, if anything, I would say that maybe the second most impressive tight end I've seen, and maybe the most impressive because I didn't think β Noah Gray's been getting a lot of the work, but I don't think Noah Gray's been very impressive.
He's had some drops and miscues, and he kind of β some of the things I'm seeing from Noah Gray honestly reminds me of β
Justin Watson's last year in Kansas City when it was clear in the summer, it was clear in OTAs that, you know what, Father Time's catching up with Justin Watson.
He's just a half step slower than he used to be.