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After years of not having a wide receiver that threatens defenders, we’re going to spend the bag on… Tee Higgins? This WR would not be stylistically different from what we have had in recent memory.

For context, WR Demario Douglas ranks #3 and #11 in those categories, from left to right. If you’re going to stretch a defense, you need man-coverage beaters, and if you’re not focused on that, you need to at least generate yards after the catch.

Higgins, stylistically and analytically, would not be all that different from the N’Keal Harrys and Ja’Lynn Polks of the world. He leans more toward Polk’s style, as he has somewhat more of a vertical explosion that grabs the eye, but nothing more than that.

If the Patriots want to threaten a defense with more than their QB, we need to be acquiring laterally agile WRs to achieve better separation and a higher YAC rate. Lateral quickness is coveted by the better teams, so why invest so much in an old-style WR?

KC has made a living off fleet-of-foot WRs that possess, at the least, a threat of lateral quickness…