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The buzz of Kincaid is everywhere among spectators, Bills observers, and some national media. The Bills, though, have stayed relatively quiet, not hyping the rookie much.
Cover 1 has been all over him yesterday. One nugget for those into techniques is Kincaid's smooth running athleticism. Cover 1 yesterday mentioned when watching Kincaid run and cut, you don't see that extra step before the cut commonly seen among WRs, TEs, RBs. Sure enough the next TE ran the route, they can call out when he's cutting, not with Kincaid. Just picture those NBA small forward charging towards the basket (Actually I think Kincaid played Basketball before switching to football), the body lean on every step makes the defender hard to figure out which way from the next step. I remember someone described Travis Kelce having a "loose" body in running routes, easily creating separations. Beane may have finally drafted a next level guy (non QB) IF - I stress IF - Kincaid holds up when Pads are on. Football is a physical sport. When Pads come on, there will be hitting. Some of the smooth running dudes fade when getting hit. Hopefully he's not one of them.
I want to caution though having the smooth running and separation ability does not equate him to Kelce. There is also football intelligence department which Allen mentioned before on Kincaid that he has some growth to go yet because Kincaid picked up football not that long ago. Kincaid is already 23 and going to be 24 during the season, so not exactly a young guy any more. We'll see. Kelce is universally acknowledged for his football IQ against man and zone, and timing. Knox said one thing he learned at Tight-End U from Kelce is that if Mahomes has a 5 step drop, Kelce knows he needs to get open on his step 5; if Mahomes has a 7 step drop, he aims to get open on his step 7, not before, not after.
Cover 1 has been all over him yesterday. One nugget for those into techniques is Kincaid's smooth running athleticism. Cover 1 yesterday mentioned when watching Kincaid run and cut, you don't see that extra step before the cut commonly seen among WRs, TEs, RBs. Sure enough the next TE ran the route, they can call out when he's cutting, not with Kincaid. Just picture those NBA small forward charging towards the basket (Actually I think Kincaid played Basketball before switching to football), the body lean on every step makes the defender hard to figure out which way from the next step. I remember someone described Travis Kelce having a "loose" body in running routes, easily creating separations. Beane may have finally drafted a next level guy (non QB) IF - I stress IF - Kincaid holds up when Pads are on. Football is a physical sport. When Pads come on, there will be hitting. Some of the smooth running dudes fade when getting hit. Hopefully he's not one of them.
I want to caution though having the smooth running and separation ability does not equate him to Kelce. There is also football intelligence department which Allen mentioned before on Kincaid that he has some growth to go yet because Kincaid picked up football not that long ago. Kincaid is already 23 and going to be 24 during the season, so not exactly a young guy any more. We'll see. Kelce is universally acknowledged for his football IQ against man and zone, and timing. Knox said one thing he learned at Tight-End U from Kelce is that if Mahomes has a 5 step drop, Kelce knows he needs to get open on his step 5; if Mahomes has a 7 step drop, he aims to get open on his step 7, not before, not after.
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