I thought Hawkeye's build was supposed to be quite impressive in this universe, bit sad to see Kris being so dismissive when it had impressed him before.
Hawkeye is beyond impressive as a regular optimized build (especially given his fundamentally under-powered weapon of choice); but Hulk, Thor, and Iron Man break the balancing enough to make the DM's plans obsolete.
Bingo! The SHIELD team in general are all well-optimized for their intended purpose, but Hawkeye is ultimately as much of a threat to a fully-powered Thor as the depowered Commoner Thor was to Hawkeye: not very.
And now that Hawkeye is a) no longer involved in the plot and b) Kris no longer has to worry about fighting him at a huge disadvantage, he's basically been relegated to a measuring stick of team potential. Kris isn't actively trying to be dismissive, but unfortunately old habits die hard.
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