Bengals Cuts

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(09-02-2021, 10:51 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: Remember that he was injured most of year 1 and  had a decent year in year 2 after being asked to be a little bit more of the passing game is several game plans.

The first Cleveland game he had 7 receptions on 9 targets, 2nd Cleveland game he had 5 receptions on 6 targets, Giants game he had 4 receptions on 5 targets, and the Dolphins game he had a perfect 7 receptions on 7 targets.  Aside from those four games, in the remaining 12 games he was targeted only 28 times.  That is less than 3 targets a game.  Hard to make much of an impact when you aren't part of the game plan as far as passing goes.  

My point is when he was involved in the passing game, he responded quite well.  

But why was he only targeted 3 times per game in those games?
Is it because he wasn't getting open?
Is it because he wasn't running deep enough routes and the team needed to get more yards?

If it's because he wasn't really getting open, that's on him.
If he's not running deep enough routes, that's on Taylor for sending him on such short routes.
We know he has decent speed for a TE (4.71 40, 7.15 shuttle, 4.31 3-cone).

Like I said, if he gets more involved and produces in the passing game, great. But if he doesn't, he really wasn't worth such a high pick IMO.