Bengals Cuts

[Essex Johnson]

(08-31-2022, 12:03 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Jonah Williams played 100% of the offensive snaps in the 16 games the Bengals used their starters last year. It was 1,045 offensive snaps.

Ja'Marr Chase played 934 offensive snaps. (I took away the 5 from Week 18, as we're looking at the 16 games.)
Tee Higgins played 710 offensive snaps.
Tyler Boyd played 807 offensive snaps.

Even with all three of them staying pretty healthy, that is still a LOT of snaps where they are not on the field. It's not about taking reps away from them, it's about improving the reps where they're already not on the field. 

Not counting the final Browns game where they played backups, Auden Tate, Trent Taylor, Trenton Irwin, Mike Thomas, and Stanley Morgan played 366 snaps on offense.

That's not an insignificant amount, and that amount will likely increase as Drew Sample sees less playing time due to an improved offensive line meaning he doesn't need to be in there as often as an extra blocker (he played 442 offensive snaps not counting the final game). 

It's about improving THOSE snaps, not taking away from the top 3. The difference between PS players and a quality #4 WR for 366+ snaps on offense can be huge. That's not even touching on the chance that one of the top 3 gets injured and then you're suddenly right now looking at having a PS caliber player as a full time starter, which would be devastating to the offense.

i did the other research before on how little 4/5 WRs get targets and catches in the league..a great majority are lucky if they get 30 catches a season.. now a #4 can add also to  route running, blocking to actually have the top WRs make the plays... Thomas is known for his excellent blocking plus his specialty area can compensate for below avg number for #4 WR  especially when they don't get many targets or catches anyway