08-15-2016, 10:04 AM
(08-15-2016, 03:13 AM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: Not many quotes from Marvin after the game...
But there was this from Marvin "I thought Brandon Tate did a nice job in there tonight, so it's good."
He doesn't cost us games with rookie mistakes. He has played against NFL DBs in real games. He knows the offense. He has years of experience with Dalton.
You know how Marvin is with his veteran preference. Tate isn't going anywhere. If Wright is actually back to where he was health wise he isn't going anywhere either.
I want to say we have kept 7 WRs under Marvin once. So Erickson could make it as the 7th. Depending on the health of Kroft and Eifert. But when Burfict comes back that 7th WR would probably be the first to go.
Not only was that his reaction about Tate, did you notice how Marvin almost seemed apathetic to the questions about Erickson? I got the feeling from his body language that he isn't overly impressed and maybe isn't confident that ericksons night Friday isn't an aberration. Now I think what he did Friday was great and I think he's shown some intangibles that could make him a solid presence at WR and punt returner, but the more I think about it the more I fear you may be right about his eventual fate.
It's going to be tough sledding to make this squad at WR with the likes of Green, lafell, Boyd, core (whom I think are locks), wright and Tate (whom I think are very close to locks)). Like it or not, if Tate plays the rest of the preseason like he did Friday night, he's making this team. I'd say the wildcard is wright. Is he truly healthy? If so you have 6 WR's right there. It'll be interesting to see if they move Erickson up the depth chart at all and give him some time with the ones just to see what they've got. I'm not so sure it's going to happen though.
