Core looking great!

[*ochocincos*]

(05-31-2017, 12:38 PM)Whatever Wrote: To put Erickson's year in perspective, he was 1st among rookies in KR yards and 4th in PR yardage.  His 810 KR yards nearly doubled that of the 2nd best rookie at 432.  It's not really realistic to think that another rookie will be able to do the same.

For another, how many rookies were the fans saying were going to unseat Brandon Tate, but failed, and he was an average KR and PR?  Erickson, as a rookie, was a very good KR and an average PR, so it will be that much tougher to unseat him. 

The big issue that I have with keeping Core and dropping Erickson is Erickson had 57 touches last year on returns, and that doesn't count fair catches and touchbacks.  Even going with the general consensus that Core is a better WR, there's not much reason to think Core will get much more than 20 touches he had last year with the guys in front of him, so why cut a guy who will get 50+ touches for a guy who will be lucky to get 25?  It's a lot easier to find a guy who can replace Core's production from last year than Erickson's.

One has more potential to become a WR2/3 whereas the other is capped as just a return specialist and WR5/6.
The Bengals offense was a problem, especially when Green and Eifert were out.
The Bengals need as many pass catchers with starter (or at least WR3) potential as possible in case a star like Green or Eifert goes down.
I'd rather sacrifice a few yards per KR/PR to get someone who could be (much) more productive on offense.

And why isn't it realistic to think another rookie couldn't do the same that Erickson did? He was an undrafted FA that had very minimal KR experience coming into the league. I believe that it's easier to succeed in the return game than become a quality WR in the NFL.