Jeff Driskel and John Ross Injuries

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(09-01-2017, 09:42 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: I honestly dont expect Ross to contribute much this year whether hes injured or not.

Care to elaborate?  I honestly think he will be the most valuable player on our offense not named AJ Green.  

I base this on not just his contributions as a receiver, but how he will help to open up the rushing attack with Jet Sweeps, whether he gets the ball or not, those plays force LBs to shift just enough to open up holes for the RB.  He also will force safeties to play off the line of scrimmage.  The last time we had that was with Chris Henry and Chad and that was the last 1400 yard rusher we had.  Rudi was great, but a lot of it had to do with how defenses had to defend the Bengals.

He is also a big play waiting to happen.  A TD every five times he touched the ball his senior year.  We saw just a glimpse of that last night.  If he broke/slipped one more tackle, he was gone.  He tracks the deep ball extremely well.  

He is much more than a deep threat.  He has stop and go speed that can turn a quick slant in to big yardage.  He runs great routes.  

And if you want to pin it on Marvin not playing rookies over vets, remember, Marv is on a one-year contract.  He has also cooled on that stance a bit, as you see Willis, Lawson, Mixon, and even Evans getting significant playing time.