Jeff Driskel and John Ross Injuries

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(09-01-2017, 09:52 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: 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. 

I'm actually with Weezy on this one. John Ross was drafted with the intent on being WR4 this season. The expectation was Green, LaFell, and Boyd would be the starting WRs.
Ross is a special talent that the Bengals drafted with the intent of becoming WR2/3 once LaFell is gone (might be next year if LaFell cut or two years after LaFell's contract is up).
For at least this year, I see occasional big plays but will be in the 300's or 400's in yards with maybe no more than five TDs.