Marvin calls out Ross

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(11-15-2017, 08:31 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: C'mon Nate...Ross did nothing wrong on that fumble. He had the ball tightly secured in his left arm (towards the sideline). It was a perfect hit with a helmet that knocked the ball loose.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo5aGtpB7q4

It seemed Ross was a part of the game plan initially. Then he was benched and permanently in Marv's doghouse apparently.

I'm not saying the fumble and giving up on the deep route are the things keeping Ross off the field.  I just assume that he looks pretty un-ready in practice and when he has been on the field he's either been perfect but unlucky on that reverse or just not ready.  I don't know how Ross looks in practice, and I don't know how he reacted to that fumble.  Maybe he wanted back in ala Kareem Hunt and maybe he looked gunshy.  I don't recall.

This whole "Get Marvin out so we can see Ross" stuff just reminds me of the narrative we had floating around here where we were pleased as punch to have Zampese as our OC because he was going to be "less cute" than Hue and center the offense around Jeremy Hill.  

We have this narrative where we progress through steps:
1.  Player X needs to get on the field, he's got super potential, he will be great
2.  Player X isn't productive enough because he needs to be on the field more
3A.  Player X can't be judged because (insert myriad of franchise issues here)
3B . Player X is a bum, let's put Player Z in

Look, maybe Ross will be great and it's very possible Marvin Lewis is benching a guy who could produce and save his job (that's a scary thought).  This year we've already gone through steps 1 through 3A with Mixon over Hill after going from steps 1 through 3B with Hill himself and we seem to be on step 2 for Ross.  Personally, I'd wave a magic wand and make the whole gameplan based around AJ McCarron handing the ball to Mixon 30 times a game and taking deep shots to Ross for the other plays, but my career isn't tied to what goes on there.

EDIT: the frustrating part is that Marvin Lewis' career isn't tired to what goes on on the field either. ZING!