ESPN Insider ranks Bengals #2 receiving corps in the NFL

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(08-27-2015, 06:25 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: I was met with a lot of resistance in 2013, when I said Dalton had easily top 10 weapons.  I've argued that they've been above average ever since he's been here.  Take this receiver ranking and now consider the quality of both his backs, in both rushing and receiving, not to mention the offensive line.  What you have is top 5 talent surrounding Andy for this season.  There should be zero excuses.  And that goes for everyone.  Andy, Marvin, Hue, Mike, etc...

All that said, I disagree with a few of these rankings.

The first being, that there is no way our corp is better than Detroit's.  Not even possible.  Calvin > AJ.  Tate > Jones.

Pittsburgh should probably be higher as well.  You can easily argue that Brown is better than AJ.  At the very least they're equal.  I would take Marcus Wheaton, Martavius Bryant, and Lance Moore over Jones, Sanu, and Tate/Moore.

Atlanta is tough.  What you're really asking is:  Is Marvin Jones better than Roddy White?  Doubtful, although White is getting up there in age.

Demayrius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders are a pretty tough duo.  I'm not sure we can beat that either.

If I had to rank our corp I'd probably put us in the 4-6 range.

I would agree with this, no excuses this year.  I generally lean to the side of Dalton supporter, only because I realize just how hard it is to find a starting QB in the NFL.  Few elite so the rest are average.  But with this team, and if they stay healthy, there should be no excuses for Dalton not to have a good year.  Will it relate to wins in a season with a very difficult schedule, who knows, depends on a lot of other things, like good defense, turnovers, etc..  But if he doesn't get it done with a healthy team it might just be the time for the Bengals to start looking elsewhere - and that might just be #5 currently holding the clip board.