09-10-2015, 10:06 AM
(09-10-2015, 09:59 AM)WhoDeyWho Wrote: The only proven player we have is Green. Hill showed flashes last season that he too can become elite. Everything else is hype that our players need to go out on the field and prove. Our #2 receiver has 69 catches total in his career. Our #1 TE has 49. They have potential, but until it is realized, that's about all that it is.
A lot of the other top teams in the skill position category also have unknowns and "unproven" players as well. Some of them have over the hill, past their prime guys that the Bengals don't currently have anywhere on their roster.
A.J. is an upper tier WR, MLJ is better than most team's current #2, Sanu is good in the slot (not so great as a #1/2 though), Eifert is solid with great upside, Kroft is unknown, Hill is a great running back, Gio is a solid backup RB.
All together, most teams don't look so great when you look at their skill positions as a whole. There are definitely teams that are better and a lot that we could sit here and argue back and forth all day, but the main point is that we're at the very least comparable to every top team past Pittsburgh and Indianapolis. As long as we stay healthy, it's pretty much insane for anybody to put our skill position players (as a group) outside of the top 10.
