2017 first round pick

[BengalChris]

(11-04-2018, 10:23 PM)wolfkaosaun Wrote: Glad Howard is doing extremely well.

Gonna have to wait 4 years before I can call someone a bust or the next best player.

Remember, WJIII looked amazing last year, meanwhile this year hasn't played anywhere near hat he did last year.

But I do believe Howard would have helped this Bengals team. As does Ross.

Difference is, Howard has played in 13 more games and Ross has dealt with injuries these last two years.

Howard has been in for 302 snaps this year (excluding today).
Ross has been in for 159 snaps this year.

2017? Howard had 608 snaps.
Ross had 17 snaps in 2017.

Howard has more snaps this year than Ross has his entire career.

And don't forget, in 2016-17 the Bengals struggled mightily in the passing game. They needed a difference maker in the receiving corp outside of AJ Green.

Also, you said Tyler Boyd is making Ross irrelevant.
Meanwhile, last year Boyd was also pretty irrelevant. 2 TDs through 10 games and only 225 yards.
This year, Boyd has more TDs and yards than he did his last two seasons.

Gotta give players time

Ross had 17 only snaps largely because he was a healthy inactive for many games. He didn't go on IR until the last two games of the season. He simply wasn't getting it done in practice. He isn't getting it done this year either. He's not a rookie, he's a second year top 10 pick whose eating far more cap space than his production warrants.

It doesn't take 4 years to know if someone just doesn't have it. We figured out Ogbuehi didn't have it after two years.