Tobin squashed trade rumors

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(02-27-2019, 06:20 PM)McC Wrote: If a guy can get open in a confined space like the 4 yard line, it means he can get open.

In college(yeah, I know college different, not like pros), they almost never ran him deep down the sidelines.  Most of the deep balls they threw to him were in the middle of the field.   They threw him shallow and deep crossers, jet screens, bubble screens, quick slants, etc.

And he is as quick as he is fast.  He has the ability to make defenders look silly. But, as a Bengal, 90% of what he did was Go Long down the sidelines.  If you draft a guy based on what he did in college, why on earth would you never do any of those things?  It would be like drafting Carl Lawson cuz he rushes the passer and then never let him rush the passer.

It's also easier for the QB to hit those targets over the middle than it is to hit the deep ball down the sideline contested.  If the WR allows himself to be pushed to the boundary, it leaves little room for error.  Better to be safe and put it out of bounds than it is to put it short in a DBs hands.

I don't understand it either McC.  We hit Green, Boyd, and Eifert deep over the middle, but it seemed Ross rarely ran those routes.  When he did, he scored against Atlanta, and Dalton or Driskel missed him deep for a TD in another game.