And down goes Ross..........

[*Nately120*]

(07-30-2019, 09:57 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: There have been lots of WR busts drafted in the NFL in the last three years.  Ross had a rough start.  If you can't picture that last year was his real rookie season and the needle is pointing upwards then I feel sorry for you.  You have reached that point in your fandom where you feed on negativity and skepticism.  

I get what you are saying, but the thing about Ross is the amount of explaining and "technically-ing" and other excuse-making required to explain why his expectations should exceed logic.

For example...

2018 was technically Jeff Driskell's rookie season and in his 8 games (6 starts) he threw for 1003 yards and 6 TDs to 2 INTs.  He also rushed for 2 TDs and lost a fumble for 8 TDs to 3 TOs.  When you take into account that he was technically a rookie and that the whole team was so injured the year was a wash by the time he got in there and that his OC was Bill Lazor and his HC was Marvin Lewis you could squint and maybe convince yourself that he may have had a better rookie season than Dalton did.

Seriously...all those injuries, and lord knows Marvin/Lazor is a combo that is going to ruin Tom Brady AND the o-line was garbage (not even Tom Brady could succeed behind it, people had claimed!).  So Driskel scored 8 TDs to 3 turnovers as a technical rookie in a moribund coaching system with guys like Auden Tate and John "I only bother to catch when I'm in the endzone" Ross as his WRs.  This kid was up against a wall and he fought admirably!

Ok, I'm going to point out that I don't really believe all this but you get my point.