What Point Should A Team Move On From A Player

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(06-22-2020, 12:06 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: Yes he has TDs and a greater threat downfield... but lets dig into more stats on the two that are also interesting over last three years

Games Played:  Erickson:  48  Ross:  24
Catches:  Erickson:  75  Ross 49
Targets/Catches %   Erickson: 60%   Ross:  42%
Specialities:  Erickson: Punter/Kicker Returner, vs. Ross (im not sure if he has an official return)

Finally here is a real telling stat on production.  in 2018 Ross played 60% of Off. plays but only recorded 21 catches.. Alex played in 37% of Off plays and had 20 catches.. This is the main issue with Ross so far in his career.. well outside of only playing 50% of the games.. he has not shown the ability to actually get open, run proper routes and make the catches on consistent bases.. where Alex has..   Look 40 time is overrated but some think Alex is slow as a WR.. well he did run a 4.4 so I would not consider that slow for a WR.

So my last post on this.. if Ross does not show improvement in preseason games.. and Taylor actually wants to hold up to his word of "holding accountable" Ross is on the bubble of being cut....

You'd be fine with the Bengals taking a $5.5 mill cap hit by cutting Ross? Cuz his contract this year is fully guaranteed whether he's on the team or not. May as well keep him, as he's still gonna be better at WR than someone like Mike Thomas, Stanley Morgan, or Damion Willis.

Also, you are talking about availability is what makes Erickson better than Ross at WR.
Let's look at their actual production over the past 2 years to see whether it matters if Erickson is more available or not...
Ross - 716 yards, 10 TDs
Erickson - 696 yards, 0 TDs

So even though Erickson has been available twice the number of games as Ross, Ross still outproduced him both in yards and TDs because Ross the better guy on offense.

If we're talking depth WRs (which we are), I'd rather keep the guy who can be a 1000+ yard guy if healthy over someone who would only get about half that if fully healthy.