Is the John Ross Experiment near its end

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(09-21-2020, 03:45 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: We are at the point that Ross is writing his own narrative not those that have questioned his production especially being 9th pick in draft.  The Bengals already declined his option that is telling.. Burrow throw the ball 97 times in two games  and Ross has 2 catches.. that is telling.

At some point we need to evaluate and i would say Ross needs to show he is worth being on the field over the next two games or give Higgins who already looks better than Ross did as a rookie more reps and activite Tate.. he at least can play special teams.

Anyone that actually believes a defense is changing because of the threat of Ross has to be kidding themselves. 

1.) John Ross had 7 TDs in 2018 and he had 503 yards in 8 games last season which in full 16 game schedule is a 1000 yard received. So saying he hasn't produced is terribly incorrect.

2.) Anyone that thinks John Ross speed doesn't concerned D coordinators is flat out wrong.

(09-21-2020, 03:47 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: It’s amazing how every other WR (& TE) on the team caught passes in a game where Burrow was spreading the ball around like crazy, but yeah it’s the QB, it’s the HC, it’s the play calling, it’s the type of cleats he’s wearing...

It’s everything except the fact that John Ross is just not a good football player.

It's amazing that Joe Burrow is 1-12 on Deep passes and has averaged a whopping 5.3 yards an attempte his first two games. It's like he is struggling to get in sync with his top deep targets? I wonder why that is?

(09-21-2020, 03:49 PM)Nately120 Wrote: How could Marivn Lewis and Andy Dalton manage to have winning records here but still not make Ross look good?



So far ZT is putting Ross out there less and less and Burrow is targeting him less.  So we are looking at our 2nd HC and QB who don't seem to really want to feature John Ross.  What I think about Ross is irrelevant compared to the people that are supposed to get him the ball.

John Ross was injured his rookie season, he actually played more with Jeff Driskle then Andy Dalton his second season and he scored 7 TDs, and last season he only played 8 games and he was on pace for 1000 yards. 

 Ross was never going to be the main guy here. It's clearly AJ #1, Boyd #2, then maybe Ross as third probably 4th option on this team. Him not getting targets and not getting snap's isn't that a big surprise for me.