Bench AJ start Ross

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(10-07-2020, 04:31 PM)BengalChris Wrote: AJ has 14 catches on 33 targets (42.4%) for 119 yards, 8.5 yards per catch, 3.6 yards per target.
Ross has 2 catches on 7 targets (28.6%) for 17 yards, 8.5 yards per catch, 2.4 yards per target.

AJ is certainly under performing compared to his usual self, by a long ways, and his numbers this year are not starter quality. But he does have a long history of performing well.
Ross, on the other hand, has no history of performing. He's had one great game, some so-so games and a ton of awful games.

Tyler Boyd has 28 catches on 34 targets (82.4%) for 320 yards and 1 TD, 11.4 yards per catch, 9.4 yards per target.
Tee Higgins has 12 catches on 22 targets (54.5%) for 152 yards and 2 TD, 12.7 yards per catch, 6.9 yards per target.
Mike Thomas has 9 catches on 10 targets (90.0%) for 62 yards and 1 TD, 6.9 yards per catch, 6.2 yards per target.
Auden Tate has 3 catches on 5 targets (60.0%) for 44 yards, 14.7 yards per catch, 8.8 yards per target.

 

One thing your analysis ignores is how far down the field were these targets.  It is naturally harder to hit downfield passes.  But just because you miss doesn't mean you stop trying.  And on how many of those targets to Green was he a threat to break a deep score or run away from a defender?  Judging by the 15 MPH speed on that first third down incompletion, the answer is zero.  

We all love Green for what he has done and hate Ross for what he never became.  I get it.  But if you want to win games right now, Ross does something Green doesn't.  He should be playing instead of Erickson.  Have AJ take some of Boyd's snaps in the slot and see if that gets him going.  Only when Boyd needs a blow, though.  Ross should be outside taking safeties deep.