Tate delivered today.

[*SHRacerX*]

(11-02-2020, 09:16 AM)Au165 Wrote: Yea...that's false. He actually went up against Jonathan Joseph on almost every target he had yesterday, including when he climbed the ladder at the end of the 4th. 

Right.  We don't want facts to get in the way of a good poo-poo on a player that made the most of an opportunity.

Here is the bottom line:  Tate has a special skill set.  His skill set isn't to stretch the field, or to take a slant 90 yards to the house, or to take a jet sweep and outrun LBs to the edge for a big play.  Tate has a great catch radius and hands.  And the Bengals have a QB that knows how to use a guy's strengths.  Tate isn't going to cost the team a fortune, either.  Call him a possession receiver or whatever you like, but if Tate is the third best receiving option on the field and he is a reliable chain-mover, I am very happy with that situation.

And calling him our third best receiver option might not be accurate when you consider the RBs and the on again/off again Drew Sample.  

Burrow needs reliable targets, and he is reliable.  That is why he is on the field over Ross.