Core looking great!

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(06-01-2017, 06:23 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I don't understand your line about Core being nothing more than potential.  He played three games, started two, and had a very nice outing in his last game with AJ Green and Tyler Eifert on the sideline.  Malone is the one who is purely potential at this point.  Extremely raw coming out of Tennessee.  If he doesn't show the ability to pick up the offense and improve his route running, he will not make the starting roster.  I honestly think that he will, but remember, he wasn't even taken with their first pick in the 4th round.  Core was a 6th rounder.  Not a huge difference.

In the end, I think there will either be an injury that allows them all to stay, or the Bengals go light in another position group and keep 7 WRs.  If they were to release Core, he would be a Raven overnight.  Or a Brown.  

(06-01-2017, 09:20 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: That was somewhat based on his being active or not, and once given a shot to start he looked pretty damn good in special teams.  Good stat, though.

Not sure where you're where you're getting this from, but Core dressed in 8 games, and made 4 starts.

http://www.nfl.com/player/codycore/2555331/gamelogs

He averaged 2.13 catches for 25 yards in the games he dressed for.  He averaged 3.75 catches for 37 yards in the 4 games he started.  Those are not good #'s at all.  He had a good game against Baltimore, but he was held to under 40 yards in his other three starts and under 15 yards in two of those.  

I'm also not sure how a guy who was credited with only one assisted tackle while playing 49% of the team's ST snaps "looked pretty damned good."

And this is my issue with the bubble WR debate.  People are vastly overratting Core's contributions and keying on the isolated instances where he was effective and overlooking the fact that there were numerous times he was totally ineffective.