07-30-2019, 12:40 PM
(07-30-2019, 10:34 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Yes on the Ross and Price comparison. I suspect that Price being from OSU has a lot to do with his mulligan, but who knows?
re: College production: A lot of teams in college have WR's that produce big numbers. Some are good Pro's and some aren't. Your point is valid though in that Ross wasn't some guy that had 25 catches for 252 yards his senior year at Washington and was drafted REALLY highly. That guy would be Drew Sample.
I wouldn't cite his production to say he wasn't a one trick pony. You can be a one trick pony in college and still put up monster numbers. When you look at his tape, you see the expected deep balls, but he was a nightmare in the red zone. Ross has elite short area quickness to go with his top end speed. He'd break defender's ankles and create easy pitch and catch TD throws. That part of his college game has translated to the pro's. In college, he actually wasn't that great on deep fly's, like he primarily ran last year. His deep success was on posts and corners where he could use that quickness on his breaks to separate.
Whether he continues to develop in the new offense, we don't know. But he still has uses as a red zone Target and taking the top off of defenses if he doesn't.
