Break Out players

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(04-10-2020, 03:17 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Hubbard is another very underrated Bengal. People will not be able to ignore him for long and act like TJ Watt is better.

That is the thing about Ross is he just gives us another dimension if he is healthy and on the field. Have always said Defenses
will HAVE to account for that speed. Dude just needs to get his routes and hands together and be more consistent. I really think
a QB like Burrow will help him with this. Give Ross the death stare when he screws up.

No doubt.  And I think a new culture that is being formed will help Ross as well.  In the past, he probably felt like he was being singled out for injuries when Eifert and Green had them.  He might have also felt singled out when the entire offense sucked and he was getting benched.   This might explain a bit of the "unhealthy scratch" immature video that he posted.

However, Ross needs to understand that just because he was a (very) high draft pick doesn't mean he has made it.  He has not yet produced at the NFL level.  I think that he started to show what he could do last year, but his performance was greatly limited by the offensive line forcing the ball out very quickly.  I read an article recently that the rest of the league love Taylor's route concepts and have stolen them but they simply didn't work as well with Cincy because they never had time to allow the patterns to develop.  His injuries last year didn't help, either.

If you add Williams at LT, and maybe a draft pick at RG (unless they are really sold on XSF, which would kind of surprise me) like Burrow's teammate at LSU, Damien Lewis, and get the better of the two (Hart/Johnson) to win the starting job at RT, then line should be vastly improved over last year.  Add Burrow's ability to scramble and slide around in the pocket and we should be able to see those route combinations come together.  

I love the idea of more empty sets as well.  If teams blitz that, Burrow will pick them apart.