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The amount of change to our starting line up
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(05-06-2020, 10:19 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: 4. Tee Higgins replaces John Ross
Replacing an injury prone, ball dropping speedster with relatively limited uses (Read: "Go deep!") with a 6'4" 216 lb behemoth who catches almost everything you throw in his general direction who played in a pro style offense in college is going to be a really nice addition to this offense. Maybe Ross can stay healthy and can offer some explosion here and there, but as far as I'm concerned, he's a bench player at this point, which is great for our offense.
While I agree with all your overall points, including the addition of Higgins (and YES, this roster turnover is unprecedented), but Ross doesn't have relatively limited uses.  They choose to have him run a lot of verticals to draw safety coverage deep and open up the middle of the field.  I have no idea why they don't use him more on end-arounds, screens, slants, etc.  He STILL scores a TD roughly every 5 times he touches the ball.  He did that in college and he has done that in the NFL.   He did all kinds of things in college.  He was not a "limited" player then and he isn't now. 
With that kind of home run potential, I would be scheming ways to get the ball in his hands.  If a DB plays off him (which is what I saw a lot of the time), throw him a quick screen and if he makes that one guy miss, it could be off to the races.  
This is the year.  No excuses about tanking, roster evaluation, offensive line, no running game, etc.  With Green, Ross, and Mixon all on the field at the same time and all three in essential contract years, this offense is due to explode and I think Ross will be a big part of that.  
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RE: The amount of change to our starting line up - SHRacerX - 05-06-2020, 10:31 AM

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