Tyler Boyd, record chaser?

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(05-22-2020, 09:48 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: And before last year, John Ross had never had a 100 yard receiving game, and he started the season with two.  Again, I think his role expands and he becomes more important to this offense than ever before.  He got 90 receptions and 1000 yards last year with few weapons around him and Ryan Finley starting for three games.  If you don't see his potential in the slot with Burrow and more outside weapons at this point, then I won't keep trying. 

Green has been taking more and more snaps out of the slot.  If Green isn't signed long term (although I believe he will be), I think Boyd will get a ton of targets in the slot moving forward.

Even Fred noted:  "The first 8 games of 2018 when Green was 100% healthy Boyd had 49 receptions for 620 yards and 5 tds."

It's not that he's not good enough, he is.  It's that as you put it there weren't any weapons around him.
Witha healthy green, Ross and if Higgens is as good as we hope he is there are going to be a lot of mouths to feed.
I just don't see how he puts up 90 catches and 1000 yards again unless he some how emerges as receiver 1 and I don't think that'll happen.
I don't care about the numbers Fred posted. It's to small of a sample size that does account for otheraother injured players weapons available at the time.  If we're going to do that then why not just assume Ross will do what he did in last year first 2 games all season long.  Then what?  Are Ross green and Boyd all having 1200 yard seasons?
Probably not and if I'm gambling on all three making a full season I'm guessing boyd finishes third out of those three statisticly and that's not even accounting for Higgens.




Edit: damn this team has some talent at receiver right now. Hope they can all stay healthy and the line comes together. If so this team might surprise everyone outside Cincinnati