Been doing 3 a days since FEBRUARY and is 220lbs now and claims he’s moving better than he was last season at a lighter weight.


Jermaine Burton ain’t never seeing the field lol

https://youtu.be/nYX_PFrDzBc?si=_Mn1yMcpU-btGidh

(04-09-2025, 11:16 AM)Housh Wrote: Been doing 3 a days since FEBRUARY and is 220lbs now and claims he’s moving better than he was last season at a lighter weight.


Jermaine Burton ain’t never seeing the field lol

https://youtu.be/nYX_PFrDzBc?si=_Mn1yMcpU-btGidh

While Yoshi ranked 98th out of 98 ranked WR's at PFF last year with a 52.7 grade, 6 TDs is nothing to scoff at. 

And he did make a leap. Going from not playing to being WR3 (or WR4 if you count Gesicki as a WR). He played 892 snaps on O last year, up from 266 the year before. That is progress. 

I think expecting a further leveling up is reasonable. He is smart & has a great work ethic. A great athletic profile. And a track guy who came late to football. 

While I could see a WR/TE pick at some point (Warren/Loveland early, Ferguson/Evans late, Bech/Johnson mid, or a late WR), I think the team is happy with Yoshi as WE3/4. 

Now, Burton & Chuck Sizzle could be in trouble, roster wise. Williams, too. 

Yoshis athleticism and body have never really been the issue.

It's his route running, football IQ, and hands.

(04-09-2025, 11:45 AM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: While Yoshi ranked 98th out of 98 ranked WR's at PFF last year with a 52.7 grade, 6 TDs is nothing to scoff at. 

And he did make a leap. Going from not playing to being WR3 (or WR4 if you count Gesicki as a WR). He played 892 snaps on O last year, up from 266 the year before. That is progress. 

I think expecting a further leveling up is reasonable. He is smart & has a great work ethic. A great athletic profile. And a track guy who came late to football. 

While I could see a WR/TE pick at some point (Warren/Loveland early, Ferguson/Evans late, Bech/Johnson mid, or a late WR), I think the team is happy with Yoshi as WE3/4. 

Now, Burton & Chuck Sizzle could be in trouble, roster wise. Williams, too. 

Right. And Yoshi is going into his 3rd year, which is when WR's are expected to come into their own. I don't think he'll ever have the numbers here he could have elsewhere simply because of Chase and Higgins. 

"Yall seen Yoshi’s Dave Lapham’s interview with Yoshi?"

Who else would Lap's do a Yoshi interview with?

WTS, I love Yoshi. He hasn't made the impact I hoped he would especially when Tee went down last year, but it's not from lack of effort/focus.

I may be misreading this but Yoshi weighed more than 220?

Edit: I get it now.

(04-09-2025, 11:52 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: Yoshis athleticism and body have never really been the issue.

It's his route running, football IQ, and hands.

His football IQ is fine, one reason the bengals drafted him they were impressed with his football iq and  that is why he is able to play multiple positions .. his route running is the area of improvement, his hands are solid make some great contested catches, he probably needs to focus a bit more on the easier catches..

Iosivas is still my favourite pick of that draft: if anyone knows Romanians that are involved with athletics, they are incredible specimens, probably due to a mix of all the peoples they are surrounded by, as well as their Roman blood (like us Italians): as time has gone on, they haven't applied themselves (trust me, it's almost an epidemic with how lazy and alcoholic they are in modern day and that's ETHNIC Romanians, not Gypsies/Romanis, who are seemingly worse), so they've lagged in all the sports they used to dominate in, but the genes are the genes.

He has some Japanese ethic in him, even if not in his blood and he's half Filipino, who are completely tough as nails people: they party hard and then work a 12 hour shift the next day without breaking a sweat. He's got impeccable genes.

All moulded into that, plus a great brain because he's an Ivy Leaguer, I had no doubt he'd be a solid or better player for us.

Hopefully he can make yet another step this year and we can have another Migos situation, with 2, 1,000 yard guys and a 700-900 yard guy. With 30 TDs between them as well.

And I despise Nintendo and the name Yoshi, makes me sick lol.

(04-09-2025, 02:56 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: Iosivas is still my favourite pick of that draft: if anyone knows Romanians that are involved with athletics, they are incredible specimens, probably due to a mix of all the peoples they are surrounded by, as well as their Roman blood (like us Italians): as time has gone on, they haven't applied themselves (trust me, it's almost an epidemic with how lazy and alcoholic they are in modern day and that's ETHNIC Romanians, not Gypsies/Romanis, who are seemingly worse), so they've lagged in all the sports they used to dominate in, but the genes are the genes.

He has some Japanese ethic in him, even if not in his blood and he's half Filipino, who are completely tough as nails people: they party hard and then work a 12 hour shift the next day without breaking a sweat. He's got impeccable genes.

All moulded into that, plus a great brain because he's an Ivy Leaguer, I had no doubt he'd be a solid or better player for us.

Hopefully he can make yet another step this year and we can have another Migos situation, with 2, 1,000 yard guys and a 700-900 yard guy. With 30 TDs between them as well.

And I despise Nintendo and the name Yoshi, makes me sick lol.

Never trust a Romanian you never see in the daylight....

(04-09-2025, 11:16 AM)Housh Wrote: Been doing 3 a days since FEBRUARY and is 220lbs now and claims he’s moving better than he was last season at a lighter weight.


Jermaine Burton ain’t never seeing the field lol

https://youtu.be/nYX_PFrDzBc?si=_Mn1yMcpU-btGidh

Yoshi is certainly working his ass off sounds like and he made good strides last year in catching the ball with his hands. He needs to run 
more dependable routes and be where Joe needs to him to be, but I could see him getting much better this season. Mike Gesicki being 
back could stall his growth a bit as I see him being the 3rd WR behind Ja'Marr and Tee, but Yoshi could come in for one of the starters 
and do alright if needed and it wouldn't surprise me.

Yoshi needs to up his production and Mike G needs to up his TD's. I like that Yoshi scores TD's, this matters big time.

(04-09-2025, 02:38 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: His football IQ is fine, one reason the bengals drafted him they were impressed with his football iq and  that is why he is able to play multiple positions .. his route running is the area of improvement, his hands are solid make some great contested catches, he probably needs to focus a bit more on the easier catches..

He's had touble catching through contact his entire career. He needs to be stronger at the point of the catch. 

(04-09-2025, 04:04 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Yoshi is certainly working his ass off sounds like and he made good strides last year in catching the ball with his hands. He needs to run 
more dependable routes and be where Joe needs to him to be, but I could see him getting much better this season. Mike Gesicki being 
back could stall his growth a bit as I see him being the 3rd WR behind Ja'Marr and Tee, but Yoshi could come in for one of the starters 
and do alright if needed and it wouldn't surprise me.

Yoshi needs to up his production and Mike G needs to up his TD's. I like that Yoshi scores TD's, this matters big time.

Assuming we are still a base 3 WR offense, Yoshi will be a starter. His snaps last year were higher with Tee missing time. 

Offensive snaps last year: 
Chase: 1,054
Higgins: 636
Yoshi: 892
Sample: 655
Gesicki: 523
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All: 231 (likely IR)
Burton: 131 
Irwin: 115 (released)
Hudson: 119 
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Grandy: 75 
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C. Jones: 26 
I. Williams: 19 
Pryor: 19 (PS)
McLachlan: 5

(04-09-2025, 02:38 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: His football IQ is fine, one reason the bengals drafted him they were impressed with his football iq and  that is why he is able to play multiple positions .. his route running is the area of improvement, his hands are solid make some great contested catches, he probably needs to focus a bit more on the easier catches..

Yep agreed.

He went to Princeton. Dude is smart.

He just played against poor competition in football (Ivy League) and didn't have to develop some of the nuances that others in more demanding conferences do because of it.

Dude is a 6th round pick and people are crapping on him after just 2 years.

We shouldn't have a hope any 6th round pick becomes more than a ST player, let alone being a significant contributor by Year 2/3, but Iosivas is. He's surpassed expectations in my book.

I was reading the mothership article yesterday.

I didn’t realize Yoshi was scoring TDs at a better rate than Chris Henry. That’s impressive

Yoshi's Dave Lapham interview with Yoshi

I’m expecting an uptick from Gesicki & Isovias. They’ve gained Joe’s confidence and that alone will result in more opportunities. If the OL can just be a top 15 OL overall this offense hits the stratosphere. There’s too many mismatches including Chase Brown but the offense has been limited and needs more developing routes in the route tree.

(04-09-2025, 04:26 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: He's had touble catching through contact his entire career. He needs to be stronger at the point of the catch. 

Perhaps that's why he's trying adding weight to his frame? Last offseason he had some really nice videos of him working with his receiving coach. Every little thing adds up to a better player in the game.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not of a mind that Iosivas will ever be a superstar, but if he can become a reliable option when needed, that is good on this offense.

98 out of 98? Damn there’s a lot of bad receivers graded ahead of him.

(04-09-2025, 04:26 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: He's had touble catching through contact his entire career. He needs to be stronger at the point of the catch. 

He also needs to learn to just sit down on a route when Joe wants him to. I remember it costing us a few times last season.

(04-09-2025, 10:06 PM)michaelsean Wrote: 98 out of 98?  Damn there’s a lot of bad receivers graded ahead of him.

6 scores on 36 catches (61 targets)...how bad can he be with that many TDs to score this low?