(11-02-2020, 01:18 AM)Whatever Wrote: Tate had a good game today, but was basically invisible the first 7 weeks of the season.  He had 4 catches for 56 yards on 7 targets going into today.  He has one good day where he was still only 3rd on the team in receiving yards against a defense even worse than ours and the hype train is up and running again.  

Come on man, just go ahead and get on the train. You know you want to. 

(11-02-2020, 01:33 AM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Come on man, just go ahead and get on the train. You know you want to. 

Perhaps when Ross is in the next USFXL next season he'll throw in the towel ?

Who is this Ross you’re speaking of?

(11-02-2020, 01:18 AM)Whatever Wrote: Tate had a good game today, but was basically invisible the first 7 weeks of the season.  He had 4 catches for 56 yards on 7 targets going into today.  He has one good day where he was still only 3rd on the team in receiving yards against a defense even worse than ours and the hype train is up and running again.  

Which is Taylors and Callahans fault for not playing him more

(11-02-2020, 01:22 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: It’s not a hype train.

No one is saying Tate is a Pro Bowler.

There was literally somebody in Gameday Thread saying Tate looked like young AJ today.

(11-02-2020, 01:38 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Who is this Ross you’re speaking of?

Some scrub WR with 10 times as many career TD's as Auden Tate.

(11-02-2020, 02:20 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: There was literally somebody in Gameday Thread saying Tate looked like young AJ today.

One person. Trademark. And we all know how level headed he is in game day threads...lol

People do tend to overreact a lot here though.

“Gio>Mixon”

“Adeniji>Jonah”

“Tate looks like young AJ”

Etc

(11-02-2020, 03:10 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: One person. Trademark. And we all know how level headed he is in game day threads...lol

People do tend to overreact a lot here though.

“Gio>Mixon”

“Adeniji>Jonah”

“Tate looks like young AJ”

Etc

Yea that's crazy. Everybody knows Tate looks like a Darren Waller mixed with DK Metcalf. 

(11-02-2020, 02:37 AM)Whatever Wrote: Some scrub WR with 10 times as many career TD's as Auden Tate.

Yet Ross only has 2 more yds despite having started 9 more games. I wonder if Tate could have closed that TD gap (at least a bit) if he had the same number of starts...

(11-02-2020, 03:12 AM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: Yea that's crazy. Everybody knows Tate looks like a Darren Waller mixed with DK Metcalf. 

Speaking of Metcalf, I’m really glad we took the football god that is Drew Sample instead of him

Metcalf’s 161 yds and 2 TD’s yesterday are nothing compared to a couple nice blocks!

Tate had a great game . . . against the dime corner.

When he goes 7 for 7 facing the teams #1 corner that AJ has to face almost every snap, then I'll be impressed . . . until then, all that he's proven is that every once in awhile he's better than the opponents 4th CB.

Great game with some very impressive catches plus solid effort but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

(11-01-2020, 06:51 PM)impactplaya Wrote: Huge props to Auden Tate today. Somehow a overpaid HC just realized this week that Tate will.catch anything close to his radius.
How 1st down conversions did Tate have today? 4 or 5.
He could have cried and whined about not getting enough targets in
The offense. All.He did was put his head down and go to work.

Amazing it took ZT 8 weeks to.figure out what some of us seen dating back.to last year.

Tste is a.legit weapon in.this offense going foward.
Im.sure some of fhe anti.Tate club will bring uo his catch rate %
Or how he cant seperate

I have a new name for Auden:  "No Turf Tate", because the balls thrown to him don't hit the ground.  With Burrow's accuracy and Tate's catch radius and hands, it is a fantastic combination.  Tate had 7 receptions for 65 yards on 7 targets.  

Fantastic effort by Tate.

And it was ZT that admitted in the post game presser that when he saw Tate only had 4 receptions that he had to "get him some balls" (no pun intended).  ZT went on to praise Tate for his work ethic, and his attitude describing how the guy always comes to work hard and does it with a smile on his face.  If that isn't a message to the whiny prima donnas on the team (not saying there are many), then I don't know what is.

 

(11-02-2020, 05:57 AM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: Tate had a great game . . . against the dime corner.

When he goes 7 for 7 facing the teams #1 corner that AJ has to face almost every snap, then I'll be impressed . . . until then, all that he's proven is that  every once in awhile he's better than the opponents 4th CB.

Great game with some very impressive catches plus solid effort but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Yea...that's false. He actually went up against Jonathan Joseph on almost every target he had yesterday, including when he climbed the ladder at the end of the 4th. 

(11-02-2020, 03:23 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Yet Ross only has 2 more yds despite having started 9 more games. I wonder if Tate could have closed that TD gap (at least a bit) if he had the same number of starts...

That's a nice try, but Ross only has 17 more targets for his career.  He also scores a TD every 12.3 targets.  Tate scores every 106 targets.  Any extended play time model favors Ross simply because he scores at a much higher rate.


That abysmal TD catch rate probably gives you the reason he isn't starting more.

Tate is a good #4-5 possession WR.  Great catch radius, great hands, makes some great effort plays to drag defenders and move the chains.  However, he has big holes in his game, too.  

(11-02-2020, 09:16 AM)Au165 Wrote: Yea...that's false. He actually went up against Jonathan Joseph on almost every target he had yesterday, including when he climbed the ladder at the end of the 4th. 

Right.  We don't want facts to get in the way of a good poo-poo on a player that made the most of an opportunity.

Here is the bottom line:  Tate has a special skill set.  His skill set isn't to stretch the field, or to take a slant 90 yards to the house, or to take a jet sweep and outrun LBs to the edge for a big play.  Tate has a great catch radius and hands.  And the Bengals have a QB that knows how to use a guy's strengths.  Tate isn't going to cost the team a fortune, either.  Call him a possession receiver or whatever you like, but if Tate is the third best receiving option on the field and he is a reliable chain-mover, I am very happy with that situation.

And calling him our third best receiver option might not be accurate when you consider the RBs and the on again/off again Drew Sample.  

Burrow needs reliable targets, and he is reliable.  That is why he is on the field over Ross.  

(11-02-2020, 10:12 AM)Whatever Wrote: That's a nice try, but Ross only has 17 more targets for his career.  He also scores a TD every 12.3 targets.  Tate scores every 106 targets.  Any extended play time model favors Ross simply because he scores at a much higher rate.


That abysmal TD catch rate probably gives you the reason he isn't starting more.

Tate is a good #4-5 possession WR.  Great catch radius, great hands, makes some great effort plays to drag defenders and move the chains.  However, he has big holes in his game, too.  

The only hole I see in Tate’s game is lack of speed. John Ross has grand canon size holes in his, including lack of effort, and not being able to consistently catch the football. Which is kind of important for a WR...

(11-02-2020, 10:51 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: The only hole I see in Tate’s game is lack of speed. John Ross has grand canon size holes in his, including lack of effort, and not being able to consistently catch the football. Which is kind of important for a WR...

Tate is a football player, Ross is a track star.

(11-02-2020, 05:57 AM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: Tate had a great game . . . against the dime corner.

When he goes 7 for 7 facing the teams #1 corner that AJ has to face almost every snap, then I'll be impressed . . . until then, all that he's proven is that  every once in awhile he's better than the opponents 4th CB.

Great game with some very impressive catches plus solid effort but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Tate doesnt decide who covers him.all.I know is that he won his battles yesterday. Made 1st downs kept the chains moving.

(11-02-2020, 09:16 AM)Au165 Wrote: Yea...that's false. He actually went up against Jonathan Joseph on almost every target he had yesterday, including when he climbed the ladder at the end of the 4th. 

Being fair, everyone that went up against J-Jo worked him.  He was dealing with an illness during the week and only played 58% of the defensive snaps, so it doesn't seem like he was 100%.

(11-02-2020, 02:04 PM)Whatever Wrote: Being fair, everyone that went up against J-Jo worked him.  He was dealing with an illness during the week and only played 58% of the defensive snaps, so it doesn't seem like he was 100%.

OMG