Let's discuss the 4th WR on the depth chart- upcoming season

[leonardfan40]

(03-23-2022, 09:57 AM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: I understand, but if one of the top 3 gets injured, WR4 is now a starter.  The Bengals ran three WR sets approximately 77% of the time and passed roughly 60% of the time. This is a passing team.  If your LT1 gets injured, LT2 becomes a starter, not LT4. In my mind, WR4 is like a #2 at most other positions. But, the team has more pressing needs, but I think they could still make an upgrade with available FAs or take a flyer on later round WR in the draft.

I agree with your thought process above and will also add that it’s far more likely that at least 1 of our 3 starting WR’s get hurt than our one OT or one starter at any given spot. 4th WR and 4th CB are two very important spots on a team in a pass happy league. Apple proved that last year for CB. We got lucky we didn’t lose one of our top 3 WR for extended periods but we can’t count on that every year. Look at the Rams WR injuries last year. They were lucky a star like OBJ was available mid season and then they still lost him late too.