04-17-2017, 08:30 AM
(04-16-2017, 10:16 PM)09ItsOurTime Wrote: I see you say things without a lick of knowledge about the prospect. You seem like the type of guy that heard "Ross runs fastest 40 ever at combine" and said "let's draft that guy". And that's cool, if you're a senile Al Davis.
Ross' injuries:
ACL Tears
MCL Tear
MicroFracture Surgery
Shoulder Surgery
Hamstring Injury at the combine
etc. etc. etc.
Just because he has recovered doesn't mean he's not the most injury prone prospect in recent history. Why the hell are you wanting to draft a guy who gets hurt grocery shopping?
Even if he can recover as well as anyone, he's still hurt way more often than not.
People are backing off John Allen because he has shoulder issues, but loving Ross at 9 without a thought in the world? Come the hell on.
The Al Davis point: John Ross is the #1 playmaker in the draft. He scored a TD nearly every fifth time he touched the ball. He has an outstanding ability to generate separation and to track deep passes. If you watch his tape (might be a good idea over just parroting what someone said about him being a one-trick pony, because he most certainly is not) there is only one or two balls thrown to him where his QB didn't underthrow him. This forced him to stop, hold up, make the catch and accelerate again. When the ball was (rarely) but slightly ahead of him, his feet become a blur and he just leaves the defender and catches the ball. I have never seen a guy that is so elusive with that kind of velocity.
The injury history: Obviously, his lower leg injuries would concern me the most, but he has demonstrated that he is over them based on his 2016 performance and his combine numbers. The shoulder injury, I believe, came when he was playing CB, which he did to help his team when Marcus Peters was suspended.
Your comparison to a player that is crashing in to folks every snap and his shoulder STILL is giving him problems is ludicrous.
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