Ross inactive again

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(12-04-2017, 09:28 PM)jfkbengals Wrote: Can someone tell me why that means he should be active?

Due to injury he missed 90% or more of the off season and preseason activity.  He was unavailable for most of the entire first half of the season.  Why should he then be given an active roster spot over the guys who have been a part of all of it?

Either Malone or Core would get sat in favor of Ross.  Both of those guys have been through the offensive installations the entire season.  They've been in the special teams installations all season.  They've been getting reps in the plays and working on chemistry with the offense and special teams all season.  When the margin of difference in players is incredibly minute in the NFL, why in the hell should one of those guys take a seat and force changes to special teams just because one measureable is .25 seconds faster than the other two?  Because of his lack of activity and gelling with the offense, the season being on the line in Monday Night Football against our rivals is exactly why he SHOULDN'T be active.

My rant is done, carry on!
 

As Tyreek Hill showed this week, that .25 difference can be deadly when you scheme advantageously. Double teaming AJ means single coverage elsewhere. Getting Ross on safeties or nickel CB’s should, in theory, be highly attractive. Instead, the Bengals run the no separation bunch out there instead.