Even I have to admit....

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(04-06-2018, 01:01 PM)3wt Wrote: The two big concerns with Ross are (as you say) being injury prone, being smart and being competitive enough.   And the concerns are legit.   But I think he has the potential to overcome.    I mean he came into the locker room all messed up.  For the first time, he's (allegedly) healthy.

Houshmandzadeh is the man.  Not only can he build Ross up and train him, he has the knowledge of how to solve recurrent hamstring issues.  His hamstrings were a legendary mess.   He went out and found out how to cure the problem with power yoga.   Hopefully he imparts this to Ross.

We need to take care of T, C, DT and LB before we look at another receiver.   I think Boyd learned his lesson last year and Malone will be in his second year.   With Eifert back I think we'll have enough weapons.

And maybe we'll get lucky in the 5th round again...

Assuming you are referring to 5th round as Marvin Jones. And if so, it will be important for fans to remember that Jones wasn't much of a contributor until his second year. People shouldn't have false hope that a 5th round WR is going to come in and contribute much on offense as a rookie. Especially with Boyd, Ross, and Malone all ahead on the depth chart. A 5th round rookie would be competing with Core/Erickson (most likely Core) for the final roster spot and will have to work his way up the depth chart within a year or two.

As for DT, which DT gets bounced in favor of what I believe you are implying is a 4th rounder or higher? I don't see Bengals rolling with 5 DTs, that's not their style. Atkins obviously isn't going anywhere. They signed Baker for a reason, so I'd be shocked to see them cut him. Glasgow and Billings essentially have only played their rookie seasons so I doubt the Bengals would drop one of them so quickly.