Erickson over Ross

[wolfkaosaun]

(09-14-2018, 04:09 PM)Millhouse Wrote: Ross's 2 catches in 5 games scares defenses? 

That's not how defenses see things.

They see a guy that can beat them deep, so have a safety over top. Sometimes you have to make the defense respect the deep ball.

What's the difference between the passing attack from this year compared to last? Defenses having to respect deep passes.

John Ross saw only 17 snaps in 2017. Who else scared teams deep? LaFell? Boyd? Erickson? Double team Green and let the other receivers beat you, which didn't happen.
Every NFL coach knows that Ross is fast.

Ross has seen 82 snaps this year. Two catches. One touchdown. Against the Colts, Dalton missed Ross on a comeback route in which, instead of sliding, Dalton bailed the pocket and tried to run it on 3rd down.
Last night, Ross did drop a ball. But he also broke a tackle on his catch and picked up yards after the catch.
Dalton also had him open on one route where he chose to throw it away rather to Ross on the sideline. It was in the 2nd half. Sure, tough throw with the defensive back sprinting over, but the play was there. Dalton just didn't trust it.

You know what brings trust? Playing time. Targets.

Ross is getting playing time. I don't know why people expect a guy who's essentially a rookie to be a Pro Bowler out of the gates.

Tyler Boyd had 1 touchdown throughout 21 games.
He had 759 snaps his rookie year, but only 1 TD.
So what do the Bengals do? Use him less in 2017, which he only got 307 snaps and was on the field only 31.9%
Boyd is already one-third of the way to those snaps so far this year, he has 107.
Do you think Boyd shouldn't start since he struggled early in his career?
You HAVE to give your guys a chance to play and learn. 



There's going to come a day where a team is going to double team Green and so it'll be on Ross, Boyd, and Eifert's shoulders to win their battles.

Eifert and Boyd did last night. Ross' chance will come.