Lapham called out Ross

[BengalChris]

(09-24-2018, 03:34 AM)kevin Wrote: Because he was so injured in 2017, I still consider Ross a Rookie getting his first reps.  He is making rookie mistakes early, mostly not running good routes, stopping on routes thinking ball not coming to him, when it is, which causes interceptions and missed big plays.  I think he will develop over time. For right now, Boyd is better, Boyd is far better at this time. All our tight ends are better. Malone may be better. For all of Ross speed, he is still making rookie mistakes in his first real year of playing. At some point however, it may all kick in to him. Here is a guy that should never miss practices and should be listening to offensive coordinator and coaches greatly.  Ross is not a good player yet, but he could be.  He needs to learn the routes 100 times better. Again, to me he is a rookie. He has upside of speed, but he needs much more.  Some like Bobby Hayes become good, and some like David Verser don't.  Ross playing in his first games has a long way to go and a lot to learn.

He wasn't all that injured in 2017. He was a healthy scratch for many games and injured himself in practice late in the year, which sent him to IR late in the season. He did come in with an injury, which slowed hims progress last year, but still he had a lot of reps in practice last year and didn't play well, so he was inactive for games. Then he blamed Marv and posted a video of himself catching passes in practice.

(09-24-2018, 07:04 AM)treee Wrote: Ross is making mistakes that WRs make in their 1st year of consistent reps. Can't entirely blame him. Hopefully they keep giving him plenty of reps early in games but not necessarily in crunch time until he proves he can be more consistent.

AJ didn't make those mistakes. Just saying. A top 10 pick needs to play like a top 10 pick. He's being paid like a top 10 pick.

I still hope he turns it around, but I really don't see the effort by him and that's something that will turn teammates off in a flash.