11-20-2018, 02:20 PM
(11-20-2018, 02:18 PM)ochocincos Wrote: A "target" is not always a true indicator of "catchable ball." Sure, there are times where Ross could and should have caught the ball, but not every target in the 29 he's had have been catchable balls. And also, Boyd is always going to have a (much) higher catch rate than Ross as long as they keep throwing short passes to Boyd and deep passes to Ross. It's known that the deeper routes you run, the less likely the ball will be caught.
The Bengals need to start using Ross in that short-to-mid range on the field to cater to his YAC ability. They keep trying to send him deep too often and it's not working out (yet).
I agree with your 2nd assertion. It's going to be hard to ever get a 5 foot 11 guy open deep as he's not AJ Green and his speed doesn't just blow by guys.
They do need to use him short more.
