02-27-2019, 11:16 PM
(02-27-2019, 04:07 PM)BengalChris Wrote: Somebody put it out there that the Bengals were shopping him and that somebody was able to convince Rapport that it was true.
Since neither you nor I are on those communication lines, it had to be someone connected. It could have been:
A. The Bengals themselves to gauge what kind of offers they'd get,
B. Ross' agent to get Ross out of town,
C. Some other team trying to force the issue and see if they could spark interest or create trouble.
D. Rapport had nothing else to write, so just made it up for fun.
C seems unlikely because they could be found out and possibly be accused of tampering with another team's player.
D seems unlikely because it blows back on Rapport and he has to eat his words.
A seems possible because let's face it Ross hasn't played well in Cinci. AJ Green and Boyd didn't have trouble making catches like Ross did. Most people can see that Ross was the cause of Ross' problems on the field. Some people still hold on to the "Marv sabotaged Ross' career" idea, but there's no actual evidence of this or even a reason for Marv to have done that.
B also seems likely because Ross is going to be held accountable for his route running like never before and he may just want to go somewhere else where he can continue to blame the coaches and QB. He won't be able to get away with that in Cinci anymore.
My guess is that it was A or B.
If it were Ross himself through his agent, then he's in for a long year cause the team didn't bite.
Ill go with E. None of the above. Rappaport was given the information and he passed it along. He didnt make anything up for fun, but the sources certainly werent in the know and fell upon some hearsay and that qualifys as journalism these days.
