08-10-2019, 02:21 PM
(08-10-2019, 08:19 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: Yep, everyone clearly hates Ross.....Price, too, I guess but not as much.
When people say Ross didn't come back after underthrown balls or fight in contested pass situations, they must be holding on to the first images they saw where Ross did that. I saw him improve. I saw him get VERY open in 7 Red Zone TDs. I saw him play in 13 games with very little weapons around him and only be used as a draw in between the 20s, thus limiting his chances.
You will say that I am just making excuses for Ross....and I guess that I am. But it doesn't change anything. I am just trying to get people to see he can still be a HUGE weapon on this team and gives this team something they haven't had before. I am very excited to see what ZT can do with him.
Price fought through a VERY early injury and being a foot it likely greatly impacted his play. I have seen the guy in person last year and this year and he looks different, in a good way. I thought he looked good last year, but lost some of his training ability with the injury. He looks like a beats this year and I can't wait for him, either.
It's ok when people feel the need to take shots at them since they have failed to come close to their expectations. I just believe there is still a lot of positive to them and they can help our team win.
That is the thing, most that hate on Ross never had any expectations for him in the first place and hated the pick.
Rooting for both these guys big time.
(08-10-2019, 09:19 AM)BengalsRocker Wrote: Since you guys are just arguing about how good/bad Ross is.... I'm going to throw something else in about Price.
Our fan base needs Price to be good at C or at least solid and that's the perception.
Ross would've been nice to see add to our offense.
So "Yes" Billy gets more of a pass not only because he's young but we're desperate for him to be good.
All those years of having bad play at Center make us as fans wish for the best and not having to hit the reset button once again.
Price was not only good in College but stellar in his short time and won the Remington.
As stated before, there is Ohio State bias and those people have seen a lot of his play which was dominant.
Someone else mentioned in an earlier post that drafted Centers don't usually start at C and slide over once NFL assimilated.
I actually thought Price should have been plugged in at G while leaving Hopkins at Center for a while.
It still wouldn't have been a bad thing to do so, going into this season but after signing/re-signing other players that's probably not even an option now.
Lastly I'm sorry to the OP that you don't understand why people are harder on Ross than Price at this point.
I guarantee if he stinks up the field this year people will be more apt to tossing him into the "Ogbuehi" bust pile.
Great post. Price if he plays stellar would improve this team probably more than any other player.
Starts from him on out. Think he will grow into this player, sure hoping he will.
