08-27-2019, 02:07 PM
(08-26-2019, 04:18 PM)Au165 Wrote: If that were actually true everyone would be really good in the red zone. While your partially right that it is related to the coverage being ran in the red zone, it is also related to his skill set. In the red zone you still get a lot of press man, usually with an inside or outside shade depending on the player. Ross is good at two things slant and fades, so when guys play his outside shoulder he runs a slant and runs away from the defender and when they play his inside shoulder the go to a fade. He actually had a nice Sluggo in the red zone against Denel Ward of Cleveland hitting him with the slant off the jam and pushing it back out into the fade for an easy TD. While it doesn't seem complex his skill set of being very fast does make a difference, it just seems counter intuitive that speed is that big a deal in a compressed field.
It is true this should translate between the 20's as well but the big difference there is usually you get sight adjustments and I believe that is really the issue for Ross. He never had to make sight adjustments in college and so he struggles at the line adapting tot he defense while being on the same page with his QB. I would argue though that was a failure of the coaching staff to put him in a position to win. Dez Bryant could run three routes his whole career and the simplified their offense to ensure he could run those routes nearly every play.
Well said about Ross, for Fred to say Ross doesn't have any special skill set to score TD's is pretty humorous to me.
His quickness and speed are very rare skill sets. Like you said, he just needs to be used right and run more Slants and Fades. And of course Ross needs to stay healthy so he can be on the same page with his QB. We will see on Ross but it is not like he has nothing to offer.
(08-26-2019, 04:47 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Whether it's better or worse, a decent number of UDFAs have actually ended up performing better than their drafted counterparts.
Trey Hopkins, a former UDFA, beat out 1st rounder Billy Price to start at C this year.
Last year, he started at RG, and then he was followed by fellow former UDFA Alex Redmond.
Vincent Rey had a solid career as a do-it-all first-off-the-bench LB and was a former UDFA.
Kyle Cook contributed a few very solid years as the starting C and was a former UDFA.
It's rare, but some UDFAs do end up becoming solid contributors and even starters.
Burfict.
