Pass Catchers - 2019: Not all bad!

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(12-30-2019, 01:59 PM)ochocincos Wrote: While it was incredibly frustrating to not see AJ Green take the field all year, I thought it was worth mentioning some good things with pass catchers for 2019.

- Tyler Boyd surpassed 1000 yards again. He has proven to be a very good WR2 who can fill in as a WR1 when needed.

- Three other WRs surpassed 500 yards:
-- Auden Tate - 575 yards (12 games)
-- Alex Erickson - 529 yards (16 games)
-- John Ross - 506 yards (8 games)

- Tyler Eifert remained healthy through a whole season and put up a respectable 436 yards (184 yards in final 4 games). He probably would have put up more if TEs were more of an emphasis through the whole year.

No longer is the passing game solely dependent on AJ Green. This year was tough but it was a great growth year for the WRs specifically. Hopefully Taylor plans to incorporate the TE as a pass catcher more often for 2020.

I think we're in worse shape than the individual numbers would indicate.  As a team, we're 6th in pass attempts, but only 19th in passing yards and 27th in passing TD's.  

Both Ross and Tate have low catch%'s and injury concerns.  Ross is really the only deep threat under contract next year.  Erickson has been serviceable as a back up, but that's really it. 

It's a strong WR draft and the Bengals should probably double dip and get one on Day 2 and one on Day 3.