John Ross: 'Burrow's confidence will have an impact on me'

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(06-01-2020, 09:50 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: Yet, despite all his faults, he still has scored a TD every five touches.  In the NFL.  He has made some great grabs, and he has had some bad drops.  I hope, like the RBs as receivers, the coaches look at other ways to get the ball to Ross.  Screens and slants...maybe the occasional end-around...or even fake an end-around to him.  I'm sure it would draw some attention.  

I think Ross with the ball in space is a risky prospect.  The guy can catch a TD, so I say target him when he has a 100% clear path to the endzone or if he's already in the endzone.  Don't get me wrong Ross is entertaining, but I don't think the team is going to want to deal with the risks of stuff like Ross carrying the ball in space or returning punts and so on.

I'm not rooting against Ross so much as wondering why he's immune to the yearly trend where we get all fired up about the new/rookie WRs and lament that there are under-performing veteran players in front of them.  I guess we haven't seen enough of him to write him off as a ho-hum vet who is going to hurt Tee's development.