Ross practicing

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(08-23-2020, 06:41 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: Found this quote by Ross on Bengals not picking up his option interesting.

"I wouldn't have picked up my option, either," Ross said. "It guarantees injury if you get hurt. I've been injured every single year. That's not a bad decision by them. And now it's on me to show them why I should be here longer. That's how I look at it."

Hope he can live up to this and prove it!

James Rapien said Ross looked "smooth and confident" in his routes the first day back.  Ross described running at a park at 2am in California because "that was when everyone was finally asleep".  He may have lost a bit of conditioning with 10 days off but he seemed very happy to be back with the team and that his son and his son's mother were doing fine now. 

I don't need him to blow up week 1 like he did against Seattle last year.  I think Burrow knows this as well.  Get him a couple deep shots, but use him on some slants and screens and try to get him the ball in space.  

As pathetic as the Reds have been (and I have always thought there was some mythical force that denied the Reds and Bengals from being good at the same time), I can't wait for that first game.  I can't wait to see Joe Burrow take the field.