Do Bengals Keep 7 WR's?

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(08-25-2020, 12:17 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I'm not following like a hawk, but I do try to read tweets from the various Bengals beat writers, and I don't recall seeing much being mentioned about Erickson. Most of the buzz for WRs has been around Tate and Thomas from what I've read.

So with Green, Boyd, and Higgins being locks along with Tate and Thomas reportedly doing very well, do you think Erickson makes it in over any of them? I don't think Ross is a cut candidate either since he's guaranteed his remaining contract ($5.5 mill) and put up nearly the same yards (506 vs 529) but 3 more TDs than Erickson in half the games last year.

I wouldn't take Erickson over any of Green, Boyd, Higgins, Tate, or Ross but I'd take him over a 4th TE or RB.

And this is where it will become interesting.  Seems to me the final spot is a battle between Erickson and Thomas.  Both play ST but have different roles in ST.  Erickson had one really big game (the scrimmage) and Thomas has been pretty solid.  We know the Bengals like Cethan Carter and they will obviously have Sample and Uzomah.  

I guess I could see a scenario where they only go with 3 TEs, but I would imagine they will keep 4 RBs (Mixon, Gio, Williams, and Perine...or maybe the kid from the XFL, but I think Perine is the best at ST.  

Maybe they try to carry Stanley Morgan, Jr and Mike Thomas on the PS since Erickson is still listed as a WR2 on the depth chart (Thomas is a WR3) and Erickson is the #1 PR.