John Ross-illness

[SunsetBengal]

(10-30-2020, 09:39 PM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: it's just a zac taylor poor cover up job

Fail.  It leaked out during his year under Marvin that Ross couldn't grasp the NFL playbook and it's nuances.  Life was simple for him at UW, all he had to do was run fast and catch the ball, as they had a pretty solid team and he was just a deep threat.

The Bengals made a huge mistake by taking him in the top 10, and Al Davis sort of mistake, by being mesmerized by the speed.  It's true that you can't coach speed, but it's also true that you can't coach intelligence into a player that does not have it.  He get's frustrated and gives up on routes, fails to go into the "come back to the QB" mode when plays don't go as planned.  He just doesn't get it.  Time to cut the losses and move him.  A good team that might be able to use him as an occasional novelty deep threat might be able to get something from him, but a rebuilding team never will.