The Bengals are hoping to trade receiver John Ross, according to Tony Pauline of DraftAnalyst.com (on Twitter). The club plans to field offers during the combine this week.
Both Ross and the Bengals are looking forward to a fresh start, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets. That makes sense, given Ross’ injuries, lack of production, and inconsistent usage. Two years ago, Ross turned heads with a 4.22-second 40-yard dash at the combine. Since then, he has amassed just 21 catches for 210 yards, though he did have seven touchdown catches in 2018.
Ross, 24, missed the bulk of his rookie season after having both of his shoulders operated on and suffering a groin injury. He appeared in most of the Bengals’ games in 2018, but he was held to one catch or less in six of his games.
Other teams may view Ross as a speedy deep threat with potential, but the Bengals will not recoup the first-round pick (No. 9 overall) they used to draft Ross in 2017. But, given this year’s so-so market for free agent wide receivers, Ross could net them a mid-round pick.
Raiders
Bills
Put him opposite Michael Thomas in Nola!
Patriots will give a 4 round pick in a heartbeat.
Pats will probably get him for a 7th and a trip to the massage parlor
Hahahah
Rofl
I would take a flier on this guy as a Raider fan. He was way too highly drafted, but he was a talented receiver at UW, not just a speed guy. Curious what he can do without pressure to be an every down type
Didn’t the Raiders learn the hard way with Hayward -Bay!?
Niners!!
If he can stay healthy I wouldn’t mind him on the 49ers
puts up insane combine numbers doesn’t translate on field
eagles need speed…?
Yes, they have no legit deep threat to stretch the field for the guys underneath.
I called it when he was drafted, Ted Ginn2.0
Ginn is actually decent. This guy is more like Tavon Austin.
Ginn was trash fit a long while before he got decent though
Dri Archer
More like Peter Warrick 2.0
I always confuse John Ross and John Brown
I always confuse Johns with Robert Kraft …
Lol
Hopefully Bengals can trade him before rest of league figures out a speedster that cant track ball in the air is worthless. Most his TDS came inside 10 yd line, complete bust!
I am optimistic he could be better with a decent QBs throwing to him
Doesn’t matter who the qb is if the receiver habitually doesn’t finish his route
Trade him to Seattle for either Pocic or Britt
They begging teams to take him?
I heard about this on the radio today, and the host said that the Bengals were looking for a 1st rounder for him…I almost crashed my car lol.
I’m pretty sure he meant to say that Ross WAS a 1st rounder
Why you dont draft a WR just cause he is fast.
Yep, I recall Oakland making the exact same mistake awhile back, they highly overvalued speed early on in drafts, and they were burnt almost every single time!!
Then again, these fast track guys can be legit weapons. In my opinion, whether they are successful or not comes down to 3 major things: coaching and how they are used, their QB, and their ability to stay healthy..
This guy is talking out of his ass