Hi Geoff, We've got the best WR corps in NFL. Why not rotate them to keep them fresher than the DB's that are covering them. I would make the disgruntled ones earn their keep or stay on the bench! Thanks. Lynn S. Marshall, Cincinnati, OH
LYNN: They certainly have been good, haven't they? But I think, actually, the Bengals wide receivers are fairly well-rotated when you compare them to some of the league's top passing teams. It's a deep group when you consider Auden Tate, Mike Thomas, John Ross III, and Alex Erickson, but when you look at the top guys – and according to Football Outsiders - Tyler Boyd has the most snaps of any Bengals receiver with 77.8 percent of the snaps and A.J. Green is second with 71.1 percent.
Look at Seattle with D.K. Metcalf (95.3) and Tyler Lockett (93), the Rams with Robert Woods (90.6) and Cooper Kupp (88.3), and the Cardinals with D'Andre Hopkins (91.6) and Larry Fitzgerald (79.5). Even the Panthers with D.J. Moore (85.4) and Robby Anderson (76.6).
Bengals rookie wide receiver Tee Higgins is at 68.6 percent of the snaps and nearly 50 more receivers have more, so he should be playing more and not fewer. Plus, I think head coach Zac Taylor does a nice job mixing in Thomas (28.4) and Tate (21.3) and they're just one of nine teams with five wide receivers taking at least 21.3 percent of the snaps. So they look to be in pretty good shape with the current rotation.
Hobs, always good to read you! I am a little worried about our wide receiver/ tight end crew. We are a little lacking in the speed department with the expected departure of John Ross and A J Green turning into a possession receiver FA. Dale Miller, Cincinnati, OH
DALE: Thank you for the kind words and I hear you. Every catch seems to be a 50-50 ball, right? One of the times they did get down-field separation, Ross, their fastest wide receiver, couldn't pull in a touchdown in the opener. But in that same game, Green was wide open for a long TD, and yet Burrow overthrew him.
You get separation with more than speed. It's the running game, its timing, it's reps in the system, it's savvy enough to gain leverage and position and the young quarterback learning the leans and means of his receivers. Watch Green bust some long ones in the second half. If running back Joe Mixon does what he did last second half, watch Higgins' separation.
So, sure, it's nice to have 40 speed, but, gee, did you see Green Bay wide receiver Davante Adams Thursday night? (10 catches for 173 yards.) The guy ran a 4.5 40 at the combine. Six years ago. And the Niners couldn't cover him deep. A tip of a hat to the Packers' running game, by the way. I think the Bengals are OK there.
As for the tight ends, I think they really like where they are there even though they don't have a 2015 Tyler Eifert Pro Bowl wide receiver type. Drew Sample is what they thought he was as a real good blocker who can hurt you badly underneath in the passing game. Injured C.J. Uzomah is athletic enough to do what he did on Burrow's first NFL TD pass. Just before he suffered a season-ending Achilles' injury in the second game of the season, Uzomah won a 23-yard TD down-field matchup.
Plus, you've only got one ball for Mixon, running back Giovani Bernard and the three, four and five receivers. This offense chooses to get matchups not with tight ends, but with backs and formations. It doesn't matter how you get the matchups, just get them.
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