John Ross

[MasterAwesome]

1 hour ago, The Huddler said:

little dude big bust

FTFY.

You want to trade for a higher profile version of a player currently on our roster bubble? What does Ross provide that Byrd doesn’t?

Production: no

Speed: no

Size: no

Savings: Hell no

Hands: no

Health: no

Spell that out and what does it give you? PSSSHH...and there’s my reaction to this trade proposition.

[Palmetto]

Just a bad draft pick

[SmokinwithWilly]

I wouldn't mind seeing what he could do as a punt returner but only for a late late round pick. The salary over the next 2 would make that pretty much impossible though. 

[The Lobo]

2 hours ago, Cpt slay a ho said:

Would send a 5th rounder for him, don’t think the bengals utilized him well at all 

I agree, if his medicals are good, why not. 

[MountaineerChemist10]

For a 7th round pick, sure. Anything higher, no thanks.

[micnificent28]

I would easily take a 5th or later on this kid. Ross is the fastest man in the league. I believe health has been his biggest downfall. All these people being conservative with there late round pennies what exactly are we doing with our pick past this point anyway? Carter,mayo, Artis Payne? Way more upside with Ross. Count me in...

[Davidson Deac II]

45 minutes ago, MasterAwesome said:

FTFY.

You want to trade for a higher profile version of a player currently on our roster bubble? What does Ross provide that Byrd doesn’t?

Production: no

Speed: no

Size: no

Savings: Hell no

Hands: no

Health: no

Spell that out and what does it give you? PSSSHH...and there’s my reaction to this trade proposition.

If he is healthy, Byrd is a valuable asset for us.  Solid return guy and decent backup receiver.  Just can't stay on the field.  
Yeah, would much rather have Byrd than Ross.  

[Krovvy]

Who wanted to draft him?

[kungfoodude]

44 minutes ago, micnificent28 said:

I would easily take a 5th or later on this kid. Ross is the fastest man in the league. I believe health has been his biggest downfall. All these people being conservative with there late round pennies what exactly are we doing with our pick past this point anyway? Carter,mayo, Artis Payne? Way more upside with Ross. Count me in...

Yeah, none of those guys cost what Ross will cost as a former first round draft pick. That is the major flaw in that argument, he isn't cheap. People bitched a LOT about Torrey Smith at $5 million but he had pretty similar production in terms of receptions and catches for about that price. Why would we want to go down that road again?

It isn't about the draft pick, it's about the money.

[pantherclaw]

Nobody is going to pickup his current contract. 

So you wanna be's still spewing he's worth a 7th round pick, need to wake up to reality. 

[kungfoodude]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001019092/article/bengals-deny-wr-john-ross-is-on-trading-block

Bengals claiming "Fake News." In fairness to them, Ian Rapoport has a pretty extensive history of coming up with some wild rumors that never panned out. Take this story with a grain of salt, at least.

[Black&BlueBubba]

It’s not the picks that we would give up. He is getting a first round salary.  For that production no thanks.  We already have Smith getting paid for poor production. We don’t need to add to the Dollar hungry poor production guys we already have.  

[Shocker]

His contract is not that bad...less than Torrey’s deal next year

[kungfoodude]

2 minutes ago, Shocker said:

His contract is not that bad...less than Torrey’s deal next year

It is bad for a guy averaging 1.3 Rec/GM, 13.1 Yds/GM and a 35% catch rate. That is for his two year career of 16 games. 10 of which were starts. So, he has missed half the games, and has started even less.