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Chiefs sign UDFA Justyn Ross
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04-04-2023, 09:31 AM | #826 | |
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04-04-2023, 09:47 AM | #829 | |
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But in either event, he's not gonna be used to run a lot of underneath and possession kind of routes. I wouldn't mind having him do some of those but I think it's just asking for another injury. Kid can't help himself. Put him in the middle of the field with a little space and he's gonna try to put a move on a move and pull a hammy. Guy's always out there trying to stuff 10 lbs of shit into a 5 lb sack and his body just can't handle it. I like my baseball comps and Bryce Harper was like that in a big way as a kid. He played 1,000 mph and was always getting himself hurt. Sometimes discretion is the better part of valor. |
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04-04-2023, 10:01 AM | #830 |
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Honestly, just imagine how happy we would be if Justyn Ross could give us what Mecole Hardman or even what K Toney gave us last year? Literally, just 175 - 350 yards with a few flashes of athleticism to keep us excited. That would be enough for us to label him a massive success IMO after being only an UDFA.
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04-04-2023, 10:06 AM | #831 | |
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04-04-2023, 10:06 AM | #832 | |
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I know people are dreaming of him taking JJSS's role, but a much more realistic best case scenario would be him latching on as a surprise 6th receiver and giving us a few good downfield shots every now and then. |
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04-04-2023, 10:09 AM | #833 | |
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He showed some outstanding hands and balance at times. No doubt. But beyond that....you're really just getting caught up in his freshman hype. Last edited by ToxSocks; 04-04-2023 at 10:18 AM.. |
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04-04-2023, 10:11 AM | #834 | |
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04-04-2023, 10:13 AM | #836 |
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Don't get me wrong, im rooting for him. I really am. I want him to make this team. I want him to be healthy. I want him to be this Higgins-ish, lanky, high light reel catch type possession receiver.
He's shown that he has the hands and balance to be that guy. But he hasn't shown the overall athleticism to show he WILL be that guy. He played all of 2021 after his spinal surgery. It's not like teams don't have tape on him. And hey, maybe his foot was an issue and it's all better now. We can only HOPE that's the case, because what he put on tape wasn't worthy of being drafted. That's just a fact. |
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04-04-2023, 02:09 PM | #837 | |
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By the first ranked offense in football, also #1 in explosive plays, first in scoring, yards, etc. Get used to being underwhelmed, because this is how it's going to be. Guess you'll have to be all 'meh' about winning Super Bowls. |
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04-04-2023, 02:10 PM | #838 |
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Damnit. Everytime i see this thread I think we resigned Justin Watson.
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04-04-2023, 02:25 PM | #839 | |
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He did not suck as a Sophomore. Higgins had a bigger year in yards but Ross was still #2 on the team and finished ahead of Higgins in leading the team in receptions. He still averaged 13 yards per reception, which isn't being shit. He also came back from the spinal surgery just fine and played in 2021 but he spent the entire season playing on a stress fracture that he made worse in game 10, then had to end up shutting it down and getting surgery (which was botched). The fact he not only played but played as well as he did on that fracture is kudos to him. He then ran his 40 on that botched repair just to run it for teams. I'm not the one here that's getting caught up on things. The guy was a really good WR. He has a better career than Kayshon Boutte. He's a projected 3rd rounder. His yards per reception is historically better than Xavier Hutchinson's. He's a projected 4th rounder. So, from a production standpoint, he's at least in that range no matter what argument you guys want to make. |
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04-04-2023, 02:33 PM | #840 | |
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I mean ultimately if I wanted to squint I could talk myself into saying that a 'healthy' Ross is a late 2nd, early 3rd rounder. But that's really talking myself into it. I just don't see the athleticism and there have been a ton of guys taken in that 100-150 range that simply didn't amount to anything. At best I think maybe I could talk myself into treating him like I treated Niang after the COVID year where he redshirted his injury; a sort of "yeah, this guy could maybe amount to something..." But even then, I think Niang was slightly better raw prospect. |
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04-04-2023, 02:39 PM | #841 | |
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I think my point is that we're dismissing Ross' talent a bit too much, regardless of where that might be in the grand spectrum. I'm assuming we can agree it's not late-round talent. Maybe it's day 2, maybe it's early day 3, but it's definitely not late/UDFA from a talent perspective. And it might have been higher had he never had the spinal condition and took the reigns 100% when Higgins left in 2020. That said, the things that pushed him to be a UDFA happened and they aren't ignorable. I just think that he proved he could play again after the spinal fusion and he looks to be back healthy from the stress fracture. If those things are all in alignment he has a very non-zero chance at making this team. That's kind of my point, he's not just your normal hot garbage UDFA that has a near-zero chance. |
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