Mid Season Assessment of John Ross

[kamihamster]

So far it looks like the concerns he had coming out regarding injuries have been legit. He has negative points on the year. He's on a bad team with offensive issues--coaches being fired and what not. For owners, what are you all doing with him? Is now a good time to buy low, what's his worth?

[GoodellsPaycheck]

It's not looking good.

I impulsively gave a late 2nd for him early in the year just in case he could break out and be a hit. Unfortunately he's shown absolutely nothing but injury concerns. I'm going to sit tight and have him as a keeper for next season because he's value couldn't get any lower. I'm not expecting much though

[jman3134]

Mid season assessment is essentially a missing persons report.

[Plank]

My hope he'd come close to Fuller, but Fuller splashed right away, I've seen no splash from Ross ... Getting a little tired of all the waiting on injured WR's

[Bot101]

He will be one of my drops to fit the 2018 rookies. I never believed in him to begin with, but got him as a throw in on a trade.

[Dynasty DeLorean]

He's a good player, he'll start to do something eventually even if it takes a few years a'la Paul Richardson.

[Goddard]

Hard to assess someone who hasn't been on the field yet.

[seahawks506]

I don't own Ross anywhere, but I don't understand why you'd draft Ross without committing to holding him for at least a couple years. Sure, it's really easy to give up on him now and you might be pretty sure he'll be a bust, but what if you're wrong? How can you be so sure on a player after a slow first half? I don't think Ross has helped himself at all, but I also feel this is more on the coaching staff than him at this point.

[Phaded]

Never been a fan of Ross and I see flop written all over him.
However, as mentioned above; hard to assess him at this point.

Realistically - your assessment cannot have changed too much from whatever your assessment was prior to the season beginning.

[Vcize]

I don't own Ross anywhere, but I don't understand why you'd draft Ross without committing to holding him for at least a couple years. Sure, it's really easy to give up on him now and you might be pretty sure he'll be a bust, but what if you're wrong? How can you be so sure on a player after a slow first half? I don't think Ross has helped himself at all, but I also feel this is more on the coaching staff than him at this point.

What you say makes sense, but it also makes sense that people are worried that a guy who's biggest concern was injuries is already having problems with injuries, especially given the small handful of young WRs that have had their chances derailed by injuries lately.

[Jason3123]

He will be an off-season sell for me, when people are chasing youth. His injury history scares me and the situation doesn't seem great either playing with Dalton and a low upside passing offense. I think you can sell high in the off-season and re-buy down the road if you believe in him. Boom-bust profile anyways for weekly lineups. He'll never have the ceiling or floor of a Cooks/T.Y. in Cincy so might as well just sell the kid and get something more useful.

[GoodellsPaycheck]

He will be an off-season sell for me, when people are chasing youth. His injury history scares me and the situation doesn't seem great either playing with Dalton and a low upside passing offense. I think you can sell high in the off-season and re-buy down the road if you believe in him. Boom-bust profile anyways for weekly lineups. He'll never have the ceiling or floor of a Cooks/T.Y. in Cincy so might as well just sell the kid and get something more useful.

I wouldn't go as far as saying he doesn't have the ceiling of Cooks/TY. He has that freak speed where if the defender zigs when they should've zagged it's too late and he's going for a 70 yard TD

[The Red Rooster]

He will be one of my drops to fit the 2018 rookies. I never believed in him to begin with, but got him as a throw in on a trade.

If you know you will drop him, you should be shopping him for any pick...someone will want to buy low.

[The Red Rooster]

I don't own Ross anywhere, but I don't understand why you'd draft Ross without committing to holding him for at least a couple years. Sure, it's really easy to give up on him now and you might be pretty sure he'll be a bust, but what if you're wrong? How can you be so sure on a player after a slow first half? I don't think Ross has helped himself at all, but I also feel this is more on the coaching staff than him at this point.

Completely agree. I personally won't be selling for pennies on the dollar. It's not what any owners wanted to see this year but he's basically a hold right now.

[btv802]

Hahahaha funny topic.