It didn’t take long for the new Cincinnati Bengals coaching staff to make use of wideout John Ross down the field.
A year removed from mostly being used as a decoy deep or as a weapon near the endzone, Ross had his number called multiple times early against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 1. With A.J. Green down, he and Tyler Boyd were a massive part of the plan against a Seattle defense that wasn’t leaving base often.
On one of those calls in the second quarter, Ross was the target on a beautifully designed flea fickler. From there, Ross did the rest:
