The Bengals Should Take A Chance on Another Ross In the Near Future

  The Cincinnati Bengals have announced that they will be not being picking up the fifth-year option on the former first-round pick, speedy wide receiver, John Ross. Maybe that means they have opportunity to take a chance on another Ross in the 2021 NFL draft... Clemson's Justyn Ross

  Justyn Ross was the no.1 wide receiver out of Alabama coming out of high school in 2017, ironically he chose to attend Clemson. Since arriving to Clemson, Ross has lived up to the hype. In his first season, as a true Freshman, he [Ross] caught 46 passes for 1,000 yards (led team) and 9 receiving touchdowns (2nd on team). Also, in the National Championship he had 6 receptions for a career-high 153 yards receiving and a touchdown as the Tigers defeated Alabama. In just two seasons at Clemson, Ross has racked up over 1,800 yards receiving on 100 receptions with 17 touchdowns.

It was just announced in late May 2020, Ross will miss the 2020-21 season after undergoing an off-season neck surgery. Ross' career could be in jeopardy depending on his recovery and rehab goes but there's a chance that he returns to football.

In the past, neck injuries, usually means the end of football careers. However, with determination and a great trainer and maybe an entire year removed from football, maybe there's a chance that Ross makes a full recovery and his football career resumes. If this happens and Ross is cleared to return by doctors, I believe that the Bengals should show interest (considering he enters the draft). They will be moving on from wide receiver John Ross, more than likely. Also, it's possible, they could be moving on from veteran A.J. Green as well. They just drafted his former Clemson teammate Tee Higgins in the second round of the 2020 draft. With the depth that they have in the wide receiver room, the Bengals will have opportunity to take chance drafting. If Ross can get back to at least 80% of the player he was and he falls to the later rounds of the draft, the Bengals could be a perfect landing spot for him. As of right now, obviously, I can only speak hypothetically because there is still so much that is unknown. But, it would be interesting for both the Bengals and Ross.

Justyn Ross took to Twitter on June 5, 2020 to announce that his surgery went well. He just recently posted a video, rehabbing in the pool with his neck brace on. NBC Sports posted an article about Ross and his recovery, check it out.

The most important thing for Ross is his healthy first. But, think about how fun a team with Burrow, Higgins, Joe Mixon, Tyler Boyd and Justyn Ross would be in the year 2021 or 22?