Is John Ross back to 100%?

Passion

Looking for some hope that our WR corps will do anything worthwhile next year.

Dennis_DeYoung

If yes:

We will forget to get him the ball until the last couple games against shitty teams and USC.

He'll have a HUGE game against them at home (in an L) and go pro with like 490 yards.


If no:

We will throw him the ball close to 100 times on bubble screens and wear his knee down further to where at the end of the season he gets caught from behind in each of the last two games.

bananasnblondes

The success of Ross will depend on if Browning has developed a touch on his deep ball. Browning's deep passing game was the one area he really needs to improve on. If yes, Ross will be a weapon. He's 10 times the deep threat that Gay Don was

PurpleBaze

bananasnblondes said:

The success of Ross will depend on if Browning has developed a touch on his deep ball. Browning's deep passing game was the one area he really needs to improve on. If yes, Ross will be a weapon. He's 10 times the deep threat that Gay Don was

Jaydong was never a deep threat.

Passion

bananasnblondes said:

The success of Ross will depend on if Browning has developed a touch on his deep ball. Browning's deep passing game was the one area he really needs to improve on. If yes, Ross will be a weapon. He's 10 times the deep threat that Gay Don was

Water is wet. Browning's deep ball sucks.

A healthy Ross will at least prevent the free safety from cheating toward the LOS...but is he healthy?

Tequilla

I played hoops with Ross a few weeks ago ... he physically looked to be as quick and explosive with his jumping ability as I would have expected him to be. Talking with him he said that he was 100% and now just looking to get his legs back under him, built up, and strong.

I would be very surprised if he wasn't a full go for Spring.

RaceBannon

Dennis_DeYoung said:

If yes:

We will forget to get him the ball until the last couple games against shitty teams and USC.

He'll have a HUGE game against them at home (in an L) and go pro with like 490 yards.


If no:

We will throw him the ball close to 100 times on bubble screens and wear his knee down further to where at the end of the season he gets caught from behind in each of the last two games.

You have this program so dialed in it isn't funny except it is funny. Very funny

Passion

Tequilla said:

I played hoops with Ross a few weeks ago ... he physically looked to be as quick and explosive with his jumping ability as I would have expected him to be. Talking with him he said that he was 100% and now just looking to get his legs back under him, built up, and strong.

I would be very surprised if he wasn't a full go for Spring.

Awesome, but why the fuck is he playing basketball? That's how half of these morons get hurt in the offseason...at least when I was at UW.

Gladstone

Passion said:

Tequilla said:

I played hoops with Ross a few weeks ago ... he physically looked to be as quick and explosive with his jumping ability as I would have expected him to be. Talking with him he said that he was 100% and now just looking to get his legs back under him, built up, and strong.

I would be very surprised if he wasn't a full go for Spring.

Awesome, but why the fuck is he playing basketball? That's how half of these morons get hurt in the offseason...at least when I was at UW.

nah he doesn't slash or anything, just gets a run in and jacks up 3s and plays lazy d.

source: played with him at ima a few weeks ago

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

Gladstone said:

Passion said:

Tequilla said:

I played hoops with Ross a few weeks ago ... he physically looked to be as quick and explosive with his jumping ability as I would have expected him to be. Talking with him he said that he was 100% and now just looking to get his legs back under him, built up, and strong.

I would be very surprised if he wasn't a full go for Spring.

Awesome, but why the fuck is he playing basketball? That's how half of these morons get hurt in the offseason...at least when I was at UW.

nah he doesn't slash or anything, just gets a run in and jacks up 3s and plays lazy d.

source: played with him at ima a few weeks ago

I didn't know Ross was playing for Romar.

NeGgaPlEaSe

Passion said:

Tequilla said:

I played hoops with Ross a few weeks ago ... he physically looked to be as quick and explosive with his jumping ability as I would have expected him to be. Talking with him he said that he was 100% and now just looking to get his legs back under him, built up, and strong.

I would be very surprised if he wasn't a full go for Spring.

Awesome, but why the fuck is he playing basketball? That's how half of these morons get hurt in the offseason...at least when I was at UW.

Under Neu Ty and Sark yes, under Lambright and James no

LoneStarDawg

What a cool day to be a middle-aged white guy playing pickup hoops at the IMA

Passion

NeGgaPlEaSe said:

Passion said:

Tequilla said:

I played hoops with Ross a few weeks ago ... he physically looked to be as quick and explosive with his jumping ability as I would have expected him to be. Talking with him he said that he was 100% and now just looking to get his legs back under him, built up, and strong.

I would be very surprised if he wasn't a full go for Spring.

Awesome, but why the fuck is he playing basketball? That's how half of these morons get hurt in the offseason...at least when I was at UW.

Under Neu Ty and Sark yes, under Lambright and James no

James did NOT want his players playing hoops in the offseason.

Gladstone

who is middle aged

Tequilla

Gladstone said:

who is middle aged

I am ... @Gladstone is still close enough to his prime

Tequilla

Gladstone said:

Passion said:

Tequilla said:

I played hoops with Ross a few weeks ago ... he physically looked to be as quick and explosive with his jumping ability as I would have expected him to be. Talking with him he said that he was 100% and now just looking to get his legs back under him, built up, and strong.

I would be very surprised if he wasn't a full go for Spring.

Awesome, but why the fuck is he playing basketball? That's how half of these morons get hurt in the offseason...at least when I was at UW.

nah he doesn't slash or anything, just gets a run in and jacks up 3s and plays lazy d.

source: played with him at ima a few weeks ago

Pretty much this ... he'll jump around a bit (which my buddy and I got on him about for being stupid in doing this and he was like nah I'm under control when I do it) and will try to play some aggressive defense if he thinks he can take the ball away ... but he shoots a ton of long jumpers (not a great shooter to begin with) and it's pretty clear that basketball isn't his day job.

That being said, he's very talkative and definitely not an idiot ... most of the guys that I've played with over the last almost 20 years at the IMA that have gotten hurt do so because they play like idiots and just run around without control. That's not Ross at all.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

Tequilla said:

Gladstone said:

Passion said:

Tequilla said:

I played hoops with Ross a few weeks ago ... he physically looked to be as quick and explosive with his jumping ability as I would have expected him to be. Talking with him he said that he was 100% and now just looking to get his legs back under him, built up, and strong.

I would be very surprised if he wasn't a full go for Spring.

Awesome, but why the fuck is he playing basketball? That's how half of these morons get hurt in the offseason...at least when I was at UW.

nah he doesn't slash or anything, just gets a run in and jacks up 3s and plays lazy d.

source: played with him at ima a few weeks ago

Pretty much this ... he'll jump around a bit (which my buddy and I got on him about for being stupid in doing this and he was like nah I'm under control when I do it) and will try to play some aggressive defense if he thinks he can take the ball away ... but he shoots a ton of long jumpers (not a great shooter to begin with) and it's pretty clear that basketball isn't his day job.

That being said, he's very talkative and definitely not an idiot ... most of the guys that I've played with over the last almost 20 years at the IMA that have gotten hurt do so because they play like idiots and just run around without control. That's not Ross at all.

Do you not feel a tab bit creepy as a 30-40 something hanging out at the IMA?

HeretoBeatmyChest

He's 100%. He probably could have come back towards the end of last season.

One thing to watch for, he was 179 in 2014. He was up to 192 on the last roster. So he should have more strength and be able to break more tackles than a did early in his career.

allpurpleallgold

Passion said:

Tequilla said:

I played hoops with Ross a few weeks ago ... he physically looked to be as quick and explosive with his jumping ability as I would have expected him to be. Talking with him he said that he was 100% and now just looking to get his legs back under him, built up, and strong.

I would be very surprised if he wasn't a full go for Spring.

Awesome, but why the fuck is he playing basketball? That's how half of these morons get hurt in the offseason...at least when I was at UW.

Wut? Would you prefer he never did anything so he didn't get hurt?

Tequilla

CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:

Tequilla said:

Gladstone said:

Passion said:

Tequilla said:

I played hoops with Ross a few weeks ago ... he physically looked to be as quick and explosive with his jumping ability as I would have expected him to be. Talking with him he said that he was 100% and now just looking to get his legs back under him, built up, and strong.

I would be very surprised if he wasn't a full go for Spring.

Awesome, but why the fuck is he playing basketball? That's how half of these morons get hurt in the offseason...at least when I was at UW.

nah he doesn't slash or anything, just gets a run in and jacks up 3s and plays lazy d.

source: played with him at ima a few weeks ago

Pretty much this ... he'll jump around a bit (which my buddy and I got on him about for being stupid in doing this and he was like nah I'm under control when I do it) and will try to play some aggressive defense if he thinks he can take the ball away ... but he shoots a ton of long jumpers (not a great shooter to begin with) and it's pretty clear that basketball isn't his day job.

That being said, he's very talkative and definitely not an idiot ... most of the guys that I've played with over the last almost 20 years at the IMA that have gotten hurt do so because they play like idiots and just run around without control. That's not Ross at all.

Do you not feel a tab bit creepy as a 30-40 something hanging out at the IMA?

Why would I?

I enjoy playing basketball and playing at the IMA is one of the best places to play in Seattle.

NeGgaPlEaSe

Tequilla said:

CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:

Tequilla said:

Gladstone said:

Passion said:

Tequilla said:

I played hoops with Ross a few weeks ago ... he physically looked to be as quick and explosive with his jumping ability as I would have expected him to be. Talking with him he said that he was 100% and now just looking to get his legs back under him, built up, and strong.

I would be very surprised if he wasn't a full go for Spring.

Awesome, but why the fuck is he playing basketball? That's how half of these morons get hurt in the offseason...at least when I was at UW.

nah he doesn't slash or anything, just gets a run in and jacks up 3s and plays lazy d.

source: played with him at ima a few weeks ago

Pretty much this ... he'll jump around a bit (which my buddy and I got on him about for being stupid in doing this and he was like nah I'm under control when I do it) and will try to play some aggressive defense if he thinks he can take the ball away ... but he shoots a ton of long jumpers (not a great shooter to begin with) and it's pretty clear that basketball isn't his day job.

That being said, he's very talkative and definitely not an idiot ... most of the guys that I've played with over the last almost 20 years at the IMA that have gotten hurt do so because they play like idiots and just run around without control. That's not Ross at all.

Do you not feel a tab bit creepy as a 30-40 something hanging out at the IMA?

Why would I?

I enjoy playing basketball and playing at the IMA is one of the best places to play in Seattle.

Tequilla said:

CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:

Tequilla said:

Gladstone said:

Passion said:

Tequilla said:

I played hoops with Ross a few weeks ago ... he physically looked to be as quick and explosive with his jumping ability as I would have expected him to be. Talking with him he said that he was 100% and now just looking to get his legs back under him, built up, and strong.

I would be very surprised if he wasn't a full go for Spring.

Awesome, but why the fuck is he playing basketball? That's how half of these morons get hurt in the offseason...at least when I was at UW.

nah he doesn't slash or anything, just gets a run in and jacks up 3s and plays lazy d.

source: played with him at ima a few weeks ago

Pretty much this ... he'll jump around a bit (which my buddy and I got on him about for being stupid in doing this and he was like nah I'm under control when I do it) and will try to play some aggressive defense if he thinks he can take the ball away ... but he shoots a ton of long jumpers (not a great shooter to begin with) and it's pretty clear that basketball isn't his day job.

That being said, he's very talkative and definitely not an idiot ... most of the guys that I've played with over the last almost 20 years at the IMA that have gotten hurt do so because they play like idiots and just run around without control. That's not Ross at all.

Do you not feel a tab bit creepy as a 30-40 something hanging out at the IMA?

Why would I?

I enjoy playing basketball and playing at the IMA is one of the best places to play in Seattle.

Why do you hate Greenlake. But seriously, if you can get on base, there's some real games going on there.

Gladstone

+ it isn't like Teq is the only old dude running at the IMA (unfortunately)

Tequilla

Not a huge Greenlake fan because the games often break down into bitching sessions.

One of my buddies is a constant fixture at the IMA and because of that there is a lot more team focused vs one on one play.

Add to that that I have a lot of long time friends I run into at the IMA and it is a no brainer for me.

Which base are you talking about? How do you get on?

NeGgaPlEaSe

Fort Lewis has major competition, not much bitching being a military base and such.

TTJ

Passion said:

...why the fuck is he playing basketball? That's how half of these morons get hurt in the offseason...at least when I was at UW.

NeGgaPlEaSe said:

Under Neu Ty and Sark yes, under Lambright and James no

Passion said:

James did NOT want his players playing hoops in the offseason.

Lots of mythology in this thread. James's players played a lot of basketball. There were years when they'd mop up the floor with the basketball team.

H_D

HeretoBeatmyChest said:

He's 100%. He probably could have come back towards the end of last season.

One thing to watch for, he was 179 in 2014. He was up to 192 on the last roster. So he should have more strength and be able to break more tackles than a did early in his career.

192? Sounds like Ivan got ahold of him.

AEB

Passion said:

bananasnblondes said:

The success of Ross will depend on if Browning has developed a touch on his deep ball. Browning's deep passing game was the one area he really needs to improve on. If yes, Ross will be a weapon. He's 10 times the deep threat that Gay Don was

Water is wet. Browning's deep ball sucks.

A healthy Ross will at least prevent the free safety from cheating toward the LOS...but is he healthy?

Browning's deep ball will be fine by the time he turns 20.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

Gladstone said:

+ it isn't like Teq is the only old dude running at the IMA (unfortunately)

I did not know this. Forget I ever questioned @Tequilla's creepiness level for playing round ball at the IMA.

Passion

TTJ said:

Passion said:

...why the fuck is he playing basketball? That's how half of these morons get hurt in the offseason...at least when I was at UW.

NeGgaPlEaSe said:

Under Neu Ty and Sark yes, under Lambright and James no

Passion said:

James did NOT want his players playing hoops in the offseason.

Lots of mythology in this thread. James's players played a lot of basketball. There were years when they'd mop up the floor with the basketball team.

I was in a fraternity with a number of James-coached players. A lot of them did play basketball at the IMA, but they did so at their own risk. He didn't like it, and didn't want them to do it.

HeretoBeatmyChest

Steve Hoffman played basketball at the WAC. I know because one of my two dads told me. He said he was an asshole.

Tequilla

Gladstone said:

+ it isn't like Teq is the only old dude running at the IMA (unfortunately)

Why do you hate veterans?

One of my oldest friends down there is 79 or 80 and still plays ... it's damn inspiring actually