{"id":174745,"date":"2024-05-23T15:02:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=174745"},"modified":"2024-05-23T15:02:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:02:03","slug":"former-cincinnati-bengals-1st-round-pick-finds-a-new-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/05\/23\/former-cincinnati-bengals-1st-round-pick-finds-a-new-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Cincinnati Bengals 1st Round Pick Finds a New Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL giveth, the NFL taketh away. With every highly drafted player, there&#8217;s a story.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/R\/RossJo00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> John Ross<\/a> was the first-round selection of the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2017 NFL Draft out of Washington. After not appearing in any action over the last two years, Ross has found a new home with the Philadelphia Eagles on a one-year deal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#39;ve signed WR John Ross to a one-year deal.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FlyEaglesFly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FlyEaglesFly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wNpO0X8D8z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/wNpO0X8D8z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eagles\/status\/1793675389849817241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Former Bengals 1st Round Pick John Ross Signs with Philadelphia<\/h3>\n<p>After putting up 1,150 yards and 17 touchdowns as a senior, Ross had serious hype going into the draft. Then, he set the record for fasted 40 time during the Scouting Combine, running a 4.22. The Bengals brass were enamored and elected to take the talented wideout ninth overall and the third receiver taken.<\/p>\n<p>From there, Ross never really took hold in Cincinnati. As a rookie, he appeared in three games. The only stat-worthy thing he did was a 12-yard run in Week 2 in his lone start on the year. In his second season, he took a step forward. In 13 games with 10 starts, Ross accounted for 210 yards and seven touchdowns off 21 receptions. Ross&#8217; yardage increased in 2019, this time to 506 yards with three scores while hauling in 28 passes.<\/p>\n<p>Then, he battled injuries and only appeared in three games in 2020. Ross only accounted for two catches and 17 yards. Naturally, his fifth-year option was not picked up prior to the season, so he was free to sign with any NFL team prior to the 2021 season.<\/p>\n<p>That team ended up being the New York Giants. In his lone season with the Giants, Ross added 224 yards and a touchdown with 11 receptions.<\/p>\n<p>After failing to secure a roster spot anywhere in the NFL during the 2022 season, Ross retired in 2023. Then, this offseason, Ross unretired and earned a workout with the Eagles. As a result, Ross signed a one-year deal and will compete to earn a roster spot. With A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith at the top, Ross <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/05\/23\/philadelphia-eagles-roster-questions-who-is-the-wr3\/\" target=\"_self\">will have to show<\/a> that he&#8217;s that first-round receiver the Bengals believed he would be.<\/p>\n<p>Main Image: Kareem Elgazzar via Imagn Content Services, LLC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After retiring in 2023, former first-round receiver John Ross is back in the NFL. This time, he&#8217;s signed a one-year deal with the Eagles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4051,"featured_media":174753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,7,21],"tags":[1574,7393],"class_list":["post-174745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-bengals","category-eagles","tag-john-ross","tag-philadelphia-eagles-news"],"modified_by":"Drew Crabtree","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4051"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}