Bengals No. 1 pick John Ross’ injury-marred season fittingly came to an end Wednesday when he went on season –ending injured reserve with one of the toughest stat lines for any rookie in club history:
Three games, 17 snaps, two targets, one run, 12 yards, one fumble.
The fastest man in the history of the NFL scouting combine just never got on track.
Before the Bengals walked through Wednesday on the Paul Brown Stadium practice field, it appeared Ross would emerge from head coach Marvin Lewis’ doghouse and play in Sunday’s game (1 p.m.-Cincinnati’s Channel 19) against the Bears at PBS after being a healthy scratch three straight weeks.