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Tyler Boyd had a breakout year in 2018 Giovani Bernard Jersey , and certainly did not fly under the radar."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections #BITESIZEFilm RoomRoster Transactions and ContractsOrange & Black InsiderSalary Cap And CBAPFF ranks among Tyler Boyd NFL’s top-5 slot receiversNew,37commentsTyler Boyd had a breakout year in 2018, and certainly did not fly under the radar.EDTShareTweetShareSharePFF ranks among Tyler Boyd NFL’s top-5 slot receiversDavid Kohl-USA TODAY SportsTyler Boyd back up a solid 2017 season finale with an amazing 2018. Boyd became the first Bengal not named A.J. Green to lead the team in receptions and receiving yards since Terrell Owens did it in 2010. This was largely due to Green missing seven games with a foot injury, but even when healthy, Boyd led the team in receptions for most of the season, and didn’t trail gar behind in yardage.Pro Football Focus recently ranked Tyler Boyd the fourth-best slot receiver in the NFL this past season, only graded behind third-place Adam Thielen by half of a point.According to PFF, the top ranked slot receivers were Tyreek Hill (91.3), Keenan Allen (82.8) http://www.thebengalslockerroom.com/authentic-josh-malone-jersey , Thielen (80.9), Boyd (80.4), and JuJu Smith-Schuster (77.8). While PFF only graded these receivers based on their routes run from the slot, Boyd actually had a grade of 84.6 on the season if you take into account all of his routes run, weather from the slot or in the boundary. This made him the second-highest graded player on the team behind Green (85.2) and the 12th ranked receiver in the entire league.Here’s what they had to say about Boyd:His money down rank coincidentally the same as his overall rank, but it shows how indispensable he was to the Bengals’ offense. Boyd quickly became Andy Dalton’s safety net and was just as, if not more, reliable on those downs than Green.Boyd really opened up the offense for the Bengals, which is why they scored over 30 points a game when everyone was healthy. Boyd took the pressure off of Green Tyler Boyd Jersey , which hadn’t happened at the NFL yet. Not only was Boyd’s production good for his own benefit, but it was also helped Green and Dalton have great seasons.But injuries stacked up, and the Bengals’ offense took a nosedive. Despite a general downtick in yards and points, Boyd’s production never slumped.Unlike Hill and Allen, Boyd didn’t have consistent talent around him for the whole season. That makes his performance that much more impressive.Thankfully for head coach Zac Taylor, he will have a lot of weapons to work with on offense. The question will be if he can put it all together. The Bengals 53-man roster has its lowest number of rookies on it all year, and only five played in their debacle against the Chiefs on Sunday night. So much more went wrong than just some underwhelming performances from members of their rookie class, but we’re always here to tell you how each did and where they can go from here. This is our rookie report from the Bengals 45-10 loss to the Chiefs.Jessie BatesThe Patrick Mahomes show torched nearly everybody on the Bengals defense, and that very much included Bates. Mahomes’ offense orchestrated by Chiefs head coach Andy Reid picked apart the Bengals back seven Carl Lawson Jersey , and Bates struggled to keep up with the constant vertical attack, often times being late to pick up on deep routes and having to work all over the field to make up for missed tackles in front of him.The free safety finished with a season-high of 12 combined tackles, but only two solo tackles that can be considered “stops”. Bates also played a decent amount of snaps in the slot to compensate for the lack of Darqueze Dennard. Playing against Jameis Winston next week should be a little easier in comparison.Sam HubbardThere’s been plenty of talk about Carl Lawson not getting enough playing time in the past two weeks. Hubbard has played the same number of snaps as Lawson in that same time frame, and has produced even less.Part of this was defensive tackle Adolphus Washington getting exposure in the rotation in their nickel front. It’s fair to say that the Hubbard’s ineffectiveness as a pass rusher is also part of his lack of playing time. Hubbard simply isn’t winning off the snap and getting off blocks, which has really been the story of his year aside from a few splash plays. It’d be nice to see him involved in stunts and twists instead of occasionally dropping back in coverage. Nevertheless, Hubbard was stifled once again in both phases of the game. Malik JeffersonAnother underwhelming performance from the Bengals’ linebacking corps, another game where Jefferson was used only for special teams. If Jefferson can’t get on the field over Hardy Nickerson, he’s probably going to be the Christian Westerman of the defense. He did notch his second tackle on special teams.Jefferson played 17 snaps on special teams, and has averaged 16.8 snaps per game as a valuable member of the unit Womens Michael Johnson Jersey , which is fifth on the team.Mark WaltonEventually Marvin Lewis saw enough from the skill position players on offense that put up 10 points on one of the worst defenses in the NFL in 55 minutes. Outside of the offensive line, the second string offense took the field for the final drive of the game, and Walton earned 10 hard-fought yards on four carries.Because of Walton’s usage in garbage time, his touch/snap percentage hit a season-high of 38%. When the game is at least somewhat competitive though, he’s only on the field to be a decoy in the passing game, as the team doesn’t exactly seem to trust him in pass protection any more than they don’t trust Joe Mixon to do so when Giovani Bernard is healthy. It’s difficult to see things changing for Walton while Bernard is still out.Darius PhillipsAfter making his season debut last week, Phillips was officially thrust into the backup slot cornerback role behind Tony McRae. He played 15 snaps and made one tackle. He was really only targeted twice, and both ended in short completions. Phillips clicked and closed on the coverage a lot better on the first play compared to the second play.Phillips was already a minimal contributor on special teams, but his involvement in the defense seemed to detract his time with the kick and punt teams even more as he only played three snaps there. With how well Alex Erickson is returning the kicks he can actually return Jonah Williams Cincinnati Bengals Jersey , Phillips isn’t needed there. But Erickson has nine fair catches to his six punt returns. The Bengals offense could use a boost from Phillips returning punts as a change of pace from the hesitant Erickson.Did not playBilly PricePrice got his walking boot removed last week and was working on the rehab field with Bernard, but didn’t get any official practice time in. We’ll find out if he’s made any substantial progress later this week.Auden Tate isn’t listed here because he’s not on the active roster anymore. The seventh-rounder is back on the practice squad after he was cut for KeiVarae Russell and subsequently cleared waivers. When Dennard returns, hopefully after their Week 9 bye, perhaps Russell and Tate trade places once again.