[Kirkendall]

OK, tight end time. We're going to take a different approach. You guys debate the best and we'll add a poll in a few days.

Go ahead and start with your entries.

Mine is Bob Trumpy.

[jjakq27]

Bob Trumpy 1968-77
AFL All-Star-2 (1968, 1969)
Pro Bowl-2 (1970, 1973)
100 yd games-4
8th in receptions 298
4600 yds
15.4 avg.
80 longest
35 tds
Comments: Had season avg of 22.6 yds. (1969). Held record until 1988 (Eddie Brown). First player in team history to score three TD's in one game (1969). Protoype TE/WR used in the development of the West Coast offense.


Dan Ross 1979-83, 1985
Pro Bowls-none
Super Bowl 16-2 TDs 11 recep. 110 yds
100 yd games-4
11th in receptions 263
3204 yds
12.2 avg
41 longest
16 tds
Comments: Held the team record for catches in a season with 71 (1981) until it was broken by Carl Pickens in 1995 (99). Held Super Bowl record for receptions (11) until recently.


Rodney Holman. 1982-92.
Pro Bowls-3 (1988-90)
Super Bowl 23-receptions: none
100 yd games-2
6th in receptions (318)
yards 4329
average 13.6
longest 73
tds 34
Comments: Devastating blocker that had the ability to get downfield and run after the catch.


Others: Tony McGee, ML Harris, Bruce Coslet, Marco Battaglia, Eric Kattus, Don Bass. These guys are the remaining TE's in the top 50 in receptions for the Bengals.

[TippCityRick]

Bob Trumpy is certainly a worthy entrant and was a personal friend back in the day (OK, I caddied for him regularly when I was 14 ^_^ ), but I gotta go with Rodney Holman. Their numbers are comparable and he was a better blocker.

[Section 310]

I cannot vote for Trumpy simply because he is such an arrogant,
unprepared SOB on McAllister's show...

It is amazing to think how the tight end
position has changed over the years. Do you think Ross or Trumpy
would be athletic enough to play in today's league? Think about
guys like Heap, Gonzalez, the guy from SD (name escapes me)...
they are freakin' athletes. Back in Trumpy's era the tight end
rumbled 4 yards into a seam and hoped he didn't get killed
by the middle linebacker. Now you see a guy like Gonzalez
running a post pattern and beating a nickle back.

[TippCityRick]

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Do you think Ross or Trumpy
would be athletic enough to play in today's league? Think about
guys like Heap, Gonzalez, the guy from SD (name escapes me)...
they are freakin' athletes. Back in Trumpy's era the tight end
rumbled 4 yards into a seam and hoped he didn't get killed
by the middle linebacker. Now you see a guy like Gonzalez
running a post pattern and beating a nickle back.

Judging by the fact that Trumpy, Ross, and Holman all averaged over 12 yards per catch, I'd say they didn't get killed by the middle linebacker very often!! :lol:

[Kirkendall]

Section 310, on Mar 15 2005, 11:52 AM, said:

I cannot vote for Trumpy simply because he is such an arrogant,
unprepared SOB on McAllister's show...

It's about the best player, not the most modest player. I freakin' hate Barry Bonds, but I also acknowledge he's the best hitter in the game (even before the accusations!).

You've got a point about TE's though evolving through the years. Same thing applies to RB's too... kinda cool watching the sport evolve.

[Bengalszone Billy]

Section 310, on Mar 15 2005, 09:52 AM, said:

Think about
guys like Heap, Gonzalez, the guy from SD (name escapes me)...

"Winslow". Same as that guy's kids name who's now in Cleveland rehabing an injury.

[Section 310]

No, not Kellen Winslow, Sr. I mean their current TE who
was a basketball player at Kent.

[CTBengalsFan]

^^^^Antonio Gates

[jjakq27]

Section 310, on Mar 15 2005, 11:52 AM, said:

I cannot vote for Trumpy simply because he is such an arrogant,
unprepared SOB on McAllister's show...

It is amazing to think how the tight end
position has changed over the years. Do you think Ross or Trumpy
would be athletic enough to play in today's league? Think about
guys like Heap, Gonzalez, the guy from SD (name escapes me)...
they are freakin' athletes. Back in Trumpy's era the tight end
rumbled 4 yards into a seam and hoped he didn't get killed
by the middle linebacker. Now you see a guy like Gonzalez
running a post pattern and beating a nickle back.

Trumpy was often used as a slot receiver or split out wide during those formative years under Bill Walsh. He had the speed to outrun a LB and had an 80 td to his credit. He was not an extension of the offensive line like most guys in that day. I think he played some WR in college.

As I stated in an earlier post he was a guy that Walsh experimented with in what became the West Coast offense in SF. He was the forerunner of guys like Dwight Clark and Brent Jones in the 80s and 90s and and guys like Gonzalez today. Like him or not he was a pretty darn good TE.

[Bengalszone Billy]

Section 310, on Mar 15 2005, 10:28 AM, said:

No, not Kellen Winslow, Sr. I mean their current TE who
was a basketball player at Kent.

Oops! :rolleyes: My bad. Kellen Winslow Sr. did fit that discription somewhat though.

[JPW]

This is a hard pick for me ...
I am leaning toward Trumpy ...

[BengalNation1281]

I would have to say Trumpy, but I have a soft spot for Tony McGee...gotta give props to one of the guys who made me a Bengals fan.

[jditty47]

mcgee is all i remember....dont remember trumpy.

[Bengalszone Billy]

jditty47, on Mar 15 2005, 01:25 PM, said:

mcgee is all i remember....dont remember trumpy.

Had to have been there. He was very good, as were a couple others on the list. As much as I dislike some of his recent comments, I still have to go with him as my pick.

[HairOnFire]

Trumpy was considered one of the best TE's of his era....something no other Bengal TE can claim. Grumpy gets my vote.

[jamesbrooks21]

Give me Rodney Holman. Nice weapon, good blocker, and most of all he wore one of those black visors that made him look cool as hell. :o ........ :D

[Bengalszone Billy]

Kirkendall, on Mar 15 2005, 07:07 AM, said:

OK, tight end time. We're going to take a different approach. You guys debate the best and we'll add a poll in a few days.

Go ahead and start with your entries.

Mine is Bob Trumpy.

Okay!!! We've debated! :rolleyes:

[jditty47]

ya rodney holman was good...thats who i remember :)

[BengalBoomer7]

What about the other Tony Mcgee :o We had a tight end by that name too. I'll vote for him. There just has to be one Tony Mcgee on this team :P