Horsemen Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 According to CinyJungle. Longshot getting him but if we somehow did? DAMN that'd be a nice FA pick up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldcat Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 According to CinyJungle. Longshot getting him but if we somehow did? DAMN that'd be a nice FA pick up!Why a longshot? If he lives on the east side of Indy he might not even have to move his family.And there arent many QBs better than Carson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pidge Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Yeah. He's not Tony Gonzalez but he'd give Palmer another option for sure. I actually met him over here in London during the SB week. He was quite taken aback that he was recognized by three pissed up Londoners. We didn't swap life stories or anything but in the 60 seconds or so he chatted with us he seemed a nice guy too. Manners cost nothing as my Grandmother used to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 I guess I am the only one here who believes Bob Bratkowski's offensive playbook has no more than five to seven plays designed to utilize the TE. IMHO we could have any of the leagues illustrious players at this position, and they would be equally under utilized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pidge Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 I guess I am the only one here who believes Bob Bratkowski's offensive playbook has no more than five to seven plays designed to utilize the TE. IMHO we could have any of the leagues illustrious players at this position, and they would be equally under utilized.But but but in Madden he improves the TE loads. Madden wouldn't lie to us would it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 I guess I am the only one here who believes Bob Bratkowski's offensive playbook has no more than five to seven plays designed to utilize the TE. IMHO we could have any of the leagues illustrious players at this position, and they would be equally under utilized.But but but in Madden he improves the TE loads. Madden wouldn't lie to us would it? Pidge, you keep on punkin' me like that, and I'll see you sit with the rest of the children next Thanksgiving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrishcovga Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 I guess I am the only one here who believes Bob Bratkowski's offensive playbook has no more than five to seven plays designed to utilize the TE. IMHO we could have any of the leagues illustrious players at this position, and they would be equally under utilized.Give that man a Cigar !!I always figured that Bratkowski used his Tight Ends as decoys to run combo routes behind them. I watch Bengal games over and over, and I see Kelly, and whomever else,( this year it was Coats ) run little curls or ins, while Chad and T.J. were scraping posts,deep outs,and slants behind them. I know it might be a pipe dream as long as Bratkowski's our offensive coordinator, but I would really like to have a tight end with quickness and hands that could challenge the seems of the field. Maybe it's the impossible dream ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsemen Posted March 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Why a longshot?From an elite team to the Bengals? Longshot. I'm hopeful regardless. Especially concerning Lewis' blow it up comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Give that man a Cigar !!Thanks Chris. I always like a good cigar, but anyone who's watched even a handful of Bengals games should be able to see that Brat loves calling plays to his WR's more than anything else in the world.Sort of a "Disco Fever" he caught while coaching in Miami, and hasn't been able to shake since. People seem to just look at numbers, and blame the player, not the scheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiLBurn Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Without a doubt, Bratkowski should have been shown the door, along with Bresnahan. I think he uses the same gameplan every week. ANYONE could see that Rudi wasn't getting it done, this year, yet Brat continued to waste precious plays handing it off to Rudi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrishcovga Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Without a doubt, Bratkowski should have been shown the door, along with Bresnahan. I think he uses the same gameplan every week. ANYONE could see that Rudi wasn't getting it done, this year, yet Brat continued to waste precious plays handing it off to Rudi.I like Palmer, but I wish he had more Balls !! when he made his " Coaches need to be changed " statements. Cause if he meant Bratkowski, How could Marvin and Co. not part ways with him, when Palmer, the Franchise Quarterback, calls out the offensive coordinator to be the complete Whit-less Jackass we all know him to be ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiLBurn Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Without a doubt, Bratkowski should have been shown the door, along with Bresnahan. I think he uses the same gameplan every week. ANYONE could see that Rudi wasn't getting it done, this year, yet Brat continued to waste precious plays handing it off to Rudi.I like Palmer, but I wish he had more Balls !! when he made his " Coaches need to be changed " statements. Cause if he meant Bratkowski, How could Marvin and Co. not part ways with him, when Palmer, the Franchise Quarterback, calls out the offensive coordinator to be the complete Whit-less Jackass we all know him to be ! Curious, as to when you started using your Dorsey sig. I'm thinking Ellis goes before Dorsey but both will be gone by #9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazkal Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Why a longshot?From an elite team to the Bengals? Longshot. I'm hopeful regardless. Especially concerning Lewis' blow it up comments.Happens all the time : PPS,More so if you were a TE on high powered offense but just a backup, where you could go to a team with high powered offense who lacks a TE.Ya brat under uses the position but hopefully that will change this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJJackson Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Doesn't this guy have a fumbling problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 I know it might be a pipe dream as long as Bratkowski's our offensive coordinator, but I would really like to have a tight end with quickness and hands that could challenge the seems of the field.You and just about everyone else. Utecht ain't that guy, tho he would probably be a very slight upgrade over Reggie.Hard to see the Bengals being willing to spend any serious coin on TE this year after signing Kelly to a $9 million deal last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShulaSteakhouse Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Mediocrity with some flashy players to keep the savages happy is the goal here guys, don't forget.And Utecht is just that, woefully mediocre.Actually I don't mind, if he's dirt cheap, as insurance for Kelly. It's the fact they'd go another year without drafting a high ceiling TE as a result, I'm guessing.Maybe Brown still hasn't gotten over the pack-a-day oversight on Sean Brewer by his crack scouting staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 I know it might be a pipe dream as long as Bratkowski's our offensive coordinator, but I would really like to have a tight end with quickness and hands that could challenge the seems of the field.You and just about everyone else. Utecht ain't that guy, tho he would probably be a very slight upgrade over Reggie.Hard to see the Bengals being willing to spend any serious coin on TE this year after signing Kelly to a $9 million deal last season.That's just not what the front office seems to want/require with a TE IMO. They apparently are enamored with TE's that can catch the occasional pass, but their main job is added protection for the franchise QB.I understand the concept if not really agreeing with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsemen Posted March 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Ya brat under uses the position but hopefully that will change this year.I sure as hell hope so! Looks that way somewhat. As for Ben being mediocre and a waste.... From CincyJungle:For the past two seasons, Utecht caught at least 30 passes for over 350 yards. Being on a team where your role is typically the fifth receiver, that's not bad.Not too bad for a backup at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurmanation Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Doesn't this guy have a fumbling problem?No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJJackson Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 2 fumbles in 30 catches seems a bit high to me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pidge Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 2 fumbles in 30 catches seems a bit high to me....So if he signs here he might not fumble even once. At least we know, if he ever thrown to, he'll catch the ball in the first place.Every cloud.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayaker0678 Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 http://www.nfl.com/players/benutecht/profile?id=UTE118654Why all the fumble talk???? For those to lazy to click the link it says Ben Has 3 fumbles in 3 years. Wow!! That is way to many (sarcasm) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryce40 Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 I wouldn't mind seeing Ben in a Bengals uniform, though I'm not sure the Bengals know how to use a tight end anyhow even if it was A. Gates I'd be shocked to see him used appropriately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsemen Posted March 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 That is way to manyNo kidding this dudes clearly a waste. A backup TE who can regularly catch and has fumbled a few times in his short career. Pfffft why waste money upgrading TE by getting Utecht? Especially when the guys making $900,000 for the Colts. Pffft it'd be WAYYYY too high to grab this guy, clearly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueridge Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 Why a longshot?From an elite team to the Bengals? Longshot. I'm hopeful regardless. Especially concerning Lewis' blow it up comments.Not a longshot if the Bengals can offer more playing time and a significant pay raise in a multi-year deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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