3rd Round #2: Andre Caldwell

[Walrus]

Maybe Chad could return punts. That'd be fun :-)

Yeah, "fun" watching him go fetal anytime someone comes within 15 yards. He'd have about a 3 yard average.

[TJJackson]

Nice read, and I especially like that he actually run-blocks (what? a Bengals WR run blocking? when have we last seen that?) but I remain disappointed that we did not find a good PR/KR in any of the 10 picks

[HAPPYJAQ]

I'm excited about that, too. Everybody knows that the difference between a 15 yard run and a 50 yard run if you're not Adrian Peterson, is downfield blocking. With more two tight end sets, we should see bigger plays in the running game and more opportunities on the outside, just based on the fact that defenses will have to put an extra man in the box to match up against our 2nd TE. This has me very excited about DeDe Dorsey. Both WR's we drafted have been called better than average in the blocking department. Caldwell will be an absolute beast on the bubble screen from the slot on 3rd down and give us some Chris Perry dimension that way. He ran that play a lot in Florida. Punt return wise, I am content with Chatman if (big if) he can stay healthy. I would like to see us use Deltha in that capacity, too. He was an All-American returner at Cal and very good with the Broncos, as well. He returned punts the first preseason he was here, was injured on a return and never went back there. I would like to see them give him another shot.

[Wraith]

TJ run blocks.

[DC_Bengals_Fan]

TJ run blocks.

Yeah, in fairness to TJ the year that Marvin called out the WRs for run blocking (2006 I believe) he admitted that TJ's run blocking was suffering because he had a few cracked bones in his spine. I'm willing to give the dude a little leeway based on that.

Chad, however, is just a b*tch.

[blueridge]

Only thing I know about him is he's Reche's little bro. I hope he doesn't have the fish eye thing going on.

Ha. Actually, Andre does have the wide-eye thing going on. It obviously runs in the family. On the other hand, Andre is, from what I've read, very courageous in the middle of the field.

[Pidge]

Only thing I know about him is he's Reche's little bro. I hope he doesn't have the fish eye thing going on.

Ha. Actually, Andre does have the wide-eye thing going on. It obviously runs in the family. On the other hand, Andre is, from what I've read, very courageous in the middle of the field.

Oh dear. I went searching for some footage, complete with hideous music, and found one decent video. Can take a hit and hold onto the ball. I prefer him over Gabriel already. At least I think I was watching the correct mass of blurred pixels moving across the screen. In fact, even if I wasn't watching the correct splodge, I still prefer him over Gabriel.

[Oldcat]

Only thing I know about him is he's Reche's little bro. I hope he doesn't have the fish eye thing going on.

Ha. Actually, Andre does have the wide-eye thing going on. It obviously runs in the family. On the other hand, Andre is, from what I've read, very courageous in the middle of the field.

Yes look at his pic on the bengals site in one of hobsons artlicles...goggly eyes for sure