Ranking Bengals after the first week of camp
by Josh Kirkendall on Aug 3, 2008 12:59 PM EDT
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PrintThe following is a simple ranking based on the first week of training camp; basically where I ranked players at their position from reports and scrimmage games. This is not a projection of who makes the roster. Rankings are also different for positions like offensive tackle, where the first two are starters and are not ranked within themselves. I also didn't see the point of listing Kyle Larson or Shayne Graham because they are the only players at their respective positions. There are some players that we're simply not hearing about, so I listed them in no particular order further down the list truly not expecting them to make much of a difference in the grand scheme of things. Also, the numbers are not adding up -- the team has 80 players on the roster, but based on the roster list on Bengals.com, that number isn't coming out on the ranking below -- but it's really not that big of a deal and not the point of rankings. Anyway, tell me your thoughts on places you think needs adjusting.
OFFENSE
Quarterback
- Carson Palmer
- Ryan Fitzpatrick
- Jordan Palmer
- Jeff Rowe
Running Back
- Rudi Johnson
- Chris Perry
- Kenny Watson
- James Johnson
- DeDe Dorsey
Full Back
- Daniel Coats
- Jeremi Johnson
- Tyler Whaley
- Bradley Glatthaar
Wide Receiver
- Chad Johnson
- T.J. Houshmandzadeh
- Antonio Chatman
- Jerome Simpson
- Marcus Maxwell
- Glenn Holt
- Andre Caldwell
- Mario Urrutia
- Clyde Logan
- Maurice Purify
- Travis Brown
Tight End
- Reggie Kelly
- Ben Utecht
- Nate Lawrie
- Matt Sherry
- Brad St. Louis
Tackle
- Levi Jones
- Stacy Andrews
- Willie Anderson
- Antony Collins
- Dane Uperesa
Guard
- Bobbie Williams
- Andrew Whitworth
- Scott Kooistra
- Nate Livings
- James Blair
- Justin Britt
Center
- Eric Ghiaciuc
- Dan Santucci
- Kyle Cook
DEFENSE
Defensive End
- Antwan Odom
- Robert Geathers
- Frostee Rucker
- Jonathan Fanene
- Eric Henderson
- Angelo Craig
Defensive Tackle
- John Thornton
- Domata Peko
- Pat Sims
- Jason Shirley
- Michael Myers
- Antwon Burton
Linebackers
- Dhani Jones
- Brandon Johnson
- Rashad Jeanty
- Keith Rivers
- Ahmad Brooks
- Jim Maxwell
- Corey Mays
- Darryl Blackstock
- Anthony Hoke
- Dan Howell
- Carl-Johan Bjork
Corners
- Leon Hall
- Johnathan Joseph
- Simeon Castille
- Deltha O'Neal
- David Jones
- Ethan Kilmer
- Jonathan Zenon
Safeties
- Dexter Jackson
- Marvin White
- Chinedum Ndukwe
- Corey Lynch
- Herana-Daze Jones
- Kyries Herbert
- John Busing
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Only a few surprises here...
QB – Check
RB – Check (glad to see James Johnson doing so well in camp!)
FB – Jeremi’s conditioning is so disappointing, I’d rather he not even be on the list until he comes back off the PUP list.
WR – Now, I don’t know about this order. I’m seeing it more like this…
1. T.J. Houshmandzadeh
2. Chad Johnson
3. Andre Caldwell - I keep reading about how much he's impressed the staff!
4. Marcus Maxwell
5. Jerome Simpson - likely to move up as the season progresses...
6. Antonio Chatman - based solely on experience and PR skills; otherwise he'd be cut.
7. Glenn Holt - I hold that he battles Chatman for that last WR slot in The Fifty-Three.
8. Mario Urrutia - Skip your senior season to almost become Mr. Irrelevant and end up on the Bengals' practice squad?
9 - 12 -- yeah, OK.TE – Check
OT – Check
OG – Check
C – Check, although I may have to amend my “depth” argument I just posted in the other thread to include this position. Still can’t believe the Bengals didn’t draft one.
DE/DT – Check/Check
LB – Two things: 1.) I expected Ahmad Brooks to be a BEAST by now, not the ongoing project he’s become; and 2.) Does everybody just need a Bjork jersey as much as I do?
CB – Jeez, I know Castille got this leaping INT, but it’s the first week of camp(!)...do you really think it’s enough to vault him over Jones and O’Neal?
S – White and Ndukwe are the likely starters by Week 4, but you just can’t count out D-Jax, especially with Zimmer preaching what Dex has been saying since he got to Cincy. I hope he still sees the field a lot! How many safeties do you think they’ll keep for the 53, anyhow?
Wow...
kind of jacked up the formatting there…sorry about that!
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