Did the Bengals inquire about a TE?

by palewook on Oct 22, 2009 11:22 AM EDT

Did an NFL team ask the Dallas Cowboys to consider a trade for Martellus Bennett? Bennett drafted in 2008, fell into the second round because of his 2008 scouting combine performance. During Bennett's first season as a Cowboy, he appeared on Hard Knocks, often being ridden as slow, lazy, and behind the curve.

ESPN's Chris Mortensen, if you can trust this as a source, claims the Bengals were the team to make an offer for Bennett. Jerry Jones won't even comment on which player an offer was received for, much less on the identity of the team making the offer.

Bennett is more known around the Cowboys locker room for things he says or does off the field than on the field. From talking smack, pranking, joking, or being fined for a rap video he posted on youtube. The Cowboys fined and forced Bennett to remove the rap video from youtube . That fine didn't slow Bennett down, he later posted another video on youtube which also caused another stir among some minority groups. If the Bengals really tried to acquire Bennett, it begs an answer to three questions.

What's wrong with Chase Coffman? Would the Bengals really want an under performing rookie TE that got reamed on HardKnocks 2008 to replace an under performing rookie TE that got reamed on HardKnocks 2009.

Are the league's rosters so depleted at TE, that a questionable character with questionable talent is the only answer available for the Bengals?

Is there any validity to this rumor? Consider the first two questions, it might draw a murky conclusion. It could also suggest what most Bengals fans already know. The National media seems aware of the issue too.

The Bengals need a starting TE and Coffman apparently isn't the answer in 2009. Which could have left Mike Brown and his coaches feeling desperate enough to attempt a trade, any trade, for a TE.

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Apparently they did

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by bengalred on Oct 22, 2009 12:04 PM EDT reply actions

Martellus Bennett would have been awesome

He has so much upside, my sources told me that they really thought he would catch 40-50 balls this season. Things havent gone that way, but he still has the talent to do so. If he was our #1 TE then it would have been a huge upgrade. Hes huge, great hands, good speed, and has been a solid blocker for the cowboys.

"Ghiaciuc's play was a distraction"

by Joe Goodberry on Oct 22, 2009 12:59 PM EDT reply actions

oh and i think we offered

Chris Henry and a 2nd round pick
or
Jerome Simpson and a 1st round pick

"Ghiaciuc's play was a distraction"

by Joe Goodberry on Oct 22, 2009 1:02 PM EDT reply actions

Seriously?

I doubt we offered Slim

CB85......Collaros for Heisman

by TennBengalfan on Oct 22, 2009 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions

but i could see the Jerome+1st rounder

we know Mike Brown doesn’t like to pay those top picks anyway. I wouldn’t mind that trade if Jerome is just going to keep sitting on the bench but maybe a supplemtal darft pick

CB85......Collaros for Heisman

by TennBengalfan on Oct 22, 2009 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions

supplemental draft pick sorry

CB85......Collaros for Heisman

by TennBengalfan on Oct 22, 2009 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions

FirstPick- is that confirmed? Or just a thought?

I tremble at the thought of trading away Chris Henry AND a 2nd round pick for an unproven TE…

That’s Henry- a WR with #1 potential- PLUS Rey Rey. That’s awful.

I don’t like trading a first pick either. I would’ve been okay with a 2nd round pick and Simpson.

by WhoDeyDerek on Oct 22, 2009 1:34 PM EDT reply actions

not confirmed at all

I was just putting 2+2.
Jerry Jones had interesting comments about the player we wanted to trade away. So i was trying to piece it together. I know the cowboys almost as much as i know the Bengals because my closest friend is a Dallas fan. So i know they could use the help at WR and Jerry said it was a player that could help them, and it was a first or 2nd depending if he took the player.

ill try to finda link to Jerry’s comments

"Ghiaciuc's play was a distraction"

by Joe Goodberry on Oct 22, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions

wr speculation

imagine only ocho and caldwell are untouchable.

meaning if dallas had asked for coles, we’d have done that deal. simpson hasn’t done anything to get dallas’ interest. henry, his past keeps most teams scared of him. dallas already unloaded TO’s bag of woe in the off season, doubt the cowboys want another wr with potential drama issues.

from mike’s side of the ball, unloading coles contract + fixing a hole in the offense might have sounded like a great deal.

coles + a 3rd/4th round pick?

by palewook on Oct 22, 2009 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions

No doubt +1

CB85......Collaros for Heisman

by TennBengalfan on Oct 22, 2009 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Owner Jerry Jones said Wednesday that the club had the opportunity to acquire a key player but turned it down. He declined to name the team or player, but called it “a very firm, significant offer for one of our young players.”

Jones said while the Cowboys could have probably acquired the “now impact” player, he never engaged in an extended dialogue with the club.

"Ghiaciuc's play was a distraction"

by Joe Goodberry on Oct 22, 2009 1:59 PM EDT reply actions

Jones said the team was offered at least one premium draft pick for a player.

“We could have probably made a ‘now’ impact and just bolstered a position, and significantly, and obviously we would have had a takeaway since it’s a young player for the future,” Jones said. “By the same token, and I’m talking about the type of consideration, first- or second-round type consideration, but the bottom line is this: Had I not thought that we needed that player right now as opposed to pushing forward in consideration for picks in the future, then I would have taken the pick option on it rather than the player.”

"Ghiaciuc's play was a distraction"

by Joe Goodberry on Oct 22, 2009 2:07 PM EDT reply actions