Ben Utecht suffers a bad concussion
by Josh Kirkendall on Aug 5, 2009 8:34 PM EDT
in Injury
Email
PrintFirst, Reggie Kelly suffers a season ending injury. Second, Ben Utecht was put on a stretcher, placed in ambulance and was taken to Georgetown Community Hospital, writes Geoff Hobson.
Utecht went down in a heap following a play in a half line blocking drill during live action in a practice in full pads. As the team moved on to different parts of the field, left tackle Andrew Whitworth, who had Utecht sing at his wedding back in March, knelt to pray with his head down and a hand on one of Utecht's legs.
A few minutes later Chad Ocho Cinco jogged over from the wide receiver drill and did the same thing.
All three of the Bengals' top tight ends have left the field with injury in the first week of camp.
It was later determine that Utecht suffered a concussion. The stretcher, ambulance and hospital are precautionary. Good lord. Sometimes you just have the feeling that Karma is going to be one mean bitch. After David Jones and Brandon Johnson suffered injuries that presents no time table, the Bengals lost Reggie Kelly for the season. There's no way of telling when Utecht is likely to return.
In the meantime, the Bengals are short at Tight End. After Daniel Coats was seen on crutches by reportedly twisting an ankle, the Bengals are left with Chase Coffman and Darius Hill signed for 2009. Yes, Dave. Nate Lawrie.
14 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
what the fucking fuck?
i normally dont swear, but i felt it was appropriate. Sorry
"Ghiaciuc's play was a distraction"
Apparently...
…We aren’t meant to a mother%^*#ing tight end.
Yay.
I mean, seriously, YAY.
Happy Mother%^*#ing YAY.
Josh, you say karma is a bitch and I say %$@* KARMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So angry...
I’m leaving words out. Let’s try that again:
Apparently, we aren’t meant to HAVE a mother%^*#ing tight end.
Carry on.
I've been following CBS Sportsline's Rapid Reports
And the amount of injuries being suffered seems at an unprecedented level. Add in plans to increase the amount of NFL games and you’re looking at this being the norm not only to just the Bengals.
Brat revealed we were always going to get another TE before Utecht’s injury, now we can look for another given we only have two in camp.
I hope he's ok
Reggie Kelly with the ruptured Achilles and Daniel Coats with a sprained ankle. Utecht is the 3rd TE to go down.
Prayers sent!
Sad news for another Bengals tight end. I was really hoping Ben would have a successful year with the team. I hope this doesn’t put him on IR as well.
Bummer
Sad for both of them. My prayers are with them.
Maybe we should just forget contact during training camp. Classroom drills and run thrus without pads. No they wouldn’t be football ready at the start of the season but at least they would be available for the season and we wouldn’t be playing scrubs for the entire season. WTF!! With all of this competition everyone is trying to impress coaches with how hard they can hit by knocking the crap out of their team mates. I think Ickey Wod’s career was ended by some wannabe rookie who was trying to impress the coaches with how rough and tough he was. There must be a coaching problem here somewhere. Other teams don’t have this every year like we do.
" My enemy said "Love your enemy". I obeyed and loved myself." Gibran
I hope Coats and Utecht are ok
Bubba Franks anyone? or do you think they’ll resign Matt Sherry or Nate Lawrie?
3 yards and a pile of dust
Franks
My guess would be Franks. As it stands, the Bengals have two rookies at the spot. Lewis is the type of guy that would balance out youth with a veteran presence.
Blogger at CincyJungle.com -- SB Nation Cincinnati Bengals blog.
by Josh Kirkendall on Aug 6, 2009 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions
My prayers are with them both
let’s hope Utech’s ok mentally and physically after this.
This is our year!
With no disrespect,this may be the end of Utech in Cincy
They had such high expectations for him when he was signed. After being injured all year last year and starting out this season with a major concussion, I see this as the end of the road for him. He had concussion problems in Indy so I wouldn’t be suprised if he called it quits himself. Some of these players stick around though so much of that because they have nothing else. He seems like he has so many other projects in life that this injury may be his calling to move on. The Bengals should be prepared to move on next year without Kelly or Utech.
by smoormandiddy on Aug 6, 2009 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on Cincy Jungle
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
