Bengals Banter: Mardy Gilyard will love to play for the Cincinnati Bengals
by Josh Kirkendall on Jan 25, 2010 10:00 AM EST
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Convince me, as a Bengals fan that watched Cincinnati lose in the first week of the playoffs, that the Jets making the AFC Championship game is a positive from our perspective. Is it that the Bengals lost to a team that played in the final AFC Championship game? I won't belittle anyone for the argument. It still feels hollow to me. The Bengals lost to a team that played great at the right time? True, and the Bengals were in the middle of a snide, having lost four of their final five games of the season, including back-to-back losses to the Jets by a combined 47 points. We weren't ready. We didn't have the tools to score points in a league where scoring points is good, mmmkay?
That's not to say we shouldn't give New York credit; they've played their best football with a proven chemistry of power running and power defense. Eventually the Jets lost to the Indianapolis Colts, who hasn't lost a game in which Peyton Manning played throughout the game this season. Even if the Bengals made the AFC Championship game, Manning would have picked apart the defense like he's done to every team.
Still, that hollow feeling remains. Who cares what happens with the Jets, we wanted the opportunity. Then, when we failed to take advantage of the chance, we sit in the purgatory of a long offseason.
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I see but one positive from the Jets game
That Shayne Graham convinced the team not to resign him. ^There are no excuses this time. This year’s play-offs showed the importance of a clutch kicker, because there were none in the AFC this year and it lost teams games. I was very suppportive of Graham for many years, but if you aren’t going to sign a reasonable long-term deal then you take the risk of 2009 being your last season in the NFL. His kick-offs are too short to demand the money he was making. So turn the kicking game completely over and start anew (since 2008).
I would like Gilyard in CIncy, but I don’t think he is worth a 1st rounder, and don’t think he will be there in the second. If we can move back in the first round and pick up another second rounder, it would be a good year to do so, then we could go after Gilyard.
I will be very disappointed if the Bengals don’t address the TE position before the 3rd round (ie trade, FA signing, or 1st or 2nd round pick.) I will be very disappointed. I do think we need to address the pasing game first this offseason, then the kicking game, and then work to imporve the Defensive Depth with more talent.
This seems to be a deep draft at TE
Moeaki from Iowa is a complete TE, willing and able to block, plus he had most of Iowa’s clutch receptions this year. I am now seeing him listed as a late 1st rounder. I think he might be a better fit for us.
I think we go wide out
Mardy Gilyard is a play maker. He’d give the O a more explosive look and he really reminds me of Slim. I think he could play slot Z, and X. We should give TE Chase Coffman more time to adjust and sign an older TE or just keep Kelly.
"There's no substitute for guts."
-- Paul "Bear" Bryant
I would take Gilyard in the first round
Depending on who is available this is the only way i would go receiver in the first round with all the other projected first round receivers there was problems they all had he is good here but lacks here here and here i would take Gilyard over all other recievers Taylor Mays Brian Price and a host of other people and he will be and upgrade over Coles and a fire in the kicking game
" I don't lie, I tell a different version of the truth."
by Purple City Middie on Jan 25, 2010 6:06 PM EST reply actions
Are you serious guys?
Gilyard with the 21st pick? when Mays, Gresham, Hernadez, Benns, and Bryant could be available. I love cincy too but Gilyard is a dumb first round pick, if we needed a return man maybe. But we got BScott and Quan last year. You arguing a Gilyard pick because he can be better than Coles? You can get an upgrade over Coles in the 3rd or 4th round if we have scouts. Gresham should no doubt be the pick if hes there. But i hope we dont have that pick because it was traded for BMarsh.
I think he will possibly be around in the second I have to second we dont go gilyard at 21
but would love to have him
CB85......Collaros for Heisman
by TennBengalfan on Jan 26, 2010 2:03 AM EST up reply actions
not just because he is an upgrade over coles its that he is exactly what the Bengals need an explosive big play receiver and a LOT of hometown favoritism was thrown in if they took him at 21 though i wouldn’t be angry at all unless Dez Bryant or Terraces Cody was on the board or the hand of god moved Suh or Eric Berrry to us
" I don't lie, I tell a different version of the truth."
by Purple City Middie on Jan 26, 2010 2:14 AM EST up reply actions
yea
that would take the hand of god
" I don't lie, I tell a different version of the truth."
by Purple City Middie on Jan 26, 2010 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
Why Mardy, why would you want to play for cincinasti? Have you recently committed an armed robbery and are worried they will be the only ones to want you after the police get done with you? Have you recently beat up a woman? Are you a gun-toting thug or just an ego-driven fool that knows Marv will put up with your crap? Mardy, don’t do it. Go anywhere else. Those fools just shot their wad.
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