Bengals Search for a New Kicker

by Jason Garrison on Nov 15, 2010 6:19 PM EST

After a relationship ends, one of two things happen: either you remember everything about that person that annoyed you and you're relieved that the relationship has ended or enough time has passed that you slowly forgot the bad things and began to completely idolize the person that once gave you nothing but good reasons to end your relationship with them. It's funny how the mind works in that way.

It's very possible that the Bengals and even fans feel one of those two ways about Shayne Graham, especially now that we see his Facebook relationship status has changed to "in a relationship with New England Patriots" and our status is "Single". Do the Bengals remember the kicker who was less than stellar in clutch situations and could be blamed for a handful of losses or do they remember the most accurate kicker in Bengal history. Who do you remember? If Graham were available, do you think the Bengals would ask him to come back. Maybe they would stand outside of his window in a trench coat, holding a boom box above their heads that's blasting "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel.Or maybe the Bengals would just move on to another kicker.

There is probably a handful of kickers that the Bengals could probably sign for a fairly low price or they could let Chad Ochocinco call himself Esteban a few times a game to save some money but possibly look more foolish. One of the most intriguing possible Bengal-kicker love affairs, though, could come from the Steel City.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are contemplating cutting kicker Jeff Reed, who missed his seventh field goal of the season in Pittsburgh's 39-26 loss to New England on Sunday night, and will bring in kickers for workouts on Tuesday, league sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

Who knows what the Bengals are going to do when it comes to replacing Mike Nugent. If Reed is cut from the Steelers, would the Bengals make a play for him or would they go for a kicker who is a little lighter on the pocketbook due to the fact that they're really no longer in play off contention? I believe Morton Anderson may be available.

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nay

putting Graham back in stripes isn’t something I am exactly thrilled with. I do know that he had and is still having some good moments, but moments don’t last. I don’t think we need to add Reed on quite yet. Let him stew and the price drop if we really don’t have a possibility to keep Nugent around. For now, keep Ocho on the recieving end of that ball. A solution will come up, till then, maybe let Huber do some work

by bill schwab on Nov 15, 2010 6:35 PM EST reply actions

Eh. Some random dude will kick. Question will be whether they find a gem in tryouts, or a bum.

I’ll state it for you guys that would otherwise do it: “With Mike Brown at the helm there is no way this team finds a gem/diamond in the rough kicker. He’s too inept to do that and he’s more likely to bring in a 49 year old AFL kicker.”

Now that that’s out of the way, I’ll go on to hoping that maybe the young kicker that they pick up that hasn’t had a chance before will amount to something.

How will Chris Carpenter explain this to his children?

by Grizzlyfox on Nov 15, 2010 6:41 PM EST reply actions

Try

Aaron Pettrey, Leigh Tiffin or Garrett Lundholm

by sofakingood on Nov 15, 2010 7:16 PM EST reply actions

s/b Lindholm

by sofakingood on Nov 15, 2010 7:28 PM EST up reply actions

Couple of Thoughts

1. Did Huber do all the kicking in high school? What was his longest?

2. At this point, we might as well go for it as long as we’re less than 35 yards out. Pooch everything else.

by FordhamRam on Nov 15, 2010 7:39 PM EST reply actions

The thing that gets me about Graham...

…wasn’t his propensity to choke in crunch situations, but rather that OTHER thing that we at Cincy Jungle have noticed over time: his chronic inability to place a kickoff in the end zone. Did you all notice that the ONLY touchback he got last night was after a 15-yard penalty was added to the ensuing kickoff? Yep…our boy’s still got it!

by TheWalrus1971 on Nov 15, 2010 9:48 PM EST reply actions