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Bengals won't offer J.P. Foschi a contract; will become an unrestricted free agent

In a move that I found a bit surprising, the Cincinnati Bengals won't tender J.P. Foschi a contract, which will make him an unrestricted free agent, writes Joe Reedy. Yes. I said surprising in that I thought Foschi was decent enough to have around for depth reasons -- and for the love of god, we needed depth last year. While not a down field threat, Foschi's blocking was better than marginal.

Foschi's 27 receptions, most by any Bengals tight end, ranked fifth on the team overall.

However, as Joe Reedy writes, "if the Bengals were going to tender Foschi, the minimum would have been $1.101 million." With that coin, and Foschi's availability so late into Training Camp, it makes you believe that, if necessary, the Bengals could find another like-talented tight end.

More importantly, it's unlikely other teams will compete for Foschi in the free agency market, allowing Cincinnati to retain Foschi at a much lower cost. They did that to DeDe Dorsey last season. If the Bengals offered Dorsey a tender, they'd be on the books for $1.01 million. Instead, Cincinnati didn't offer him a contract and waited until he cleared waivers, signing him back a day later to a contract near the minimum for his experience, likely saving the team half a million.

So it could very well could happen that the Bengals will sign Foschi as soon as they're able to help save a few bucks in the long run and at least keep the tight end spot stacked with enough depth to be competitive during training camp.

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bring back triple D

Anyone else think we should bring back DeDe?

it comes down to mind over matter....if you don't mind, it won't matter

by TruWhoDey on Feb 25, 2010 12:32 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

Too late

He signed with the Lions earlier this month.

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by Josh Kirkendall on Feb 25, 2010 12:35 PM EST up reply actions  

you are not alone Josh

i was shocked to read this. My first thought was maybe all this Chas Coffman talk is for real. Then i also thought this mean we will take a TE high and low. maybe 1st or 2nd round and 6th or 7th round. Its not that Foshci was going to keep us from signing anybody or drafting a TE, but this does show that they expect to have better talent at the TE position in 2010

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by Joe Goodberry on Feb 25, 2010 12:55 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

my thoughts exactly
but this does show that they expect to have better talent at the TE position in 2010

My thoughts exactly. I was wondering if this was a sign that they would go after a free agent TE, but after reading I realized it was more of a money saving technique. My hopes were so high and were dashed so low once again.

This is our year!

by Paul Cannon on Feb 25, 2010 2:54 PM EST up reply actions  

B level players

The league is littered with these B-level players, if they don’t resign Foschi then they will find another B-player to drop passes.

by Vman in Germany on Feb 25, 2010 1:02 PM EST reply actions  

Agree.

Foschi has a pulse and plays TE. He did fine, but there are a pile of free agent TEs out this year who are just as good if not better than Foschi.

by goffchile on Feb 25, 2010 1:35 PM EST up reply actions  

Boy who wouldn't want to play for the Bengals with a rep like that!?

JK, its probably a smart business and football move… Just reaks of cheap ole Mike Brown.

by The Dealio on Feb 25, 2010 1:37 PM EST reply actions  

If they think they can sign him for less, why not?

Does anyone here volunteer to overpay for anything? I don’t. WHy should we expect the Bengals to? I also hope this means that the Bengals will draft a complete TE realtively high, but I think Foshi will be back. This just means we will be trying to sign him on the open market vice a closed market.

by jim0ijk on Feb 25, 2010 2:25 PM EST up reply actions  

Mike Brown is a good businessman

but too often he pulls this kind of stuff with players who matter. Andre Smith is a good example. He missed training camp, was out of shape and then broke his foot, because Mikey refused to pay him on the sliding scale for top 10 picks. (Ok, it’s not fair to blame Brown for the foot breaking, but the holdout didn’t help either).

This is our year!

by Paul Cannon on Feb 25, 2010 2:58 PM EST up reply actions  

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