TE Dan Coats Re-Signs
by Jake Liscow on Mar 10, 2010 11:56 AM EST
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According to Joe Reedy and the Cincinnati Bengals twitter accounts, TE Dan Coats has re-signed. According to ProFootballFocus.com, Coats was in the bottom 15 of pro tight ends last year, mostly because he was the worst receiving TE in the league by their rankings. Coats dropped 25% of passes thrown his way (7 of the 28).
Coats managed 16 catches for 150 yards including one incredible heads up play wherein he recovered a fumbled and rumbled 20+ yards for a successful third down conversion.
Coats is 25 years old and was probably brought back as a Bengal as a blocking specialist, where he can contribute positively to the offense. The problem with his game is that he should never be used as a receiver, a role he was subjected too much too often last year, and his skill set really limits him to a 3rd tight end and specialist spot on the depth chart. In Cincinnati, he's probably asked to do too much.
Remember, the Bengals did not even give Coats a "no compensation" tender as a RFA. Hopefully, at least, the contract he signed is for less money than that RFA designation would have cost. Details on the deal are forthcoming.
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Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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by Josh Kirkendall on Mar 10, 2010 11:57 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Don't kill the messenger
“YOU CINCY JUNGLE FANS DONT EVEN DESERVE A WINNER” – Derek Anderson
by Jake Liscow on Mar 10, 2010 12:01 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I didn't know Derek was such an enemy.
What a jerk!
by Jake Liscow on Mar 10, 2010 12:59 PM EST up reply actions
Wonder if we could pick him up on the cheap to back up Palmer
He’s a hell of a lot better than O’Sullivan.
nah
he’s a solid option for a QB competition somewhere.
id be into signing jeff garcia though.
RIP Slim.
I think Garcia will steer clear
especially if TO signs . .haha.
by Cedric Benson Boat Party on Mar 10, 2010 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
OMG 2010 is over now
CB85......Collaros for Heisman
by TennBengalfan on Mar 10, 2010 2:39 PM EST up reply actions
Wow.
That is so ridiculous that I don’t even know where to begin.
How can we let Foschi go and keep this guy?
by Big Sky Bengal on Mar 10, 2010 12:01 PM EST reply actions
Foschi was worse by the ProFootballFocus rankings BUT
He flashed competency. I’d bring both back and let them fight for a roster spot.
by Jake Liscow on Mar 10, 2010 12:06 PM EST up reply actions
Coats was dead-last in FO metrics
Foschi wouldn’t make most teams’ rosters, but given our TE situation, I think we need him to stick around. Coats is better at blocking, but we can’t let ourselves be that one-dimensional.
Or maybe our crack TE coach can develop Darius Hill, who’s still waiting in the wings.
by Big Sky Bengal on Mar 10, 2010 12:09 PM EST up reply actions
I'm inclined to agree.
These guys should be roster fodder, pure and simple. Hoping it’s a cheap deal that’s easy to terminate.
by Jake Liscow on Mar 10, 2010 12:13 PM EST up reply actions
i dont know
but i finally understand the what “WAGS the Perplexed Pup” means.
foschi isn’t anything special, just better than anything else we have. and yet, brown re-signs the worse TE the Bengals had last season.
WAGS the Perplexed Pup..
"wherever Brad St. Louis is and Shayne Graham is about to be." -R.F. Mehl
Did I mention?
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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by Josh Kirkendall on Mar 10, 2010 12:06 PM EST reply actions
hopefully
Kelly passes a physical just before camp and is resigned then Coats is cut in favor of Kelly, Coffman, and Hill.
Who knows, maybe this is a cost saving move that will free up some more cash for a big WR trade/contract extension. One can only hope, right???
by Cedric Benson Boat Party on Mar 10, 2010 12:06 PM EST reply actions
Yes.
If keeping Coats and not getting Baker means that we can, say, sign both TO and Bryant, I’m…all for it. God, I threw up in my mouth a little, forcing myself to say that.
by Big Sky Bengal on Mar 10, 2010 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
Foschi
Like Coats he was let go in hopes of signing him at a discount. That was accomplished with Coats and probably will with Foschi if they don’t sign another vet. I imagine Coats signed for a league minimum.
Jerome Simpson
I hope he works out!!!!
by sgiridharan1982 on Mar 10, 2010 12:15 PM EST reply actions
Honeslty
I don’t think this means much. It just means that TE will face competition again this year. Remember last year Coats was battling Kelly, Coats and Coffman and only made the squad because the first two went down to season-long injury.
This move is simply to keep the position filled for now.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Mar 10, 2010 12:27 PM EST reply actions
But still...
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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by Josh Kirkendall on Mar 10, 2010 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
echo
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
3 yards and a pile of dust
by Hudepohl Dey on Mar 10, 2010 12:29 PM EST up reply actions
we should pass on Gresham
This is our year!
by Carsonorbust on Mar 10, 2010 1:09 PM EST up reply actions
Based on his injury and based on the fact that there will be better players available that could help the team more. If he fell to the second round, I’d say go for him, but there’s not much chance of that happening.
This is our year!
by Carsonorbust on Mar 10, 2010 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
We may be a little hard on Gresham.
He could be really, really good if he’s over that injury is the general opinion I’m getting.
If he’s being projected to go in the first round, after the injury, he could be special.
BOOO BOO BOO BOO BOO BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Im going to be at the first game just to go BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
CB85......Collaros for Heisman
by TennBengalfan on Mar 10, 2010 2:40 PM EST up reply actions
Could be. I haven’t watched him play before, but knee injuries have a habit of lingering which worries me. His 40 time at the combine also didn’t inspire a lot of confidence in me either (I think he ran in the 4.7 range). I would just rather not take a gamble on a TE in the first round when there seems to be a lot of talent elsewhere.
This is our year!
by Carsonorbust on Mar 10, 2010 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
Here's a more subtle argument
Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is our year!
by Carsonorbust on Mar 10, 2010 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
that's true
Coats was battling … Coats
he was in a battle with his Rock Hands
3 yards and a pile of dust
by Hudepohl Dey on Mar 10, 2010 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
unreal…. I’m 6 foot 185 lbs and I “gaurentee” I’d be a better pass catching tight end than this clown shoe’d smuck
it comes down to mind over matter....if you don't mind, it won't matter
+1
Lets all go to tryouts……they do have those
CB85......Collaros for Heisman
by TennBengalfan on Mar 10, 2010 2:41 PM EST up reply actions
do they really?
I’ll go.. haha
by 80%OFTHETIMEIMRIGHTEVERYTIME on Mar 10, 2010 5:02 PM EST up reply actions
Not even to make his prized gatorade
CB85......Collaros for Heisman
by TennBengalfan on Mar 10, 2010 2:42 PM EST up reply actions
hmmm
maybe this is a precursor to a signing today for another player who is known for his drops. Is TO next?
by Cedric Benson Boat Party on Mar 10, 2010 12:45 PM EST reply actions
In his defense -
TO probably gets to a lot of balls other receivers don’t due to his size.
by Jake Liscow on Mar 10, 2010 12:47 PM EST up reply actions
Some say a comet will fall from the sky. Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still. Followed by millions of dumbfounded dips**ts.
by btcoop71 on Mar 10, 2010 12:48 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Un-freaking-believable..
Dan “no hands” Coats gets resigned?
In the words of our dictator.. “This is an outrage!”
by 80%OFTHETIMEIMRIGHTEVERYTIME on Mar 10, 2010 12:58 PM EST reply actions
Devil's advocate.
I’m okay with this. Last year Coats was in the process of being converted to fullback when all of a sudden he became our starting TE. Not his fault. Finish the process. Cut Jeremi Johnson. Have Coats be our 3rd string TE and FB and draft another RB.
The coaches obviously see something in his work ethic they like. There isn’t any harm in signing him. If it turns out we don’t need him are have better options at FB, then cut him.
Not to be the comment police…but even mildly praising remarks about Daniel Coats aren’t welcome here. Take that nonsense to www.danielcoats.com.
I should have known that wasn’t a real website….
This is our year!
by Carsonorbust on Mar 10, 2010 1:56 PM EST up reply actions
Lol!
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by Josh Kirkendall on Mar 10, 2010 8:17 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah. Take your logical analysis of the situation somewhere else. We don’t need an intelligent discussion here! This is a moment that calls for nothing else but mob rule.
This is our year!
by Carsonorbust on Mar 10, 2010 1:37 PM EST up reply actions
BTW, try to keep images a little smaller than this.
Sometimes big pictures create some long load times.
lol
That’s the spirit!
This is our year!
by Carsonorbust on Mar 10, 2010 1:54 PM EST up reply actions
dont get too excited about this…he was resigned simply to fill a roster spot. he will not make the 53 man roster out of camp.
Even if he makes the 53 man
He never was, is or will be expected to be the top TE on the team, 2 freak accidents made him play. He is a capable special teamer making minimum league wage. I am happy to have him on the team, I just never want to hear his name, like a long snapper should be. The problems happened this year when he was relied on to catch, which was never the intent.
$%##$$@!!!
I really can’t wait until we get to the point in the season where we have injuries, Chase Coffman is still learning to play football, and the amazing Daniel Coats is forced back into service. Then the question: “Well who else are we supposed to throw in there?” The guy was awful, the fans absolutely loathe him….why not just wipe your hands clean? Let’s put his receiving skills at an F(to be fair). Wouldn’t he have to be the greatest blocking TE the NFL has ever seen to warrant a roster spot or even a place on the practice squad? Here’s a little secret: He’s not.
i think between the draft, coffman, free agents(colege and pro) there is no way he makes the roster!
In unrelated news since everyone seems to be following this thread now...
I asked Andre Caldwell if he’d rather play with Marshall, Bryant, or Owens. His reply?
Caldwell 87: Since everybody asking I would love playing with T.O. Been a fan of his game and work ethic for years another great player to learn from
ask him which of those players..
can teach him how to hold onto the ball and get enough separation to be considered “open”..
by 80%OFTHETIMEIMRIGHTEVERYTIME on Mar 10, 2010 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
All signs are pointing to the TO signing. I hope we get this done. He’d be a great compliment to Chad.
This is our year!
by Carsonorbust on Mar 10, 2010 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
I'm positive he's got more in the tank.
800 yds w/ Fitzpatrick opposite nobody = 1000 yds w/ Carson opposite Chad, easy. Provided we throw the ball that much, of course.
You'd think his numbers would be much better with a real QB.
But at least there was Lee Evans in Buffalo. Chad’s better, but Lee’s not nobody.
Super Bowl locked up now
for some other team.
by occams_tiger_teeth on Mar 10, 2010 2:37 PM EST reply actions
I see (too much of you) Rahm!
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by Josh Kirkendall on Mar 10, 2010 8:18 PM EST up reply actions
I typed this sites address into my browser,
expecting to see that we signed somebody. Dan Coats was not that somebody, to say the least.
I love how
the post for Coats’ re-signing generates more comments than pretty much every post about acquring Marshall, TO, and/or Bryant
by Cedric Benson Boat Party on Mar 10, 2010 2:44 PM EST reply actions
Well, it's actually a signing for one.
And everyone hates it.
If Marshall or TO or Bryant sign, it’ll be a much bigger thread ;)
I don't know
there are only so many ways to say I am happy, so many more to be upset.
Baltimore's thread on the Anquan Boldin signing was huge.
And they don’t have anywhere near the # of commenting users we do.
plus
nothing bonds people together like a common enemy. Dan Coats is that enemy.
:)
This is our year!
by Carsonorbust on Mar 10, 2010 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
with all the T.O. hype
i’ve been logging on to CJ as if we were in-season….
Crazy, i’ve gotta a sick and twisted obsession with T.O. opposite The Ocho.
mix in Dan Coats Caldwell and Coffman in the Slots, with Nike Air Leonard in the backfield….that would be a pretty nasty spread attack.
3 yards and a pile of dust
OK, Coats resigns, but…
…did his hands sign too, or are they still holding out.
Minister of Great Legs
According to Schefter
Bryant just signed a 4 year deal with Cincy.
by Cedric Benson Boat Party on Mar 10, 2010 3:07 PM EST reply actions
Someone in the Bengals’ organization must really have a soft spot for Coats. But I still don’t think he has any future here. The cost of resigning him will be low-the minimum salary for a player of Coats’ experience is around $500,000.
by virginiastripes on Mar 10, 2010 5:04 PM EST reply actions
I bet Coats has blackmail photos
Slim 15, you will be missed. RIP Chris Henry
by Danimal, Destroyer of Worlds on Mar 11, 2010 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
reports claimed TO might not be looking for big money..
if that is in fact true, sign him to a cheap one year deal and let him go get that “shiny Lombardi thing”.
Did I need to use a pink box for that?
by 80%OFTHETIMEIMRIGHTEVERYTIME on Mar 10, 2010 5:05 PM EST reply actions
no way he makes the roster.
this has to be a back up plan.
OH...MY...GOD!
I just effed up my laptop cuz when i read the headline i threw up all over the keys without even realizing. I looked back at the screen to see if i read correctly then threw up again…WHAT THE HELL!!!!!! vomit
" I don't lie, I tell a different version of the truth."
by Purple City Middie on Mar 11, 2010 12:25 AM EST reply actions
Slim 15, you will be missed. RIP Chris Henry
by Danimal, Destroyer of Worlds on Mar 11, 2010 2:09 PM EST reply actions
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