UPDATE: Bengals Officially Announce Reggie Kelly Signed Contract
by Josh Kirkendall on May 13, 2010 9:26 AM EDT
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PrintYou knew it was a matter of time. Few deals were being offered from other teams. And the connection he has with the players is special. His role could be instrumental. We just had to wait for Reggie Kelly to sign. The team was somewhat concerned. They wanted to test his surgically repaired Achilles. At the time, Kelly said.
“I feel great. I hated getting hurt, but sitting out the year I think is really going to help my body,” Kelly said Friday. “I feel refreshed. The foot feels fine and right now I’m just working on football conditioning, working on some blocking sets and route running. I think they were impressed with what they saw when I worked out for them so now I just think it’s going to come down to sitting down and looking at some numbers and that’s up to my agent and the front office.”
Reports started surfacing this week that Kelly was close to signing a deal and that he could be back in Cincinnati by next week. On Thursday morning, Reggie Kelly said that a deal is done and he will likely sign today.
Kelly will round out an intriguing scenario at tight end. Last year, the Bengals were faced with two season-ending injuries in Kelly and Ben Utecht, forcing the team to rely on J.P. Foschi and Daniel Coats. A year later, Chase Coffman makes his return after given a red-shirt year to transition into an NFL tight end, while dealing with an injury. The Bengals drafted Jermaine Gresham in the first round of this year's NFL draft and now Kelly returns to mentor both.
I would say that things are coming along beautifully at tight end.
[UPDATE] It's official. Reggie Kelly will be with the Bengals in 2010.
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oh yeah..
..gonna feel way more comfortable about the TE situation with a veteran like Kelly coming back. Still hope that Gersham is ready to start game one, but if he’s not, we know we have a vet to ease the transition.
I'm hoping
that we sign Gersham in a timely fashion and we don’t have the same problems as last year.
Wake up in the clubhouse feeling like Ken Griffey.
www.nextyearisouryear.blogspot.com
Ha-za!
A signing that isn’t controversial. I challenge James Walker to find something bad in this.
This is our year!
+1
In Zim We Trust......Collaros for Heisman
by TennBengalfan on May 13, 2010 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions
bye-bye coats
glad to have kelly back
"wherever Brad St. Louis is and Shayne Graham is about to be." -R.F. Mehl
+1
Definitely agree with that. Anyway this is a great signing for a bunch of reasons. I think most were pointed out. I like the signing cause it also gives us the flexibility to run more 2 TE sets and to run and pass out of the set. With Kelly we have a good blocker and I believe Gresham will be a better blocker his first season then people are counting on. Either way we should be able to run and throw from a 2 TE set which is just one more way we can keep the defense off balance.
+1 Billion
Man I pray he gets cut
In Zim We Trust......Collaros for Heisman
by TennBengalfan on May 13, 2010 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Great!!
This is nothing but good for this organization! Not only does it give us a very good blocking TE, who knows the system and the QB, but a great mentor for the young TE’s, to ease the transition. It is also good for boosting the morale and confidence of the O-line, and Carson!! Very nice!!
+1
To add to what you say Kelly is a very capable pass catch tight end as well. He normally catches the ball when thrown his way. He may not be spectacular but he definitely is a HUGE improvement over Coats in the passing game! Agree with everything you said though, just wanted to add that.
signings ?
Glad to see Kelly in the fold. Anybody have updates on whether the Bengals are still interested in DeShawn Wynn ? Also, LaMarcus Coker was suppose to be signing with the Bengals and haven’t heard a thing about whether he changed his mind or maybe the Bengals did since they picked up Peerman on waviers. Any news out there ???
Bring back the no-huddle
I firmly believe that losing Kelly was a big reason why we weren’t running the no-huddle much last year. His versatility and smarts out there is what made it so deadly. (Having three good wideouts should help, too).
Maybe or...
Maybe we got away from the no-huddle because we became a running-oriented team and tried to eat clock. I think it was probably a bit of both.
by SnapCount80 on May 13, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
And the lack of experience on the line
You can still run time off the clock if you want. The main reason I want to see them run the No Huddle is to force defenses to keep the same personnel on the field. Say you line up with 2 TE’s and the D comes into stop the run. With Gresham and Coffman you can motion them off the line and now they have a LB on them in space. Advantage Bengals. After a couple of plays and a score next drive you come out and the D has a Nickelback in. You keep the TE’s inline and run it down their throat. The Safeties start cheating up and you hit them with a play action over the top. Beautiful!
Oh and if they want to they can still run time off the clock. They can line up and survey the D and wait to snap it. This way the D can’t sub if we don’t. One of the reasons teams shy away from the No Huddle is your D can get worn down as well. We have such depth you would think this is actually another advantage for us. I’m not sure I would run it every game but I think its definitely something they should throw in the game plan vs. some teams.!
Take a look at the roster
Position by position, the depth is ridiculous. TE, S, WR, D-Line, CB, LB. The only positions that aren’t excessively deep are O-Line, FB and QB. I really don’t understand how the Bengals aren’t the favoites to win the division again (outside of the asenine reason that “they’re the Bengals”), but somewhow they aren’t— La Canfora picks the Ravens. Haven’t the Bengals been like 9-3 against them in the Carson era? Ridiculous.
by Anthony Cosenza on May 13, 2010 2:09 PM EDT reply actions
+1
The national media love the Ravens. We shoud all no that by now. I’m surprised if they didn’t pick the Stealers to come in 2nd. Anyway thats fine. We can fly under the radar for a while. Fine by me.
strong finish
The Ravens finished strong and won a playoff game. The Bengals limped into the playoffs. They looked terrible in the last game against the Jets. You can argue about not getting players hurt in a meanless game, but the fact remains they looked terrible and the Jets had them for lunch. And they did lose, at home, to the Jets the next week. So I can understand the Ravens being the favorite. On top of that, they have made some nice additions to their roster. They did lose a key DL (Edwards) and you have to wonder if Lewis at 35 isn’t running out of gas. But I would rather the Ravens were the darlings of the media. Gives Zim more ammo to go along with the “nobody wanted you” theme.
The "nobody wanted you" theme
Echo’s what I said above. Let everyone pick them as far as I’m concerned. Zimmer will use it as motivation and we won’t have the added pressure of being the favorite. The Ravens may win the division and we may get the Wildcard but, what I think the point is we will probably be hard pressed to find more than a handful of the national media that will pick the Bengals. That is what probably bothers most.
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