Gilyard Should Return to Cincy

He was impressive in camp and looks like a good Shipley replacement (if Shipley is gone for extended time). As for bringing in another receiver, I’d like to see them either pick Cosby back up or give Andrew Hawkins a shot, who looked like a lightning quick return man in the preseason. After a dismal return game for Tate, I might even consider cutting him in favor of one of the other guys.

and sign Gilyard to the PS. Let’s see what he can do and get him involved.

The guy loves Cincinnati and talked very highly about playing for the Bengals.

Personally i’d rather have a WR who is good over one who likes the team. I can find tens of thousands of people in the stands this Sunday who like the team, but i sure don’t want any of them playing WR for us :-)

Let’s get Mardy.

….but now that the Big Least conf is down 2 more teams, maybe we can join them. He’d tear it up.

I’d love to have him. He’s got the build for a slot receiver and he could potentially solve our problems in the return game if Brandon Tate continues his Peter Warrick impersonation week after week of running side to side and bouncing backwards. Plus a rotation of him, Whalen, and Caldwell in the slot could give defenses a lot to think about underneath. I like it. I remember us passing him up for Shipley a year ago and a lot of fans here were angry about that pick. Why not pick him up now with Shipley out for the year?

it would help if we blocked for him. how many returns did you see us not pressure the punter and then have 5 or more defenders swarm our return man. if we are not putting pressure on the punt, then we should be blocking. tate is doing just fine for the help he is getting on special teams.

Tates ok and still learning how to set stuff up. I never was on the gilyard bandwagon, but hed be better than hawkins probably at wr. Don’t think its a big upgrade though.