Former Bengal Arrested

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(07-18-2022, 10:56 PM)fredtoast Wrote: From the time I first started getting on message boards in '06 until 2010 one of the biggest on-going complaints from Bengal fans was the lack of a pass catching TE.  We treated any TE we signed/drafted the way a man who has been in prison for 5 years treats the first woman he sees upon being released.  It was pathetic.  Remember how excited we got excited over signing Ben Utecht?

Gresham blew our minds in '10, but we still got a little overly excited about guys like Coffman and Charles.

Oh absolutely.

And that's because of Reggie Kelly.
Dude never put up more than 254 yards in a season, and he only had 5 TDs in the regular season in his whole 12 year career.

Fans just wanted someone at the TE spot who could be seen on more occasion as a 5th receiving weapon instead of always having that spot be a blocking guy.

And yes, it was kinda crazy with Utecht. The guy never even reached 400 yards in a season before becoming a Bengal (although he was playing 2nd fiddle to Dallas Clark), but fans were pumped because they knew he could still put up 350+ instead of the 150-250 that Kelly typically did.