Early winners and losers at Training camp

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(08-03-2022, 01:20 PM)Synric Wrote: If the Bengals run more of the Air-Raid like they did at the end of the 2021 season Hurst would end up with more targets on the season as a whole than Uzomah. 

People that say we shouldn’t target the tight end in order to create more passes to our receivers really don’t understand offensive strategy in football.

Being able to have a receiving tight end is one of the most dangerous weapons to have and really opens up the game for the rest of the offensive weapons.

A good receiving tight end keeps the safeties from shadowing over the top of the outside receivers because they’re too good for linebackers to try and cover one-on-one and often even too big for a third corner that comes in on third down.

They are also a lot of times a great safety valve for the quarterback when he gets under pressure.

Receiving tight ends are a great way to move the chains and sustain drives.