We better get Uzomah..

[Shake n Blake]

(10-05-2016, 08:36 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Fine, I won't spoil your optimism.  I was under the impression Eifert was either going to be 100% by day one and/or Kroft/Uzomoah were going to be awesome as hell by now, given the optimism I'd heard for months on end.

Optimism WAS Uzomah being a regular Eifert when he got the chance, but now optimism has decayed to Uzomah eventually learning how to make an NFL-caliber catch.  Ouch.

Anyways, I'm not pissing on the Bengals' TE parade as much as I'm just thinking said parade may BE a parade of piss.

Eifert - TOTALLY going to be fine any day now (for 10 months)
Kroft - TOTALLY going to be comparable to Eifert on the field. Whoops, his "he will totally be fine in 18 minutes and 39 seconds" knee injury is holding him back over 2 months later
Uzomah - piss until specified otherwise

Easy, Nate. I understand the frustration but I think you're exaggerating how optimistic people were...by a smidge. I'd say the general consensus was that Eifert would be back by midseason at the very latest and that Kroft or CJ could be serviceable in his absence.

I don't think people were that far off honestly. We're going into week 5. If Eifert winds up missing damn near the whole year, the Bengals go 8-8 and CJ drops a ton of passes, I'd understand rubbing some noses in it.

But as of now, Eifert could very well be back next week, and frankly I think TE is pretty far down the list of problems. CJ is on pace for over 500 yards with 1 drop apparently. He hasn't been great by any stretch, but he hasn't been a turd either.

(10-06-2016, 11:28 AM)yellowxdiscipline Wrote: Doing it in the underwear olympics doesn't mean he can do it on the field during a game.

You said there's no proof that CJ is athletic. The combine is really the only way to judge that. Well that, and he looked pretty athletic on that 50 harder. It's early, but I don't think lack of athleticism is a problem with CJ.