Irv Smith a Bengal

[Housh]

(04-01-2023, 03:32 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: The tape is interesting. Swervin' Irv Smith may be the biggest under the radar steal in all of free agency and I'm glad he's a Bengal. His speed in the open field is extremely impressive and I watched lots of tape where he made some acrobatic catches while keeping his hands in the proper form to catch. His blocking is more than adequate too and for the Bengals to have a balanced offense the tight end needs to block at least as well as he runs routes.

Man….i watched a lot of his scouting tape and saw a lot i didn’t like. Routes weren’t crisp. I think he’s capable of running a bigger number of routes than CJ and Hurst only because he’s so fast and agile. He had way more drops than i like my starter to have. Honestly i like him as a backup and at 1.75 million i assume we see him as a backup too. I still want to draft TE at at 28 and those 2 go to war for the starting job. I like Wilcox as our 3rd TE.


I did see a bunch i did like tho. Blocking and hands weren’t it. He was also not used well in Minnesota. A lot of the time they had him running flat routes just to distract a defender. He should’ve been used more as a deep threat, mismatch guy against linebackers. I assume here he’ll be used how CJ and Hayden were . Most of his targets will be over the middle and within 7 yards. Occasionally we’ll put him on a seam or corner just to see if the D will leave him open but i expect him to eat exactly how Hayden and CJ ate