Gary Barnidge

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(05-15-2017, 03:37 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: Both our backups have more upside , they are not ready at all to walk away from these two draft picks.. Barnidge also will be too high of a asking price.. a team like Baltimore or a few others will have more pressing need at TE than we do.... 

Those backups may have more potential upside, but how much were they able to produce in Eifert's absence?  Not much. 

I'm not advocating that the Bengals give Barnidge starter money, or even any money for that matter.  I'm just pointing out that having a polished veteran TE on the team might not be a bad idea, as both Uzomah and Kroft are most definitely still in "developmental" stage of their careers. .

Now, there is another answer already on the team.  Ryan Hewitt.  If they go back to a more prolific use of Hewitt as the H-back, both as a blocker and as a receiver, it would certainly give more plays to the offense.