Jonnu Smith TE being released

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(03-09-2024, 10:32 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Has much less to do with the QB than he was on an offense with Lockett, Metcalf and Smith N'Jigba. When he was with Denver, their offense featured the RB and TE a little more.  I think that Fant would be a reliable TE, but not "needle moving" special.  Nothing about him says to me "Joe Burrow will prefer to seek him out over the WRs".

If it were 2023? Agreed. But in 2024 Boyd is almost certainly going to be gone and his 90+ targets need to go somewhere. Also Bengals TEs got 115 targets last year too and I believe we currently have none under contract.

Even if we assume Tee gets +30 targets over last year to bring him back to his norm due to hopefully better health, that's still 175 targets up for grabs.

Fant would be preferred over Iosivas or Jones.