Harvey 53 Man Projections

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(06-22-2016, 11:26 PM)Benton Wrote: http://espn.go.com/blog/cincinnati-bengals/post/_/id/22419/jake-kumerow-bengals-nfl-draft-receiver-why-seem-to-like-him

Can't link the parts off ny phone, but its a decent read. And it seems like he's headed in the right direction.

Nice read Benton - thanks.   Pretty encouraging really.  The thing that really stuck out to me was Urban talking about his "get off".  So apparently he does have some burst.

You know just when I am convinced we need to get rid of Tate he goes and makes an amazing catch or a really decent return.  So I feel a little sheepish about wanting to replace him.  And he's been serviceable fielding punts.

But honestly when it was just Tate, Sanu, Burkhead and maybe Sanzenbacher nobody was getting open except Burkhead.  And at that point I determined that none of those receivers were worth keeping, or at the least would be dependent on being paired with a better receiver.

So I'm hoping we can get some new blood to produce this year - even if they start out with some rough edges.  I'm hoping that Cole, Kumerow and Erikson make enough of an impact that we can bump the rest of the back ups for these three.  I think Erikson is a good punt returner and probably could return kickoffs.  I was pretty excited about the way Wright looked 2 years ago, so if he returns to form I'd be OK with him as well.

I know the knee jerk feeling (of fans) every spring is to get the new guys in.  I'm hoping this year the new blood justifies the move.