The Ladies Are Loving Shipley.... Probably

by Under Argo 3. August 2010 20:47

Look at him! I SAID LOOK!!!

Hi, I'm Jordan Shipley. I look like a cowboy-prince-rockstar-ninja. I'm a professional football player. I'm a millionaire.

Guys, how can we compete with this? We can't. I give up. You should too. I was mad when I first saw this picture because I knew that my "playing career" in Cincinnati was at it's end. But, when I looked at the picture for a second time, I wasn't mad anymore. It seams that Shipleys boyish good looks have even had their effect on me. Damnit!

There's only one explanation for this:

Don't look in his eys.... you'll be lost forever.

He's a robot. Yes, I said it. Jordan Shipley is a robot.... he has to be. There is nobody who looks like this and be athletic enough to be in the NFL. I mean, to get to the professional level of football, shouldn't you have scars and black eyes and stuff? You definitely should right? Well Shipley doesn't, hence, he's a robot. I'll tell you why after I post another picture....

I... can't..... stop.

What is happening to me?!?

What was I talking about? Oh yeah, the robot thing. Shipley is a robot. He was obviously engineered in some sort of government laboratory where they create perfect peoplebots. He was sent in to the real world to learn from people and eventually take us over by making us all fall madly in love with him. Somewhere along the way, things changed. Shipley became self aware. But, instead of traveling back in time to kill some chick who will have a baby that won't like him very much or turning us all into energizer bunnies and creating an awesome dream world for us all, he decided that his hardware is best suited for football. And music. And being cool.

A face that only a CPU... and my girlfriend, mom and sister could love.

Before you start to freak out about the fact that Shipley will probably make every woman who is dear to you fall madly in love with him (he totally will), think about what he can, and will do for our favorite football team. There is no way that any defense can look into those eyes that are sitting perfectly on that golden proportioned face and not travel to fantasy land, completely forgetting about who, where and what they are supposed to do. In order to play against Shipley, they're going to have to treat him like Medusa and not look him in the eyes. How can they guard him if they can't look at him? Well, the last I checked, there isn't a Perseus playing in the secondary of any team in the NFL.

Robot Shipley... you can have my girlfriend. Just work your eyeball-pretty-face-magic on the field and take the Bengals back to the Super Bowl. If you do that, I won't care what you do in your free, battery recharging time.

Can't.......stop........eyes are..... beginning to..... bleed.

 

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Welcome To Cincinnati Mr. Owens

by Under Argo 27. July 2010 18:15

Can you see it? I can. First and ten... the Bengals line up on their own 20-yard line. Carson Palmer is under center with Cedric Benson behind him. To his right, next to the tackle, is Jermain Gresham. Further out to the right is a familiar sight.... Chad Ochocinco. To his left, in the slot, is Jordan Shipley and further out to the left is a not so familiar, but welcome, sight..... Terrell Owens. The ball is snapped. Palmer puts the ball out like he's going to hand it off to Benson drawing the defense in. By the time they realize it's a play action fake, it's too late. Chad Ochocinco is open 20 yards down the field in the middle. Owens is in the middle of burning the defensive back that is covering him and Shipley is open across the middle at about 10 yards. Oh yeah.. Gresham. Gresham is being covered by a linebacker who is either too slow to cover him or a defensive back that is too small to cover him. He's open in the flat. Carson Palmer has so many options right now that his head exploads. They march down the field and score with ease. Owens and Ochocinco do a touchdown dance that is so beautiful, the referee won't even throw his flag... he's too busy drying his eyes.

Now that the Bengals have agreed to terms with TO, this seems to be more of a reality to me than a fantasy. Owens still has the ability to burn whoever is covering him and we all know what Ochocinco can do. Defenses will have to spread the wealth of talent to cover both of them which means no more constant double teaming Ochocinco. The Bengals just turned into one of the best passing teams in the NFL.

Congratulations, Mike Brown. You have opened my wallet and opened my heart. I can't wait to spend more money at your stadium.

Who Dey.

You Don't Need All Those Green Men From History Times

by Under Argo 14. July 2010 22:50

So here's the deal. It's time to do your part for the Bengals. Go here, right now, and buy some season tickets. You know you want to. If you have been down to the stadium on game day before, then you know what you will be missing out on if you don't throw a sweaty wad of cash at Mike Browns chubby face. If you haven't been to PBS on gameday before, well one, you're a hermit or some other kind of crazy, and two, you have no idea what you're missing.

     Hi. I'm a hermit and there is a very good chance that I hate fun and puppies.

Let me tell you what you're missing. You're missing eight glorious days of food, beer and football.. but not just football.... f*cking Bengals football. Add that to two more pre-season games and possible playoff games and you've got a recipe for asskickery the likes of which you've probably never seen. Still need convincing? Okay, I'm going to give you a list of reasons to buy Bengals season tickets and hopefully by the time I'm done, you'll already be halfway through typing in your credit card information. Here we go.

REASON NO. 1: Being Selfish Sucks

Nobody likes a selfish person. I didn't like the little asshole who wouldn't share his dynoriders toys with me in preschool (remember that shit?) and I don't like assholes who don't share things with me now. The worst thing in the world for a Bengals fan would be to suffer through a terrible week of work where the only think keeping him from blowing his (or her) brains out is the Bengals play on Sunday. Then, when the clock strikes 1 pm on Sunday and he (or she) settles comfortably in front of his (or her... do I have to keep doing this to keep any female readers happy?) television to watch the Bengals kick ass, something terrible happens. Channel 12 is playing re-runs of Rerun doing his gay little dance on What's Happening!!. What is happening!?! would be the last thought gowing through his head, other than a bullet. It's a sad story and it's all your fault.

If you don't buy season tickets, you are increasing the chances of a black out which in turn increases the chances of mass suicides on Sundays. Do you really want all of that blood on your hands? And do you really want the Rerun dance on TV every again? I hope not.

REASON NO. 2: Drinking On Sundays

Let's face it, alcohol makes everything awesome. It makes the most mundane tasks much less mundane. It makes that fat girl with a slight lisp in the next cubicle hot and gives you the power to talk to her. It truly is the nectar of the gods. It is usually unacceptable to drink during the week if you're a functioning member of society and if you have a family, it is usually unacceptable to drink period (unless you're cool). However, there is a weekly holiday that allows you to drink your face off and your feelings into a coma every Sunday for half the year. That holiday is called tailgating. Yes, friends, tailgating is one of the greatest traditions of football. It gives you a reason to crack open an ice cold Bud Light at eight o'clock in the morning on a f*cking Sunday. There is no better way to get ready for another shitty work week than showing up on Monday half drunk and half hung over. Unfortunately, without season tickets, it's basically pointless to tailgate. So, if you want to be able to throw up from gratuitous amounts of alcohol on a Sunday morning, you had better get some tickets. God made Sunday for rest and football. It's what Jesus would do.

           Buy Bengals season tickets or burn in Hell for eternity.... simple.

REASON NO. 3: Screw Your Mortgage Payment

Look, it's no secret that it's all the rage to get your house forclosed on. Nowadays, it's what all the cool kids do. Are you concerned about money? Afraid you won't be able to send your kid to college if you buy season tickets? I have the solution for you and the solution is, f*ck your kids and f*ck your house. Okay, that sounded bad but it's kind of true. I'm sure you don't want to resent your kids (or your house) for ruining your life just like I'm sure they don't want to be the reason that mommy or daddy drink so much. Do things for yourself now and let your kids fend for themselves later. Besides, the world is probably going to end in 2012 so any extra work you dump into your kid's future is going to be wasted. You might as well waste that work, in the form of beer and football, on yourself now. And, if the world doesn't end, at least your kids will know how to fend for themselves. That's more than can be said for most kids.

REASON NO. 4: Being Irresponsible Is Fun

I am one of the most irresponsible people that I know. I burn holes in my pockets like my money, for some reason, is made of fire. I have no concept of the words save, consequence, 401-K or no (that last one causes problems). While I may seem to be a functionally retarded, alcohol drenched, broke drain on society, which may be true, but I have more fun than you. I cannot afford season tickets this year. So logically, yesterday, I bought season tickets. I buried myself under a mountain of debt so I could make sure that I'm there on Sundays to chear on my favorite team. Does that make me a bigger and better fan than you? Well I don't want to say I'm better than anybody but I totally am and if you're ass isn't in a seat come August 15, then I'll continue to think it.

Being responsible might sound cool but being an idiot is much more fun. Trust me, I'm an expert.

So there you have it. There are a thousand more reason for you to cowboy up and do your duty for the team who get's you through the 40 degree, rainy crap winter in Cincinnati. Besides, who doesn't want to have a seat license when the Bengals play their second home playoff game in two years?

Who Dey.

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Everybody Hates Ben...... Did You Know That?

by Under Argo 23. June 2010 04:12

Among Forbes' endless lists of stuff that most people don't care about, I stumbled upon the Forbs.com list of the most-disliked people in sports. Of course, I wouldn't be writing about it on this site if it didn't have anything to do with the Bengals.... or more specifically the Bengals sworn enimies.... the Pittsburgh Steelers. That's right WhoDeyFans, the Steelers field general, Ben Roethlisberger has found himself on a list with puppy killers, cheaters, steriod users, assholes and Al Davis. What's even better, he's in the top-five.

Roethlisbergers latest excursion in the restroom of a Georgia college bar landed him in some hot water. People usually don't like people who rape other people so by default, people don't like Ben. There's no middle ground. People either like rapists and usually those people are... you know... rapists (the vast minority of people.... I hope), or they hate rapists and I'm assuming that's like 99.999% of people. Nobody sits around and looks at Ben and says, "I don't do it (rape people)... but I get it."

So in honor of Big Ben making a list with Al Davis, and trust me, any list with Al Davis is a terrible list, here's a little song.... enjoy.

 

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Snapshot of the Bengals Defense

by Under Argo 25. May 2010 14:56

Fourth best in the NFL what? Everybody's heard the saying, if it's not broke you don't need to fix it. I think, finally, that was the mentality that Zimmer and the Bengals had this offseason regarding the defense. Finally, after many years of being really bad, the Bengals defense was really, really good and there was no need to panic about getting this guy or that guy to fill some gaping hole on the line or in the secondary. It's about time.

So, instead of fixing what isn't broken, the Bengals just make it better by adding depth.

Let's take a look at the defense coming into the 2010 season as of right now:

Defensive Line (interior):

  • Jonathan Fanene
  • Orien Harris
  • Tank Johnson
  • Clinton McDonald
  • Domata Peko
  • Pat Sims
  • Geno Atkins (r)

Solid group of guys to shore up the heart of the defense and stop the run. Peko's back after not playing the last five games last season and his presence on the defensive line is invaluable. Tank Johnson is becoming more and more of a leader and his skill set combined with rookie Atkin's quickness could combine for some sacks. Sims and McDonald are solid run stoppers and we all saw what Fanene did when Odom went down. He can play inside or outside. What I see here is a great starting defensive line and very solid backups that could start for most teams. Depth is always good at a position that gets the crap kicked out of it every play.

Defensive Line (exterior):

  • Robert Geathers
  • Michael Johnson
  • Antwan Odom
  • Frostee Rucker
  • Rahim Alem
  • Carlos Dunlap (r)

We can assume that Odom will get his starting job back after suffering his injury last season and Geathers will be on the opposite side of him. What we don't know right now is what role second year man Michael Johnson will play. I was fairly impressed with what he did last year. He knocked down numerous passes, made a couple sacks, played tough and helped the Bengals defense finish fourth in the NFL. To me, he still seams like a passing down guy because of his speed around the edge. That's the same role I expect rookie Dunlap to contribute also. He seams to be a carbon copy of Johnson when it comes to size and speed. It's exciting to know that we have power rushers and speed rushers on both sides of the line. Can you say "quarterback's worst nightmare"?

Linebackers:

  • Abdul Hodge
  • Rashad Jeanty
  • Brandon Johnson
  • Dhani Jones
  • Rey Maualuga
  • Vincent Rey
  • Keith Rivers
  • Dan Skuta
  • Rodrick Muckelroy (r)

Once more, we can assume that the starting three will be Dhani in the middle, Maualuga at SAM and Rivers at MIKE. Zimmer has said that Jones is an extension of himself out of the field and even though he's in his eleventh year (which is getting pretty up there in football years) a guy that can basically be a coach on the field is great, especially when you're around fairly young guys. I'm excited to see what Maualuga does in his second year. He played really well last season and with a year of experience under his belt he can finally prove to everybody that he deserved a first round pick last year. Rivers is great off the edge because of his size and speed. Behind them, guys like Brandon Johnson, who played great last year, Jeanty and Hodge are solid backups. This is the core of any defense. They have to do everything. Stop the run and drop back in pass coverage. Personally, I think this is the best linebacking corps in the AFC North, including Baltimore.

Safety:

  • Chris Crocker
  • Bryan Evans
  • Kyries Hebert
  • Jeromy Miles
  • Rico Murray
  • Chinedum Ndukwe
  • Tom Nelson
  • Roy Williams
  • DeAngelo Willingham

This was an iffy area for the Bengals last year. Williams went down almost right away and Crocker suffered through some injuries too. There wasn't much depth behind the two of them and the Bengals had a problem covering some deep threats. This year, Williams and Crocker are back and are both 100 percent. I would assume that they will be the starters. Ndukwe or Evans may come in for one of them during passing down to help maintain coverage but as long as Williams and Crocker stay healthy I don't see a problem at the safety position. However, if one of them goes down, it wouldn't surprise me to see the Bengals scramble to grab a free agent.

Cornerback:

  • Leon Hall
  • Adam Jones
  • David Jones
  • Jonathan Joseph
  • Keiwan Ratliff
  • Johnny Sears
  • Morgan Trent
  • Brandon Ghee (r)

This is where the strength in the secondary comes from. The two starters, Hall and Joseph, are as good as they come. Both are shutdown corners with the potential to hold any receiver at bay. Signing Adam Jones was huge, he has the ability, potential and talent to start so having him as a backup is great. Morgan Trent did a good job last season as the teams nickle back. I expect to see one of these guys take some snaps at the safety position, though. Brandon Ghee is fast as hell and hits hard. It wouldn't surprise me to see him lined up next to Crocker or Williams in obvious passing downs.

Okay. Are you impressed? I sure as hell am. The Bengals have the same defense that landed them fourth best in the NFL last year and they upgraded in free agency and the draft. It's going to be a good year for us a bad year for the rest of the AFC North. The Bengals defense used to be that nerdy kid in gym class that all the other, tougher kids (Pittsburgh and Baltimore.. Cleveland, not so much) used to throw the dodge balls at first. Well that dorky kid went to Zimmer's Ass Kicking Kung Fu Dojo and now they're back and ready for revenge. It's time for the Bengals to lead the AFC North "best defensive" division.

Whodey.


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Now We Have a Mendenhall of Our Own

by Under Argo 13. May 2010 23:32

First: Reggie Kelly signed a one year deal with the Bengals, and like I mentioned before, there isn't another tight end that I'd rather have Gresham learning the ropes from.

Okay, on to the headline news.

The Bengals claimed running back Walter Mendenhall off waivers from the Bills today. Yes. I know what you're thinking. "Isn't there a Mendenhall on that team that I hate with the fury of a thousand suns?" Well if you're cool like me and you hate the steelers like me, then you would know that, yes, there is a Mendenhall that works for Shittsburgh. In fact, it's Rashard Mendenhall, Walter's younger brother.

I wouldn't be concerned (if you are) about the fact that the Bengals roster may be infected with the taint, by blood, of the evilness that resides in Pittsburgh. Before you know it, Bengals players will be raping college girls in bar bathrooms and refusing to turn off their iPods on airplanes.

Nope, don't worry. This is for pure competition.

We all know who's going to be getting the bulk of the carries next season. Benson is. Benson always will, until the end of time. So it's obvious that he's not losing his spot on the roster and I would be willing to bet my terrible, almost non-existant, salary that Bernard Scott and Brian Leonard won't be affected by any running backs being added to the roster either (unless they sign somebody like LT or Westbrook and that's not going to happen).

Cedric Peerman, Walter Mendenhall and Cordera Eason were all signed as free agents this offseason. Hobson believes that the Bengals are looking for a "back-up bellcow" running back. A guy who can replace Larry Johnson and basically make sure he can take the bulk of the carries if something is to happen to Benson. I think it's a good move on their part, too.

I would only expect to see just one guy out of the three making the final roster. Maybe it won't even be one of these guys, it could be somebody who the Bengals pick up down the line. It would kind of be cool, though, to see the older Mendenhall piss on the younger Mendenhall's pillow during their family Christmas after the Bengals beat the Steelers at home on November 8, or in leyman's terms... Monday Night Football.

He should start eating all the asparagus, garlic and curry he can get his hands on from now until November 9.

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Kelly May Sign Soon; Matt Jones is Awesome

by Under Argo 12. May 2010 22:30

Hobson says Reggie Kelly could be on the field in his good old number 82 jersey as soon as next week. Kelly says that his new robot ankle is stronger than his other "human" ankle and that he's ready to rock. While Kelly has never been a huge receiving threat at tight end, he can block like Michael Moore holding up the line at the Pizza Hut buffet. If you don't get the metaphor, Reggie Kelly is really good at blocking.

"But, we just drafted a tight end that can do it all, why do we need to waste the money on Kelly?" somebody out there is asking and to this I say "Posh, Sir." The figurative tight end reigns will eventually be handed over to Jermaine Gresham. He is one of the many faces of the Bengals future. However, college football and professional football are two completely different games. Gresham might be a great mismatch in the receiving game but I can almost guarantee that there are a lot of pro defensive ends that will eat his lunch when he tries to block them. You can't really blame it on Gresham, that's just how it is. Luckily for Gresham (and us) he's got (hopefully) one of the best to show him the ropes.

The guy known as "The Reverend" is more than a great blocker and teacher, he's a spiritual leader in the locker room. A guy like that is extremely useful in a locker room containing some "public works projects" such as the "Adam Jones Project" and the "Matt Jones Project". There's not a better player than Kelly for these guys to look up to.

Speaking of Matt Jones: you can file him under A for Awesome. During Tuesdays first on the field coaching session, Matt Jones made exceptional cornerback Leon Hall his football field bitch on a couple of plays.

Hobson wrote:

"Palmer didn't throw a deep ball to Jones on Tuesday because the Bengals were installing their short routes. But twice Jones ran by a top-tier cornerback in Leon Hall during drills and caught one of them."

Hobson wasn't the only guy that noticed Jones' awesomenessisity. Carson Palmer noticed it too and if there's one guy that needs to be impressed when there are 11 wide receivers vying for five spots (two of which are already taken by Ochocinco and Bryant), it's Palmer.

Palmer said, "He looked good today. He's so long. Big. So lanky. I threw him a ball when he was completely covered. He just caught it out in front of him and didn't let the DB come close to making a play on it. That's what you have to do when you're that big and you're that type of player. I can't wait to get him out there for the long routes when we can put more of the offense in and we can open him up"

There won't ever be a Chris Henry replacement. He was a special player with skills that set him apart of other wide receivers. However, Matt Jones just may turn out to be the next best thing. If Carson's excited about him then so am I.

I cannot get over that rocking mustache!!

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Time To Cool Down

by Under Argo 5. May 2010 17:08

I heard last night, just like you did. Pacman is coming to Cincinnati (probably). I heard the news today, just like you did. Pacman is coming to Cincinnati for more than one year (probably). I've had time to think, digest the information and cool my jets. I took out my rage on my old computer and now that I have (had to buy) a new one, I thought I would elaborate on my feelings about the prospect of a Bengals jersey wondering the sidelines with the words P. Jones on it (and wondering the strip clubs with thousands of singles and a gun).

Here are my feelings....... MOTHERF*CKINGSONOFABITCH!!!!!!

Sorry about that. It's hard to be calm. I'm literally punching the keys on my poor poor keyboard like they slept with my sister.

Here's what I think. I think that I don't get it. The cornerback tandem of Leon Hall and Jonathan Joseph is good enough to make any defense jealous. They are a huge reason that the Bengals ended the season with the fourth ranked defense in the NFL. I'll admit that if one of them was to go down, the talent level drops quite a bit and their current backups lack the experience necessary to ease the minds of Bengals fans. Is that worth bringing in a guy who has a rap sheet longer than (insert your own dick joke here) all other Bengals... collectively. I don't think so, but then again, I don't run an NFL team.

I understand the guy's got talent. He's a good cover corner, he can hit, he's kind of that hybrid player that could probably play safety if he was asked to and he could be used in the return game. I can see how that kind of player could be of use to a team that has a lack of depth in the secondary. The Bengals should ask themselves one question though: Is the juice worth the squeeze? Is the potential upside of signing Jones, which could be very good, worth the potential downside of signing Jones, which could be very, very bad.

Let's imagine the potential headline of the sports page if this pays off; Bengals Win Super Bowl and Pacman Jones Saves Bus Full of Nuns Holding Babies From Falling Off Cliff With One Hand While Stopping Bank Robbers With the Other Hand!

Okay. That's a really long headline and it seems that in this example Pacman Jones equals Spiderman but you see where I'm going. High risk can, and sometimes does, equal high reward.

But we can all also picture the headline if the high risk would do the opposite of equalling high reward: Bengals Go Winless and Pacman Jones Blows Up Cincinnati and Takes Over the Country!

Okay, once again this headline, while not as long, is equally unrealistic - but you get the idea.

I'm no fortune teller. I don't have a crystal ball and I have no clue how this is going to work out. All I can do is make speculations on what may happen based on the past. That's all any of us can do. A thousand wise men once said, "If you don't learn from the past, you are doomed to repeat it."Are the Bengals going to learn from Pacman's past? Will Pacman learn from his past?

Sigh.... This is the last thing I'm going to say on the subject before I move to the final stage of whateverI'mgoingthrough disease, which is acceptance. We signed Benson, some grumbled, but it payed off. We signed Tank Johnson, some grumbled, but it payed off. We resigned Chris Henry (RIP), many grumbed, but it payed off. If we sign Pacman Jones, many will grumble, but will it pay off?

Bengals, I don't want to say I told you so. Please prove me wrong.

Pacman, I don't want to say I told you so the the Bengals. Please... please prove me wrong. Prove all of us wrong. We've got a good thing going here right now, you've got the power to jump in and join it or the power to jump on it and strangle it to death. Do the first one.

Moved on to acceptance...... Welcome to the Bengals Mr. Jones. I hope you enjoy your stay.

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Jeremi Johnson: Goodbye Bengals, Hello Burger King

by Under Argo 27. April 2010 09:47

Jeremi Johnson wants to have it his way and his way is the quad stacker of fatty death.

                                      Folks... that's just what he ate for breakfast this morning.

Jeremi Johnson doesn't want to play for the Bengals anymore. Maybe he's tired of never getting the ball, maybe he's tired of football in general or maybe he's sick and tired of being the butt of every WhoDeyFans fat joke. Who Knows? (I think it's the third one) The Bengals will miss their very very full back who showed an exceptional ability to block up the middle so it appeared Benson was following a tank (or other fat... er.. large vehicle) up the middle.

Fui Vakapuna will likely be the Bengals go to guy at full back now. The bad news: he probably doesn't have the ability to block quite as well as Johnson did. The good news: he's much more versatile out of the back field than Johnson. He's quick and can catch and make a few plays of his own. Also, let's not forget that Brian Leonard played the full back position in college at Rutgers for Ray Rice. I'm sure if the Bengals needed him to, Leonard could step up and throw a few blocks.

Soooo... We here at WhoDeyFans solute you Jeremi Johnson. Thank you for your service and thank you for being a good sport through all the cracks about your weight. We wish you the best of luck at whatever you do (star in the Hungry Hungry Hippo live action movie coming to a video store near you... soon) and wherever you go (the Cardiac Care Unit at a local hospital). 

Seriously, good luck. We couldn't have done it without you.

 

THIS JUST IN:

All fast food chain stocks plummet dramatically in the greater Cincinnati area. The cause is unknown but McDonalds, Taco Bells, KFC's and Waffle Houses are closing their doors all over the tri-state. What could have caused this catastrophe?


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Mikey Done Good

by Under Argo 23. April 2010 13:08

Ten minutes before the Bengals drafted Jermaine Gresham in the first round last night, they announced via Twitter that they were going to draft the 6'6" 260 lb tight end.  My first thoughts were of excitement and elation and after a night to sleep on it... I feel the same way and I'm sure I'll feel this way throughout the season. 

Jermaine Gresham can (and hopefully will) add a whole new level of asskickery and effectiveness to the Bengals' offense.  He has the speed to stretch the field, he'll be a nightmare for teams in the redzone and he's actually in the higher percentile of size when it comes to NFL tight ends (Dallas Clark-6'4", 244lbs; Jason Witten-6'5", 263; Tony Gonzalez, 6'5", 251).  His scouting report says that he already possesses NFL level strenghth for a tight end, that he is tough to tackle when he's in the open field and he's a mismatch for linebackers because of his size to speed ratio.

There are 2.5 tight ends on the Bengals roster right now (and if you put them together like they're Voltron, they might make one competent TE) and it's unclear whether the Bengals will sign Reggie Kelly or not.  Dan Coats can't catch, Chase Coffman obviously just can't play and there's some guy named Darius Hill on the roster.  From his scouting report and watching him dominate in college, I have the feeling that Gresham would outblock Coats, out-everything Coffman and I already know he exists so he outdoes Darius Hill. 

Unless they get hurt, a first round pick is usually expected to make an immediate impact on a team.  I don't see a way that Gresham won't be playing most downs right away... barring a hold out.  This was a desperate need for the Bengals and I don't think there is a guy that was realistically obtainable, free agency or draft, that will fill this need better than Gresham will.  Any guy whos scouting report says he can be compared to Tony Gonzalez, one of the best tight ends of all time, because "tight ends of Greshams caliber are very rare with his size, athleticism and production" is aces in my book.

Mikey done good, and I expect nothing less through the rest of the rounds tonight and tomorrow.  Is this going to be a repeat of last years draft?  I hope so.

WhoDey.

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