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Reported:
February 6th, 2006
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TE |
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Bengals don't use their tight ends much in the passing game. Their
best pass catching tight end, Matt Schobel, is a free agent this year
and it's expected that he will be elsewhere next year. There's no
telling how potent this offense could be if they are able to land
a top flight pass catching tight end. This isn't a huge need because
they've done pretty well without much from the tight end. |
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QB |
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After the injury to Carson Palmer, the backup quarterback position
suddenly became very important. Jon Kitna has been on the roster for
some years and he can fill in for Palmer quite nicely. The problem
is that Kitna is a free agent with aspirations of starting somewhere.
The Bengals need to make it a priority to resign Kitna because of
his familiarity of the Bengals offense. Don't be surprised if Palmer
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OL |
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Bengals are really solid on the line. So why do we put this position
as a team need? The simple reason is that all five starters' contracts
are up at the end of the 2006 season. It would be very wise of the
Bengals to resign some of these guys now instead of having the possibility
of all of your starters leaving via free agency. |
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DT |
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Bengals ranked 20th against the run last year. What the Bengals need
is a big boy to occupy a couple of offensive linemen. They need one
of those players whose stats never look gaudy but his importance to
the team can't be measured. That would allow the DEs and LBs to do
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SS |
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Bengals ranked 26th against the pass last year. They are in pretty
good shape at FS, but expect them to use one of their first two picks
on a strong safety. If Darnell Bing, from USC, is still on the board
when the Bengals pick in the first round, it will be very tempting
to take him. If he is gone, they may wait until the second round to
take a safety. |
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DE |
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Justin Smith can continue to improve then this position will already
be improved from within. They still need a DE that can clog up the
run. This isn't the Bengals biggest need so this position can easily
be filled with a lesser free agent and/or a second day draft pick. |
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Bengals
Free Agents
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Player
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Pos
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Status
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| Rashad Bauman |
CB |
UFA |
| Reggie Myles |
CB |
UFA |
| Carl Powell |
DE |
UFA |
| Hannibal Navies |
LB |
UFA |
| Marcus Wilkins |
LB |
UFA |
| Nate Webster |
LB |
UFA |
| Scott Kooistra |
OG |
RFA |
| Jon Kitna |
QB |
UFA |
| Kenny Watson |
RB |
UFA |
| Anthony Mitchell |
S |
UFA |
| Ifeanyi Ohalete |
S |
UFA |
| Matt Schobel |
TE |
UFA |
| Tony Stewart |
TE |
UFA |
| Kelley Washington |
WR |
RFA |
| Kevin Walter |
WR |
RFA |
Bengals
2005 Season Ending Depth Chart
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OFFENSE
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WR
85 CHAD JOHNSON 83 Kevin Walter 88 Tab Perry
LOT 76 LEVI JONES 65 Eric Steinbach
LG 65 ERIC STEINBACH
C 74 RICH BRAHAM 53 Eric Ghiaciuc
RG 63 BOBBIE WILLIAMS 75 Scott Kooistra
ROT 71 WILLIE ANDERSON 79 Stacy Andrews
TE 82 REGGIE KELLY 89 Matt Schobel 86 Tony Stewart
48 Brad St. Louis
WR 84 T.J. HOUSHMANDZADEH 15 Chris Henry 87 Kelley Washington
QB 9 CARSON PALMER 3 Jon Kitna 6 Craig Krenzel
HB 32 RUDI JOHNSON 23 Chris Perry
FB 31 JEREMI JOHNSON 30 Nick Luchey
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DEFENSE
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LDE
90 JUSTIN SMITH 72 Carl Powell
LDT 98 BRYAN ROBINSON 96 Matthias Askew
RDT 97 JOHN THORNTON 66 Shaun Smith
RDE 91 ROBERT GEATHERS 92 Duane Clemons 68 Jonathan Fanene
SLB 99 DAVID POLLACK 59 Landon Johnson 57 Hannibal Navies
MLB 51 ODELL THURMAN 52 Nate Webster
WLB 56 BRIAN SIMMONS 55 Marcus Wilkins 58 Caleb Miller
LCB 24 DELTHA O’NEAL 25 Keiwan Ratliff 41 Patrick Body
RCB 20 TORY JAMES 21 Rashad Bauman 27 Greg Brooks
SS 26 IFEANYI OHALETE 42 Anthony Mitchell
FS 34 KEVIN KAESVIHARN
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SPECIALISTS
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P 19 Kyle Larson
K 17 Shayne Graham
KO 17 Shayne Graham
PR 25 Keiwan Ratliff 84 T.J. Houshmandzadeh 24 Deltha O’Neal
KOR 88 Tab Perry 23 Chris Perry 84 T.J. Houshmandzadeh
LS 48 Brad St. Louis 89 Matt Schobel 53 Eric Ghiaciuc
H 19 Kyle Larson 3 Jon Kitna |
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