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Stallworth won’t be a Bengal; Matt Jones to play tight end?
You can scratch former Cleveland Brown Donte Stallworth off your wish list - or maybe it was your “please don’t sign THAT guy” list.
Stallworth is going to be a Baltimore Raven, according to a report on ESPN.com.
Stallworth, 28, was reinstated Feb. 7 by the NFL after sitting out a year and spending 24 days in prison. He was suspended by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for killing a 59-year-old pedestrian in Florida while driving drunk.
Matt Jones to play tight end?
The Bengals plan to use their newest addition — wide receiver Matt Jones — not as a wideout, but as a tight end, according to in-house NFL guru Carlos “Big C” Holmes.
Sources tell Big C that the Bengals like Jones’ size (6-6, 220), even though he comes in about 30 pounds lighter than your average tight end. Former Bengal tight end Ben Utecht was considered a pass-catching tight end and appeared small despite his 6-6, 245-pound frame.
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By Gary
February 17, 2010 1:52 PM | Link to this
So where does that leave Coffman? An excellent receiver that needed to work on his blocking. Does Jones have any blocking skills?
By Joe
February 17, 2010 2:25 PM | Link to this
Gary brings up an excellent point. Thought the whole reason Coffman didnt play this year was because he couldnt block. Do they take a WR in first round?
By fan
February 17, 2010 2:29 PM | Link to this
Remind me again how Stallworth, whose drinking led directly to the death of another man, gets reinstated after one year… while a guy like Odell Thurman, whose drinking (and/or drug use?) hasn’t caused anybody pain except for himself, is pretty much gone for good?
By Another fan
February 17, 2010 3:12 PM | Link to this
Stallworth reinstated? Not a fan of either one particularly, but Vick spends far more time in prison for mistreating animals. Whatever happened to the sanctity of HUMAN life?
By RC
February 17, 2010 4:58 PM | Link to this
Yes, Vick spent time in prison for “mistreating animals”. That’s exactly what happened. There’s nothing more to that story.
By Roscoe
February 17, 2010 5:05 PM | Link to this
Dante was reinstated sooner because the person he hit was also breaking the law by jaywalking and may by some reports have been in this country illegally…..
By JV
February 17, 2010 7:17 PM | Link to this
Roscoe is correct. Had Stallworth been sober, he would have never done jail time because the guy was jaywalking. It’s only because he was intoxicated and driving he ended up doing time.
By JVB
February 18, 2010 3:41 PM | Link to this
Will the Bengals stop looking for the holy grail of TEs. Great pass catching TEs DO NOT BLOCK! All top offenses that have great TEs don’t ask them to block effectively. Gates, Clark, Cooley, Gonzo, Daniels, whitten.. None of them can block a DE or LB straight up… Quit pretending!!!
By Who Dey27
February 18, 2010 8:40 PM | Link to this
Coffman can’t catch or block! He sucks. What a waste.
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March 18, 2010 3:50 AM | Link to this
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May 2, 2010 12:16 PM | Link to this
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