Bengals Looking For a Tight End | 2010 NFL Draft Prospects

The Cincinnati Bengals are looking for a tight end at this years’ draft that has a strong ability to block and stretch the field in the passing game. Many teams in the NFL are looking for a tight end that can do just that but the problem is most tight ends have trouble doing both.

Jermaine Gresham, Aaron Hernandez, Dorin Dickerson and Dennis Pitta are all good in the passing game but have question marks when it comes to blocking.

One tight end that could fill the Bengals need is Rob Gronkowski. The former Arizona tight end has the ability to be a reliable receiver yet at the same time has the size to do a decent job blocking.

While Gronkowski isn’t projected to be one of the top tight ends taken this year because of back problems (had surgery) that plagued him for part of his college career. If Gronkowski has a strong pro day on March 27th it would go a long way towards helping his stock in this years’ draft.

It is possible that Gronkowski could move up and be one of the first three tight ends taken this year if a certain team (Bengals) felt good about his health.

Look for all the tight ends listed above to be potential fantasy starting tight ends over the next few years as they have the ability to help your team. Hernandez and Pitta are the two tight ends, I like the most for fantasy but Dickerson is a very interesting dark horse as well.

NFL fantasy football player rankings writer Sean E. Douglas: fantasy-info.com