From the sounds of it, the Cincinnati Bengals have been a little bit stunned to see they landed three waiver claims after cutdowns.

A type of was at tight finish, the place they landed former Patriots third-round decide Devin Asiasi. His arrival, no less than partly, performed a job in free agent OJ Howard as a substitute signing with the Texans.

But when the Bengals are a bit miffed about that they positive aren’t exhibiting it. The truth is, tight ends coach James Casey threw out an attention-grabbing comparability whereas speaking up the transfer.

“He is a younger participant who’s received means and expertise. Nonetheless a little bit bit inexperienced, however watching him on movie, he can block the tight finish,” Casey mentioned, in response to Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com. “It is not like (CJ) Uzomah is an excellent flashy man, however he is making eight million as a result of he is good and may block … The blokes you’ll be able to belief to dam are actually invaluable and also you take a look at it, there’s one thing like 15 tight ends drafted, there’s not a whole lot of guys on the market.”

Asiasi arrives as fast depth behind Drew Pattern and Mitchell Wilcox on the spot (the identical factor Howard would have executed). Nevertheless it’s fairly attention-grabbing to listen to coaches already throw out Uzomah’s title as a reference level. Uzomah was a fifth-rounder in 2015 who did not play all that a lot his first few seasons, both.

We’re maybe a protracted methods off from seeing Asiasi contribute, as he seemingly will not even be lively for Week 1. However that is the kind of long-term pondering that ultimately pays off for groups.

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