Kicking the need for a tight end a year down the line finally caught up with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2023, as their one-year-prove-it-deal veteran proved nothing except that they made a bad decision to sign him.
Key Players
- Irv Smith Jr.
- Tanner Hudson
- Drew Sample
2023 Review
For the second year in a row, the Bengals declined to draft a tight end in what was widely viewed as a very deep class.
Veteran Irv Smith was supposed to make himself a lot of money just like Hayden Hurst did in his one year in the Queen City, but that did not work out as planned.