The Cincinnati Bengals have a next man up problem at the backup tight end position. It was a position they seemed to be really deep at, but now a few injuries have them looking towards the end of the depth chart a little farther than some may like.
Fear not, as the next player in line is Jack Endries. He is a rookie tight end out of Texas who was selected in the Seventh Round, but was expected to go much sooner. Now he gets an early chance to prove that everyone made a mistake when evaluating him.
“They’ll have to pick up the slack, and we’ll be counting on them to do that. Attention to detail has been really important to him. Waiting for his moment, you can tell. He never knew when his number was going to be called. He’s really got to know three different positions, and so I’ve got trust just watching him operate in practice and in meetings and in training camp that if needed he was going to be ready to go. There was a time where he wasn’t needed, because we had everybody healthy, and now’s that time. So I’m not nervous at all about using him. I think he’s earned the opportunity,” Taylor said, via Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com.
Endries has a real chip on his shoulder. He really projected as a possible replacement for Mike Gesicki down the line, but he will clearly need to help fill the role that Noah Fant played last year that Erick All Jr. was commanding this season. It doesn’t fit his projected skill set, but we will see how much work he has put in learning that spot during the offseason and this year.
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