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Rookie sensation
Tyler Eifert has more than impressed Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin
Lewis. Eifert will have multiple roles in the Bengals offense.
Tyler Eifert
already has multiple roles in Bengals’ offense
bleacherreport.com
Tyler Eifert has been with the Bengals for all of one day of practice,
but he already plays an important part in Cincinnati’s offense.
Actually, multiple important parts.
Eifert, the tight end the Bengals took in the first round of the NFL
draft, said after the first day of rookie minicamp that he’s going to
be a lot more than just a tight end.
“A lot of the things I’m learning are a lot of the same plays we had in
with two tight ends — move me around in different positions,” Eifert
said. “Today I was out in the slot quite a bit. I think I’m picking it
up pretty fast.”
Eifert was working as a hybrid tight end and slot receiver on Friday
and he said the Bengals’ offense came naturally to him.
“I think I picked it up better than I thought I would at first,” Eifert
said. “It’s not a whole lot, but it’s definitely something new for me.
I’m catching on pretty quickly and moving around quite a bit.”
Bengals coach Marvin Lewis agreed with Eifert’s self assessment.
“[Eifert] is as advertised,” Lewis said, via Joe Reedy of the
Cincinnati Enquirer. “What I was most impressed with is how he did a
great job in the running game and the techniques he’s being taught. I
know he can run and catch, and turn get-back shoulder plays and all
those kinds of things that you have to do in tight spots in the NFL. I
know he can do all that. But the other stuff was impressive today.”
One rookie minicamp practice isn’t much to go on, but all indications
are that the Bengals have big plans for what Eifert can do.
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