There are many Cincinnati Bengals targets at the trade deadline worth considering.
From an outsider’s perspective, at least. We recently outlined 11 targets they should pick up the phone and call about before the October 31 deadline. Tight end appeared multiple times after Irv Smith Jr.’s struggles so far.
One who almost made the cut?
Mo Alie-Cox of the Indianapolis Colts. It’s a pairing that fits prominently as a move the Bengals should make, according to a new column from Pro Football Focus’ Brad Spielberger:
Alie-Cox is now third on the Colts’ depth chart in snap share in 2023, with 2021 third-rounder Kylen Granson leading the way and 2022 sixth-rounder Andrew Ogletree showing serious chops as a blocker with a few nice grabs sprinkled in. Indianapolis also used its fifth-round pick in this past year’s draft on Miami (OH) tight end Will Mallory and has 2022 third-rounder Jelani Woods continuing to work his way back from a hamstring injury.
As Brad Spielberger goes on to note, Alie-Cox has all of six drops over 134 targets on his career, which would bring some serious reliability to the position.
At this point, any addition to the position might be a help and if the Bengals, for some reason, don’t like how it works with the 30-year-old, there’s an out built into his contract after this season.
This, if anything at all, is about the range of move the Bengals might look to make if the right sort of deal presents itself.
