We return to look at the Cincinnati Bengals roster, this time going in depth at tight end. The Bengals have a Pro Bowl tight end in Tyler Eifert. That doesn’t mean they couldn’t select another tight end in the 2017 NFL Draft, maybe even in the first round.

Eifert is a matchup nightmare for opposing teams’ pass defenses, but he can’t stay on the field. He’s yet to play a full 16 game season and he’s missed 27 games in his first-four seasons in the league. When he is healthy, he’s proven that he deserved his first-round selection in 2013.

Tyler Kroft and C.J. Uzomah both saw playing time last season, as Eifert spent the first seven games recovering from a back injury in the 2015 Pro Bowl and subsequently dealt with nagging injuries until he was placed on injured reserve near the end of the season. However, both players are primarily put in the game to block, not run routes.

If Cincinnati decides to add a tight end in the draft, they could make a statement by selecting Alabama’s O.J. Howard with the ninth-overall pick. The Bengals have taken a tight end in the first round twice in the past decade, with Eifert in 2013 and Jermaine Gresham in 2010.

Howard is far and away the best tight end prospect in the draft and is considered one the best players at the position to come out of the NCAA in a while. He’s drawing comparison to players like . . . You guessed it: Tyler Eifert.

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If the Bengals decide to go another direction in the first round, There are plenty of other prospects that should be available in the second or third round.

It would be wise for Cincinnati to place players like South Alabama’s Gerald Everett, Ole Miss’s Evan Engram and Ashland’s Adam Shaheen on their draft board. Both prospects can add another receiving option at the tight end position to compliment and/or replace Eifert if he goes down with injury again.

Many fans may question a decision to draft a tight end high, but the same scenario happened in 2013 when Cincinnati drafted Eifert with two-time Pro Bowler Gresham on the roster.

Could you imagine two tight end sets with Howard and Eifert on the field? With the right scheming, it could have major potential for the Bengals.