Vikings Head Coach Kevin O'Connell Praises New Bengals Tight End Irv Smith Jr.

CINCINNATI — The Bengals signed tight end Irv Smith Jr. to a one-year contract last week. They're hoping the 24-year-old can be an instant contributor on offense.

Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell praised Smith during the NFL owner's meetings.

“He’s great with the football in his hand," O'Connell said via Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com. "We found ways. Screens. On some of the keeper game, the movement game. We found ways to get him the ball. Once he has the ball in the open field, he’s very rarely going to get tackled by the first defender. He was having a great training camp and he had a little bit of a finger injury. It didn’t slow him down by any stretch because he was still out there working, getting acclimated in our offense.”

Smith has 91 receptions for 858 yards and nine touchdowns in 37 career games. For more on what he brings to the Bengals, go here.

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