Bengals1181 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 [b] [size=4][b]Bengals and Fullback Agree to Extension[/b][/size][/b] [color=#444444][font=sans-serif] [size=3] [size=3] By [b][url="http://thesidelineview.com/profile/adam-caplan"]Adam Caplan[/url][/b][/size] [/size] [i]March 7, 2012[/i] The Cincinnati Bengals and starting FB [b]Chris Pressley [color=#ff0000]have agreed to a two-year extension[/color][/b], his agent, [b]Blake Baratz[/b], confirmed. “Chris is one of the best people in the National Football League, and everything that he gets is well deserved. It's people like Chris that remind me that everything I do is worth it,” Baratz told [i]thesidelineview.com[/i]. Pressley, who was signed by the Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2009, was scheduled to become a restricted free agent on Mar. 13. After spending time on the Bengals practice squad as a rookie, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers wound up signing him to their active roster during the 2009 season. Pressley started three games for the team before being waived in October of 2010. Pressley was signed to the Bengals practice squad again later that season and stayed there until the team signed him in December to the active roster to close the season. Pressley, 25, won the starting fullback job coming out of training camp last season and started 10 out of the 15 games that he appeared in. [url="http://thesidelineview.com/columns/caplans-nfl-corner/bengals-and-fullback-agree-extension"]http://thesidelinevi...agree-extension[/url][/font][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whodey365 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 good move. i like pressley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishBengal Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 Pressley's a good pro and a good fullback. Glad we got him for another 2 years. Now get Reggie done please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky151 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 I'll bet his contract averages 1.26 mil or less. That's what a right of refusal tag would have cost. Min salary for a 4th year player is 615K so Bengals probably signed him for somewhere in between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SocalBengalEd Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 [quote name='EnglishBengal' timestamp='1331163850' post='1103269'] Pressley's a good pro and a good fullback. Glad we got him for another 2 years. Now get Reggie done please! [/quote] Agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBengalsFan Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Yeah, always felt like when I watched game replays he was making nice blocks. Also great to see after seeing how hard he worked for it going back to the Hard Knocks training camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NASTYNATI Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Love this kid! Glad he is back.... Now, GET REGGIE SIGNED!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Good news. 2nd the notion that they need to get Reggie done now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluhartz Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 [quote name='EnglishBengal' timestamp='1331163850' post='1103269'] Pressley's a good pro and a good fullback. Glad we got him for another 2 years. Now get Reggie done please! [/quote] x2 on all.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SocalBengalEd Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Get Reggie done now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The PatternMaster Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 You obviously know what it takes to build a good franchise. Your eye for talent is spreading around, good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted March 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 [b][b]53 minutes ago[/b][/b][color=#333333][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] - by Paul Dehner Jr.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#333333][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=1] [color=#333333][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]FB [/size][/font][/color][url="http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/playerpage/1675028/chris-pressley"]Chris Pressley[/url][color=#333333][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3], given a two-year extension late Wednesday, rated as the eighth-best fullback in the NFL last year, according to ProFootballFocus.com, which analyzes every play of every game. His ranking came despite not touching the ball once as a runner, earning all his accolades on run blocking.[/size][/font][/color][/size][/font][/color] [color=#333333][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=1] [url="http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/rapid-reports/team/CIN"]Cincinnati Bengals RapidReports[/url][color=#333333][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] | [/size][/font][/color][url="http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/rapid-reports"]All National Football League RapidReports[/url][/size][/font][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumble In the Jungle Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 I remember in hard knocks when he hit the linebacker so hard he jammed his helmet and dented his face mask lol. Good move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.Cleveland Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 I can remember several times watching him more than I was Ced because he hits like a truck and most long runs it seemed like he sprung him. At least once I was screaming about a block he made and people around me acted like I was retarded. IMHO great signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschooler Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 [b][size=6]Fullback plunge[/size][/b] By GEOFF HOBSON Posted 2 hours ago Even though he kept using it Thursday, Chris Pressley doesn't like the word, 'blessing." "Grateful is more like it. I'm grateful," he said. And since Pressley is a man of his word, that two-year deal he's expected to sign Monday as the Bengals fullback means a lot more than the undisclosed contract's bottom line. But like a true fullback who works in the unvarnished corners of the game, he doesn't want to make a lot of hoopla about it. "We've come full circle, but this isn't the end all," Pressley said. "I'm not going to let it overwhelm me. I'm grateful to the Bengals and the Browns for giving me a chance to not only make a footprint in the NFL, but in the community." This has been a big week of what he calls his "long journey." His family is also celebrating his mother's driver's license, an equally proud moment because as her son says, "She's had a lot going on." Like trying to keep her family afloat. The state of Florida has provided evidence that she has. Complete with photo. It wasn't very long ago, during Chris's freshman year at Woodbury High School in New Jersey to be precise, his family was evicted. With his mother, brother, and sister, he weaved to a shelter and then a cramped motel room before Jackie Pressley sent the kids to family and friends so they were within two to three miles of each other while she worked to get them back on their feet. "It isn't just me. It's all the people that have helped me get here," Pressley said. "My Mom. My family. The Browns. Coach (Marvin) Lewis). My teammates. A month ago, I didn't know what was going to happen. I really had no idea this was going to happen." As a player heading into his fourth NFL season, Pressley surfaced this year as a restricted free agent. Unless you're a Pro Bowler like Steelers wide receiver Mike Wallace, usually that means a one-year qualifying offer with no guarantees. But Pressley is a player valued for his toughness and reliability and with potential changes at running back they felt it would be nice to have some stability in front of them. In exchange, an unspecified bonus was nice for Pressley. Both sides get their stability. "The only bonus I ever got before this," Pressley said, "is when the Bengals signed me out of college. It was 1,200 bucks. It covered my last month's rent." Pressley doesn’t want to say how much but, yes, this is the most money he's ever received at one sitting. Not every player is Peyton Manning. Not every position is quarterback. If fullbacks are lucky in this day and age, they play a third of the snaps. Pressley's 282 snaps last season were 14th among NFL fullbacks, according to profootballfocus.com. He didn't carry the ball once. "They could have said, 'We won't give you an offer and we'll make you come in and win the job in training camp again,'" Pressley said. "They could have said, 'We'll go get a younger, fresher guy that's like Pressley.' But they're showing confidence in me. It's a nice feeling as you go into training camp." Training camp has always been an adventure for him ever since he arrived as a free agent out of Wisconsin in 2009. He got cut after that preseason, went on the practice squad and ended up playing seven games in Tampa when the Buccaneers signed him off the squad. Then the Bucs cut him after he played three games in 2010 and he ended up back in Cincinnati at the end of the season. When Jay Gruden arrived as the Bengals offensive coordinator last season, Pressley's role as a traditional fullback gained more of an appreciation. He may have only played 26 percent of the snaps, but he played in every game except one for a playoff offense and helped out a top 12 special teams unit. At 5-11, 256 pounds, Pressley may not have the best pair of hands or the most athleticism for an ideal West Coast fullback. But he's also an example of how the Bengals want free agency to go when it starts Tuesday at 4 p.m. They want to keep their own players they feel have the right approach to the game and to the team. It may a lower-rung deal to everyone else but both sides. "The Bengals get criticized," Pressley said, "but if you show them you'll play hard and go out and earn it, they'll reward you. They've changed my life." Truth be told, Pressley would be OK without football. You're talking about a guy that took out of Wisconsin a B.A. in business and marketing and a master's in communications and marketing. Before the Bengals came calling with a free-agent deal three years ago, Impact Sports, a branch of Nike apparel, offered him a regional manager job in the South Jersey-Philadelphia area and Phillip Morris offered a sales manager job in Chicago. But NFL money is NFL money and Pressley has been cautious. Both his grandfather and mother, who have helped raise his son, eight-year-old Chris Jr., now live near them in Tampa. "I've saved a lot of it. I'm not frugal, but I'm helping my family," he said. He always did. The bottom line is just different. While he was going through high school getting all As, he worked everywhere. You name it. And he could on Thursday. Wendy's. K of C. Taco Bell. Rita's Water Ice, where he chipped through the blocks of ice to make Italian ice and frozen custards. He painted a gym. He moved furniture for 50 bucks a day. "J and J Moving," he recalled. "Basically, I'd work at anything that wasn't selling drugs. "I never really thought about (future paychecks) back then," he said. "In life, you really can't foresee anything. The big things for me were taking care of my son." The lowest point, he was asked about back then? "I don't know about that," said. "There were a lot of low points." Pressley couldn't talk Thursday until after his workout. Give me three hours, he said. "I want to catch as many balls as I can," he said when he could talk. "I want to work on my endurance coming into camp. I already eat pretty well. I'm just looking to become a better player, a better person. "I'm looking for more hip explosion. I'm about five or six weeks out from shoulder surgery. It's restricted my lifting, but I've been working on the legs. I should be ready to go once we get back there (in April)." He took time to think about his mother his week. How she finally had her driver's license. But he didn't want to make it a deal. Fullbacks usually don't. "I'm taking care of business," he said. http://www.bengals.com/news/article-1/Fullback-plunge/440a4936-5e0e-4707-a29a-69a8352a588c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Awesome move, another of the many young/inexperienced players that should benefit greatly from a full offseason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboi Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 I'm not the biggest fan of resigning Chris Preslsey,but glad to have him back, hopefully he can work on catching the ball a little bit more.but other then that,he did have a descent year last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unleashed Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 [quote name='bigboi' timestamp='1331444800' post='1104278']I'm not the biggest fan of resigning Chris Preslsey,but glad to have him back, hopefully he can work on catching the ball a little bit more.but other then that,he did have a descent year last year.[/quote] If you aren't a big fan of resigning him why would you say in the same sentence that you're glad to have him back? Chris did a hell of a job blocking last year even though benson was busy running into Bobbie Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishBengal Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 I think these 2 videos really sum up the guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4kgHSJhytE&feature=related [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6uuVVTLmHA[/media] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SocalBengalEd Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 i love watching this guy block and then watching Benson run to the pile of men for a gain of one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboi Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 [quote name='unleashed' timestamp='1331447712' post='1104282'] If you aren't a big fan of resigning him why would you say in the same sentence that you're glad to have him back? Chris did a hell of a job blocking last year even though benson was busy running into Bobbie Williams [/quote] I'm more concern about him catching the ball in key situation,but he did do a great job blocking and opening up running lane's for Benson.That beginning said he needs to improve of catching the ball,it's also one of my concern's about Bernard Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The PatternMaster Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 [quote name='bigboi' timestamp='1331497522' post='1104346'] I'm more concern about him catching the ball in key situation,but he did do a great job blocking and opening up running lane's for Benson.That beginning said he needs to improve of catching the ball,it's also one of my concern's about Bernard Scott. [/quote] Pressly ain't on the field to catch passes, we have enough guys who can do that. He's on the field to put defenders in the dirt and he's damn good at it. Congrats to Pressely on his first million dollar deal!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldcat Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 [quote name='The PatternMaster' timestamp='1331573326' post='1104516'] Pressly ain't on the field to catch passes, we have enough guys who can do that. He's on the field to put defenders in the dirt and he's damn good at it. Congrats to Pressely on his first million dollar deal!!!! [/quote] Lets hope he doesn't do a Jeremy Johnson and put half of that into creme pies and balloon up to 290 pounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigris Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 [quote name='Oldcat' timestamp='1331574238' post='1104521'] Lets hope he doesn't do a Jeremy Johnson and put half of that into creme pies and balloon up to 290 pounds. [/quote] I know you're just saying, but there's no way. The dude is a high character guy with a will to earn. Jeremi was nothing but lazy. As soon as his body stopped maturing, he was screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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