The Bengals took their first step in bolstering their
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Hart started 21 games for the Giants in the past three seasons, including
seven last season. He was a seventh-round pick from Florida State in 2015.
The line was a major factor in the Bengals' second straight season missing
out on the playoffs. They fired offensive line coach Paul Alexander and replaced
him with former Cowboys assistant coach Frank Pollack after the season. The
offense finished last in the league, and the running game was the least
productive in franchise history.
Coach Marvin Lewis said the offensive line is "a focus area" in the
offseason.
The San Francisco 49ers rewarded wide receiver Marquise Goodwin
for his career-best season by giving him a three-year contract extension
Thursday worth $20.3 million.
Goodwin was one of San Francisco's best free-agent acquisitions last season
when he signed a two-year deal, giving the team a needed deep threat down the
field. His play led the 49ers to lock him up through the 2021 season with the
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After putting up little production in his first four seasons in Buffalo,
Goodwin is excited for the chance to remain in coach Kyle Shanahan's system with
Jimmy Garoppolo at quarterback.
"I definitely feel like this offense is good for me in a sense that it allows
me to be a football player," he said. "It gives me the opportunity to be out
there and make plays and that's what you want in a scheme and a system. It's not
just me. Everybody gets to shine. That's what's good about this offense. It's
not a one-man wrecking crew. It's not one guy making it happen. It's a lot of
guys making opportunities to make plays."
The 27-year-old Goodwin set career highs last season with 56 catches for 962
yards and scored two touchdowns. The former Olympic long jumper had caught just
49 passes for 780 yards in four seasons with Buffalo.
He also won the team's Len Eshmont Award for inspirational and courageous
play and won the team's Ed Block Courage Award given to the player that
exemplified a commitment to sportsmanship and courage.
It was a trying season off the field for Goodwin, whose premature son died
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he had 10 catches for 114 yards against Tennessee on Dec. 17.
"From the minute Marquise joined our team, he has shown us everything we want
to see in a 49er," general manager John Lynch said. "He leads by example with a
tremendous work ethic, a trait that helped him expand his repertoire as a
football player and post his most successful season as a pro last year. Marquise
earned this extension by coming in every day focused on doing his job
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Goodwin really excelled after Garoppolo took over as quarterback last
December. He had 29 catches for 384 yards and one touchdown in five games with
Garoppolo as the starter, tying for fifth in the NFL in catches and ranking
sixth in yards during those games.
Goodwin was also tracked with the fastest speed by a receiver on any catch
last season according to Next Gen Stats through SportRadar, running 21.68 mph on
a 55-yard catch from C.J. Beathard against Arizona on Nov. 5.
He narrowly missed out on a 1 Billy Price
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season finale against the Rams with a concussion after a helmet-to-helmet hit by
Blake Countess. Goodwin has had at least four concussions in his career.
"I was not scared at all by any means," he said. "I know the game I play.
It's tough, it's physical. Things like that happen at some point. The people in
the stands were more scared than I was based on how it looked and me being
unconscious for a few seconds. I'm blessed for the opportunity to be healthy and
go into 2018 with new opportunities."
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