THE DRIVE OF BENGALS TIGHT ENDS. The beauty of having quality tight ends on this roster is highly beneficial to any offense. And it was more so on theBengals opening drive of the game, starting with Reggie Kelly's great blocking that freed up two of Benson's runs, picking up 15 yards rushing that was capped by Jermaine Gresham's first preseason touchdown.

On 2nd-and-9 at Buffalo's 46-yard line with 14:09 left in the first quarter, Reggie Kelly lined up as the fullback in a three-wide I-formation. At the snap, Reggie Kelly bolted through the right side of the line, colliding into Buffalo's outside linebacker Bryan Scott. The block enabled Benson to run off Kelly's block, picking up an additional five yards on the 11-yard run. First down. A few plays later, after Buffalo was called for a defensive holding, the Bengals called off-tackle to the right with single-back formation and Kelly lined up as the tight end on the right side of the line. With Scott on the line of scrimmage aiming to rush upfield, Kelly locked into the linebacker and kept him on the outside while Benson rushed into the natural lane to Kelly's left picking up another four yards.

After that, it was all Jermaine Gresham. Chad's 17-yard reception brought Cincinnati to the Bills' nine-yard line with 12:15 left in the first quarter. Jermaine Gresham lined up as the left Tight End. Nothing glittery. Nothing special. Gresham simply ran vertically into the endzone, thanks to busted coverage, turned around and caught Carson Palmer's touchdown pass.

Impressions of the drive. Great blocking by Reggie Kelly with a drive capped by Jermaine Gresham catching his first preseason touchdown.