Team waives TE Ronnie Ghent

The Bengals this afternoon announced they have waived tight end Ronnie Ghent. The former Louisville player spent the 2006 season on the team's practice squad before being moved to the injured reserve list with a foot injury suffered Oct. 25 in practice.

He had no statistics.

Tight end remains a big question mark with training camp opening next week.

Reggie Kelly, who re-signed for three years as a free agent in March, remains the clear starter. But after losing backup Tony Stewart to the Raiders in free agency, the Bengals have no clear No. 2 tight end.

The possibility strongly exists that the Bengals will move to pick up a veteran tight end once other NFL teams begin trimming rosters in August.

The top remaining two tight ends on the roster appear to be Tim Day and Bobby Blizzard.

The Bengals signed Blizzard to a one-year deal June 27. He was a free agent who had played for the Cologne Centurions of NFL Europa this year. He is listed as a first-year player.

Blizzard , at 6-foot 4, 255 pounds, led the Centurions this season in receptions (38), receiving yardage (494) and touchdowns (six).

Blizzard’s most recent NFL activity was at Baltimore, where he spent the last three games of 2005 on the Ravens practice squad. He also spent the entire 2004 season on Arizona’s practice squad. He originally signed with Pittsburgh as a college free agent out of North Carolina in 2004.

Day, who is 6-3, 255 pounds, was a rookie in 2006. He spent the final nine weeks of the 2006 season on the Cincinnati practice squad after spending the first part of the season on the Philadelphia practice squad. Day played in 49 games for the University of Oregon in a three-year career with the Ducks.