After a few rocky seasons, the Cincinnati Bengals finally put an end to questions around the punter position.
Tuesday, the team secured Ryan Rehkow on a two-year contract extension.
Rehkow was a breakout player for the Bengals as a free-agent arrival last summer. He played all 17 games as a rookie, setting team records for gross punting average (49.1) and net average (42.9) in the process.
The year before that, the Bengals had searched for an answer and landed on Brad Robbins to mixed results. And the year before that, it was Drue Chrisman attempting to take over for long-time starter Kevin Huber.
In a mild upset, Rehkow arrived and made the most of his opportunity, creating the first solid outlook for the position entering a summer in years.
