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No injury settlement either ?? It just seems odd.

If Bryant turns up on another roster and produces, not putting him on IR for the season will seem very stupid.

That being said, I'm glad this is finally over so we can move on without wondering.

Yeah it kinda makes you wonder. Maybe they felt the $7 million signing bonus was enough.

I got a feeling it might be fairly serious and I kinda doubt he's going to be picked up anytime soon. How much interest did he get in FA back in March to begin with?

And yes it is time to move on. I think the TO signing might be one of the top moves of the Marvin regime when it's over. But I really wonder if it was TO's age or reputation that scared the Bengals away. In hindsight it would have been good to have him here for all of the OTA's this spring instead of Bryant.

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Bryant released today per the dotcom.

http://www.bengals.c...e0-ea9de5d6cedf

Bengals relaease bryant???! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW this opens a whole other realm of possibilities

Somewhere, a quivering Jerome Simpson is saying thank you.

Lmao,.. You know who I was thinkin, matt jones,.. Haha but you know, jones and simpson had similar games,.. simpson f'd jordan over, and even though quan beasted out there he fumbled in the last minute... Cant be doin that, i think they all need to start against the colts just so that no one can make the excuse noone got a chance to produce

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Good for the Bengals and Mike Brown. No need to compound the mistake. Cut bait, move on. Too often in the past the Bengals have carried mistakes to try and recoup money ill-spent.

I like it. Nice and cutthroat.

As for the wasted money? Well, it was an uncapped year, and, hey, it's not MY coin...

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Welll maybe we should just stay out free agency and just extend our own...because FA as of late for us

Our Big Named FA

Sam Adams

B.Utecht

L.Coles

A.Byrant

THe only Free Agents that seem to work our are Bargain Deals...(Tank,Cedric,CRocker,Adam Jones & WIlliams)

s**tty luck, mostly. Adams was old and fat, but that he was as bad as he was still came as a surprise. Utecht was never going to be great, but his injury made any production impossible. Coles looked like a decent move, and I'm still surprised it resulted in so little.

Bryant was a dumb signing though. Even were he healthy he'd have been pretty underwhelming.

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Good for the Bengals and Mike Brown. No need to compound the mistake. Cut bait, move on. Too often in the past the Bengals have carried mistakes to try and recoup money ill-spent.

+1

It sucks to see this happen, but better to cut the cord so we can keep a Cosby or a Simpson or a Briscoe.

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Thinking this a little more makes me wonder about the future of the position.

Chad and TO could be gone after this season and there is no one that can produce the way they do on the roster.

It really makes me wonder if we don't actually see Chad and TO stay longer than the single season and dare I say it:

Target a WR early in next years draft. (Apologies to Hair ahead of time)

I'm not saying they should or even worrying about it, just spitballing.

I'd rather help on the interior of the o-line if I'm choosing.

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Per Reedy, Bryant's agent says they want his $1.55 million salary as an injury settlement.


/>http://twitter.com/joereedy/status/22456178383

Oh, thats nice...

You sure as hell aint gettin it!

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so, who makes the roster now? cosby or simpson? simpson offers more, i think - cosby isn't needed on ST anymore with the Adam Jones resurgence. Briscoe to PS, obviously.

Well it was Simpson or Cosby more likely with Byrant making the team..Now he's gone it's probably Cosby & Simpson with matt Jones or Briscoe trying to sneak on

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It really makes me wonder if we don't actually see Chad and TO stay longer than the single season and dare I say it:

Target a WR early in next years draft. (Apologies to Hair ahead of time)

Even if only Owens ends up gone between the two, I'll still be a supporter of the notion of pursuing a receiver in the first couple of rounds. If both end up leaving, it'll be more an emergency than just a "need". I like Shipley and Caldwell, but neither of them will ever be a starter outside.

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Thinking this a little more makes me wonder about the future of the position.

Chad and TO could be gone after this season and there is no one that can produce the way they do on the roster.

Chad will not be gone after the season. The team will pick up the option year on his contract. He will be our only decent WR, and I blieve that "option" is only around 6-7 mill. Not a lot for a starting WR these days....hell, Bryant pocketed more than that without even playing in a game.

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Thinking this a little more makes me wonder about the future of the position.

Chad and TO could be gone after this season and there is no one that can produce the way they do on the roster.

Chad will not be gone after the season. The team will pick up the option year on his contract. He will be our only decent WR, and I blieve that "option" is only around 6-7 mill.

He will be our only Decent? Shipley has been looking pretty damn good ^_^ plus who knows T.O Rnd 2

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Thinking this a little more makes me wonder about the future of the position.

Chad and TO could be gone after this season and there is no one that can produce the way they do on the roster.

Chad will not be gone after the season. The team will pick up the option year on his contract. He will be our only decent WR, and I blieve that "option" is only around 6-7 mill.

He will be our only Decent? Shipley has been looking pretty damn good ^_^ plus who knows T.O Rnd 2

Outside WR....Is that better? Shipley looks good so far, but we'll have to see, and he's a slot WR thats it.

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Like I said, I'm just spitballing with those thoughts, but the release of Bryant, who was suppose to be here for 4 years, makes the future of the position more of a question going forward.

I agree. I don't think we needed him to do that much this season having T.O around, but would have liked to see a healthy Bryant next season, and for 2 years after that.

I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't catch on with another team anytime soon, and the Bengals actually end up re-signing him to a smaller 1 or 2 year deal either late in the season (if an injury occurs) or next offseason. Those types of things have happened before.

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