P-Dub back on Monday?

[lando griffin]

Still some hope if you're a Peter Warrick fan

GEORGETOWN, Ky. _ Wide receiver Peter Warrick offered an impressive workout for the Bengals’ brass Thursday, an event that might mean he could be back as soon as Monday after missing the first week of training camp and all of the May and June camps.

Under head coach Marvin Lewis’ must-practice-every-day dictum, Warrick would have to go Monday to reach his goal of playing in the Aug. 12 pre-season opener at Paul Brown Stadium against the Pats.

Warrick reportedly cut, spun, and bounced off his rehabbing knee effectively as strength coaches Chip Morton and Ray Oliver continue their virtual 24-hour surveillance of Warrick. Among those at the workout were offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski, wide receivers coach Hue Jackson, director of football operations Jim Lippincott and director of player personnel Duke Tobin.

Now the key thing is to see how Warrick’s knee feels first thing Friday morning

[mtmeece]

Is it normal to be under the watchful eye of so much of the brass. Kinda sounds like PW's last shot.

[Bengals4Me]

I'm keeping my fingers crossed - he's a playa!

[mtmeece]

No doubt about him being a playa. You gotta believe he's gonna give it his all if he is able what with it being a contract year and all of the skeptisim surrounding him. Not to mention the fact that given all of talent at his position this could be his best chance for an audition for the rest of the league. I would like nothing more than to see him 100 percent and in stripes from now on.

[ArmyBengal]

A healthy Warrick can only be a good thing. Talk about depth...

WHODEY !!!

[The_Next_Big_Thing]

Warrick is doomed!

[jjakq27]

Mark Curnutte was on the Jeff Piecoro show on 1360 Homer at 11:30 and thought that PDub would practice on Monday. He thought he was ready based on what he has seen so far this week.

[BlainThePain]

I hope he can make it back. I don't see why some people are so intent on seeing him fail and get cut. He is a great 3rd down threat and he is the best blocking receiver we have on the team. Plus, I have friends that have met him and say he is one of the nicest guys you could talk to. We're loaded down at receiver, but we could still use someone as diverse as Warrick.

[Kazkal]

I hope he can make it back. I don't see why some people are so intent on seeing him fail and get cut. He is a great 3rd down threat and he is the best blocking receiver we have on the team. Plus, I have friends that have met him and say he is one of the nicest guys you could talk to. We're loaded down at receiver, but we could still use someone as diverse as Warrick.

because their h8ers

[BengalBax]

Mark my words, P-Dub will have a good year.

[redsfan2]

He is a great 3rd down threat and he is the best blocking receiver we have on the team.

I would have agreed with this before I read about Henry taking Williams helmet off in practice. I'm starting to think that the Bengals may have really come up with something in this young guy.

As for Pdub ...... If he's healthy he's in .... if he's not ?????????

[lando griffin]

Not only does he have to be healthy and playing because I love him and it would be a huge boost for the Bengals, but also because the only only jersey I have is P-Dub's, and I don't want to part ways with it....or buy another yet

[bengalboomer7]

I would have agreed with this before I read about Henry taking Williams helmet off in practice. I'm starting to think that the Bengals may have really come up with something in this young guy

It's not even preseason, I'm just as concerned with all the people ready to put Henry in the #2 spot. IT"S ONLY TRAINING CAMP

[redsfan2]

I would have agreed with this before I read about Henry taking Williams helmet off in practice. I'm starting to think that the Bengals may have really come up with something in this young guy

It's not even preseason, I'm just as concerned with all the people ready to put Henry in the #2 spot. IT"S ONLY TRAINING CAMP

Good point ..... and I have to agree 100%.

Still I think that kind of intensity speaks well of his ability and his willingness to use it. One of the coaches ( don't remember which one ) said of the play that this was one of the things that they'd picked up on about him from college film. Evidently he'd done it to defenders a couple of times in college when he got ticked off. Now he needs to go to the next level and do it as the situation calls for and not just when he's po'd.

It's just good to hear about the guys being physical in practice as opposed to needing physicals after every practice.

As to the #2 spot .......... it'll go to the one who earns it ... just like all the other spots on the team.

[ShulaSteakhouse]

Best news so far this season. The key seems to be how his knee feels the next day/post workout - so hopefully there's some sort of update this weekend.

[andybren]

Even if he doesn't start a game this year, Henry is special.

As for PDub, this command performance/workout exemplifies his situation -- his future rests entirely in his own hands. That is, if he's healthy, he has a job and KDub is gone. If not he'll get cut and, as soon as he's healthy, he'll sign elsewhere.

[cincy9275]

i like warrick and would love to see him make it back. he is great on 3rd downs and in the redzone. i like what henry is doing but he has to do it on sundays first .

[redsbengalsbucks]

seems to be more Kdub haters than Pdub haters. Whoever gets cut the eagles are going to jump at our leftovers.

[Bobcat Bengal]

Mark my words, P-Dub will have a good year.

ay Bax, you need to lay off the guarantees and word marking....

we all know what happened last time you pulled that s**t.

What, you thought we forgot?

[Bobcat Bengal]

Not only does he have to be healthy and playing because I love him and it would be a huge boost for the Bengals, but also because the only only jersey I have is P-Dub's, and I don't want to part ways with it....or buy another yet

yeah, what he said.

[Bgal]

I don't believe that Kdub is going to be cut regardless. He is only going into his 3rd year and has been average up until now. I want to see what the kid can do.

[CantStop85]

I'm just glad to see that Warrick's going to give it his all to try to make the team. If he makes it then we will have a very deep receiving corps, if he doesn't then it will give another receiver a shot. Let's just wait and see what happens.

[BengalPappaw]

I like P-Dub, but I'm worried about the comments that ML is making.

Reading between the lines (not a very scientific process), it appears to me that ML has some kind of problem with P-Dub. Unlike ML attitude with the other players who played with their injuries, ML seems to be on P-Dub's case.

O well it really doesn't matter -- at least this NOT a hate Pollack thread!

I hope P-Dub can get on the field next week and show what he can do -- AND most importantly shows that he is healthy.

[jjakq27]

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art.../508070380/1066

Sunday, August 7, 2005

Warrick nears return to Bengals' offense

By Mark Curnutte

Enquirer staff writer

GEORGETOWN, Ky. - The Bengals' receiving corps is their deepest in years, layered with first-day draft picks and an overachieving seventh-rounder, T.J. Houshmandzadeh.

Most arm-chair general managers, as they try to figure which of the 12 wide receivers in training camp will be on the opening-day roster, are overlooking one of the league's most singularly talented players: Peter Warrick.

He's working to return from injuries that limited him to four games in 2004.

The sixth-year pro is close to practicing for the first time since camp opened July 28. And, if healthy, Warrick has a place in the offense.

"It's up to him to tell me he's ready to practice seven days in a row, if that's what (the threshold) is," coach Marvin Lewis said. "That's what was disappointing about last year: His stress fracture wouldn't allow him to work every day. And I said that I don't want to put pressure on the coaches. If he's in, he's in."

Fresh off a pre-practice route-running and pass-catching display Wednesday, Warrick is flashing the quickness and cutting ability that's second to none in the NFL.

"A healthy me can help anybody," he said amid rumors he's headed out of Cincinnati.

Warrick has not been healthy since Dec. 14, 2003, when he tore knee cartilage in a victory against San Francisco. He missed a game after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery but returned for the season finale against Cleveland, in which he had four receptions to bring his single-season career high to 79. He suffered a stress fracture in his shin making a 30-yard catch in the 2004 opener at the Jets.

Two weeks later, his consecutive-games streak with at least one catch was stopped at 64.

His team-first attitude and desire to return for the 2003 finale against the Browns, a loss that eliminated the Bengals from playoff contention, makes Warrick wonder how fans can question his loyalty to the organization.

Entering the final season of his six-year rookie contract, Warrick is considered a possible salary-cap cut because of his mysterious health and $2.28 million base salary for 2005.

"I hear it," Warrick said. " 'Do you still want to be in Cincinnati?' What kind of question is that? I gave up my livelihood and hurt my leg trying to come back and help this team get to the playoffs."

He wants to stay with the Bengals and would consider re-signing after the season.

But there's one major catch.

"I'm a receiver. For me to get paid, I have to produce," he said. "And this year, they're going to see a different Peter Warrick. I can bet on myself. ... I'm trying to be like my last year at Florida State."

Warrick, a Heisman Trophy candidate his senior season, capped his college career with an MVP performance in the Sugar Bowl against Virginia Tech. But conventional wisdom is he hasn't lived up to the bowl game.

Still, Warrick has produced as a pro. He has a 10.6-yard average on 264 receptions in five seasons. He has caught 18 touchdown passes and scored two more rushing and two on punt returns.

Playing the slot mainly since Bob Bratkowski's arrival as offensive coordinator in 2001, Warrick has been overshadowed statistically by Chad Johnson, the team's No. 1 receiver. With Warrick hurt in 2004, Houshmandzadeh emerged as the No. 2 receiver and signed a four-year contract as an unrestricted free agent.

If Warrick can't play, third-year pro Kelley Washington is battling rookie third-round pick Chris Henry for the third and fourth receiving spots. Rookie sixth-round receiver Tab Perry and Kevin Walter, a special teams ace, could win the fifth and sixth spots. Cliff Russell and Jamall Broussard also are having strong training camps.

In the offseason, Warrick switched representation to agent Drew Rosenhaus. Was he looking into the future beyond 2005?

"I let my agent worry about it," Warrick said. "All I'm worried about is making plays for the Cincinnati Bengals and nowhere else.

"You never know what God has in store. I don't know if God has a plan for me being in Cincinnati or me being somewhere else. I know I'm going to let God handle it.

"I have learned from these six years that you can't worry about the future. I can't worry about the long run. I have to worry about what's at stake right now."

[jjakq27]

I noticed that it is posted on bengals.com but Peter Warrick did not practice this morning. Jeff Piecoro mentioned that Lance McAlister was at the morning practice and he reported that PDub was nowhere to be found. Not on either practice field or on a stationary bike as he has been doing.

That doesn't sound good to me. I wonder if there is a chance that he might end up on the PUP list again. If there is any chance that he can eventually make it back, I think the Bengals might want to hang onto him rather than cut him. I admire his hard work and effort but it doesn't look good at this point.