The NFL announced the compensatory draft picks for the 2010 NFL draft on Monday, and 32 compensatory picks have been rewarded respectively to 19 teams, including the Cincinnati Bengals, New England Patriots, Carolina Panthers, Atlanta Falcons, Pittsburgh Steelers and the Detroit Lions.
The Bengals and the Patriots are the biggest winners in receiving the compensatory picks. The Bengals got two more picks in the third and fourth round, No. 96 and 131 overall, and the Patriots got as many as the rule allows, four picks, including three in the seventh round and one 205th overall pick, meaning the team could have more chance to find better young players to put on Patriots jerseys replacing some older and less effective veterans.
The Falcons and Titans joined Bengals with extra third-round picks along, receiving No. 98 and No. 97 overall picks respectively. The Steelers had two additional fifth-rounders, and the Panthers got two more sixth-rounders. The Lions will have the right to pick the 255th and final selection of the draft as an award for the coveted Lowsman Trophy.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
WR Coles is free agent again after one season with Bengals
32-year-old wide receiver Laveranues Coles becomes free agent again after failing to play as a pillar role in the passing game of the Cincinnati Bengals, who released Coles on the eve of March 5 deadline for free agency, along with three tight ends.
Coles signed a four-year deal with the Bengals last year to replace T.J. Houshmandzadeh but did not satisfy the team with only 43 catches for 514 yards last season. Houshmandzadeh was the Bengals’ most reliable receiver and top third-down target, making catches in a crowd but he left for the Seattle Seahawks and the Bengals had to move quickly to get receiver as good as him. They picked Coles just one week after he took off the New York Jets jersey because the Jets refused to offer him a long-term contract extension. However, he turned out a big disappointment in the Bengals’ passing game and never blended into an offense that became reliant on the run. Having two or fewer catches in nine regular-season games, he was still expected by the Bengals to become a bigger part of the offense after Chris Henry got hurt and later died in a fall from a truck, but he just continued disappointing the team with only 16 pass catches combined in the last seven regular-season games.
After releasing Coles, the Bengals now have only Chad Ochocinco the only proven wide receiver. They have three other reserves including Andre Caldwell, Jerome Simpson and Matt Jones, but Caldwell also struggled in his second season, Simpson appeared in only two games last season and Jones did not play at all. The Bengals can remain hopeful that they would do better in 2010 season but they can also acquire better help from the free-agent market and the draft.
Coles signed a four-year deal with the Bengals last year to replace T.J. Houshmandzadeh but did not satisfy the team with only 43 catches for 514 yards last season. Houshmandzadeh was the Bengals’ most reliable receiver and top third-down target, making catches in a crowd but he left for the Seattle Seahawks and the Bengals had to move quickly to get receiver as good as him. They picked Coles just one week after he took off the New York Jets jersey because the Jets refused to offer him a long-term contract extension. However, he turned out a big disappointment in the Bengals’ passing game and never blended into an offense that became reliant on the run. Having two or fewer catches in nine regular-season games, he was still expected by the Bengals to become a bigger part of the offense after Chris Henry got hurt and later died in a fall from a truck, but he just continued disappointing the team with only 16 pass catches combined in the last seven regular-season games.
After releasing Coles, the Bengals now have only Chad Ochocinco the only proven wide receiver. They have three other reserves including Andre Caldwell, Jerome Simpson and Matt Jones, but Caldwell also struggled in his second season, Simpson appeared in only two games last season and Jones did not play at all. The Bengals can remain hopeful that they would do better in 2010 season but they can also acquire better help from the free-agent market and the draft.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Bengals Coach Lewis wants safety Williams and DT Johnson to stay
The Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis seems to be hoping that all his players could stay around him in Bengals jerseys for 2010 season. And he has expressed his expectation of re-signing safety Roy Williams and defensive tackle Tank Johnson, who are going to be free agents in offseason.
According to Williams’ agent, he is currently in talk with the Bengals about the safety’s new contract. But Johnson has not released information about his plan by so far. Both of them were in their first season with the Bengals in 2009. Williams appeared and started four games before being placed on injured reserve with a chronic forearm injury, while Johnson had 29 tackles and two sacks in 13 starts.
Lewis also expects kicker Shayne Graham to return because “Shayne has had a good and productive career here.” Graham has made 85 percent of his field-goal attempts but missed two kicks during an opening-round playoff loss to the New York Jets. He received the Bengals’ 2009 franchise tag but is unlikely to have it again.
According to Williams’ agent, he is currently in talk with the Bengals about the safety’s new contract. But Johnson has not released information about his plan by so far. Both of them were in their first season with the Bengals in 2009. Williams appeared and started four games before being placed on injured reserve with a chronic forearm injury, while Johnson had 29 tackles and two sacks in 13 starts.
Lewis also expects kicker Shayne Graham to return because “Shayne has had a good and productive career here.” Graham has made 85 percent of his field-goal attempts but missed two kicks during an opening-round playoff loss to the New York Jets. He received the Bengals’ 2009 franchise tag but is unlikely to have it again.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
What you can do with the Chad Ochocinco Experience iPhone app
Quite a lot actually, whether you are a fan of Chad Ochocinco or not. The wide receiver is definitely a talent in entertaining. He can celebrate touchdowns either humorously or outrageously, and he changed his last name from Johnson to Ochocinco. You can see all of that on his Twitter page, and you can see more with the Chad Ochocinco Experience app for iPhone.
Being designed to be both a revolutionary marketing tool and the most self-serving app of all time, the app has its content borrowed from the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver’s website, Ochocinco.com as well as from his Twitter feeds and other goodies such as YouTube videos and pictures of the receiver wearing his Bengals jersey or not.
So the content includes Ocho’s Jams so you may find the receiver have the same favorite songs with you, Where’s Ocho so you will always know where the receiver is, Sound Bites in English and Spanish, and What Would Ochocinco Do? So you can ask him questions and have them answered within the app, and Tips From Ocho which includes gems such as “Don’t matter where you at or what you doing, be the best at it, I’m the best McDonalds eater today” and “Haters are confused admirers, they can’t be or figure you out so negativity comes out [their] mouth.”
Paying only $2.99, you can enjoy plenty of content and a nice enough design to justify the price. It can be expected that more players will make use of this kind of app to communicate with their fans.
Being designed to be both a revolutionary marketing tool and the most self-serving app of all time, the app has its content borrowed from the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver’s website, Ochocinco.com as well as from his Twitter feeds and other goodies such as YouTube videos and pictures of the receiver wearing his Bengals jersey or not.
So the content includes Ocho’s Jams so you may find the receiver have the same favorite songs with you, Where’s Ocho so you will always know where the receiver is, Sound Bites in English and Spanish, and What Would Ochocinco Do? So you can ask him questions and have them answered within the app, and Tips From Ocho which includes gems such as “Don’t matter where you at or what you doing, be the best at it, I’m the best McDonalds eater today” and “Haters are confused admirers, they can’t be or figure you out so negativity comes out [their] mouth.”
Paying only $2.99, you can enjoy plenty of content and a nice enough design to justify the price. It can be expected that more players will make use of this kind of app to communicate with their fans.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Ochocinco booted an extra point in Thursday preseason game against Patriots
On Thursday night’s preseason game the Cincinnati Bengals playing against the New England Patriots, fans wearing tom brady jersey had to enviously watch Bengals fans cheering for Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco kicking an extra point.
“The most interesting footballer in the world” thus added another wrinkle to his colorful career as all-time leader in catches, yards receiving and name changing. Ochocinco booted an extra point late in the first half and led the Bengals to a 7-6 win over the Patriots. He also kicked off to start the second half. He really did well in the job which was supposed to be done by Shayne Graham, who was held out as a precaution because of a groin injury. Graham was watching the game in his bengals jersey on Thursday night.
Ochocinco, whose former name was Chad Johnson, never kicked in preseason or regular-season games, but used to kick in practices. He managed to kick the extra point after J.T. O’Sullivan had the only 24-yard touchdown pass to Chris Henry.
“The most interesting footballer in the world” thus added another wrinkle to his colorful career as all-time leader in catches, yards receiving and name changing. Ochocinco booted an extra point late in the first half and led the Bengals to a 7-6 win over the Patriots. He also kicked off to start the second half. He really did well in the job which was supposed to be done by Shayne Graham, who was held out as a precaution because of a groin injury. Graham was watching the game in his bengals jersey on Thursday night.
Ochocinco, whose former name was Chad Johnson, never kicked in preseason or regular-season games, but used to kick in practices. He managed to kick the extra point after J.T. O’Sullivan had the only 24-yard touchdown pass to Chris Henry.
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