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Bengals cut Doug Gabriel -- is Chatman next?

The Bengals were confident enough to release Doug Gabriel Thursday afternoon. With Gabriel cut, the Bengals have rising optimism with Marcus Maxwell and continued satisfaction with Glenn Holt. Gabriel brings our wide receiver total down to ten.

  1. Chad Johnson
  2. T.J. Houshmandzadeh
  3. Antonio Chatman
  4. Andre Caldwell
  5. Jerome Simpson
  6. Glenn Holt
  7. Marcus Maxwell
  8. Clyde Logan
  9. Travis Brown
  10. Maurice Purify

If I were a betting man (thankfully I'm not, I have too much of an addictive personality), my six would be Chad, T.J., Caldwell, Simpson, Maxwell and Holt. Why not Chatman? I suppose he has just as much chance as any of the bottom five, but I'm sure injury could force the Bengals hand to waive him. And it's not like his special teams play couldn't be supplement with talent on the roster.

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Mario?

Mario Urrutia is still there, correct?

I wonder where he’ll end up. 6-6 is intriguing but there’s got to be a reason he was drafted in the 7th round.

by mp45242 on May 29, 2008 3:42 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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He is, I rushed the post. Busy at work too. Even so, I see him as this year’s Bennie Brazell, minus the injury.

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by Kirkendall on May 29, 2008 3:54 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Urrutia

It all depends whether we get the 2006 version or the 2007. If it’s the former- and, with the fresh start and all, we hope it is- we’ve got us a poor man’s Calvin Johnson. Urrutia’s talent isn’t quite as freakish as Calvin’s but in ‘06 he was a man amongst boys in the Big East. The 2007 version, however, was what dropped him from probably round two to seven. A nagging turf toe injury- yeah, sounds ridiculous but, from personal experience, it’s really debilitating- which led to missed starts and playing time, frustration and loss of focus, a case of the butterfingers and a brief on field attitude problem(personal fouls). I think most of the problems go back directly to the turf toe and, assuming the toe is alright, there’s no reason to think he won’t come correct.

As for the others, 8, 9, and 10 have no shot- I really don’t believe in Purify- and I wouldn’t be adverse to cutting or moving Chatman. He’s been here too long with little to no contribution but, then, the same could be said for Chris Perry. I feel bad for Tab Perry.

by IgnatiusJReilly on May 29, 2008 9:07 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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