Bengals acquire two off the wire

by Josh Kirkendall on Aug 31, 2008 3:59 PM EDT

Phase one completed, comes phase two -- waiver wire acquisitions.

The Bengals picked up offensive guard, Frank Davis from the Detroit Lions and defensive tackle Orien Harris from the New Orleans Saints.

The Bengals terminated the contract of Michael Myers and placed Dan Santucci on Injured Reserve to make room.

From a Bengals press released (via Curnutte's blog):

-- Acquired G Frank Davis on waivers from Detroit. (Davis 6-3, 325; South Florida) is a third-year NFL player. He played in 11 games with three starts in 2006, after making the Lions roster as a college free agent. He was on the Reserve/Injured list last season, due to a knee injury suffered in preseason, but he came back this year to play in all four Lions preseason games, with two starts at LG.

-- Acquired DT Orien Harris on waivers from New Orleans. (Harris 6-3, 300; Miami-Fla.) played in all four Saints preseason games and led the team with 20 tackles, including a sack. He has two prior seasons in the NFL, but does not yet have an accrued year toward free agency, and is classified a first-year player. He entered the NFL in 2006 as a fourth-round draft choice of Pittsburgh and played in two games for Cleveland after being signed off the Steelers practice squad. Last season, he was on Buffalo’s practice squad before being signed to the Saints roster, where he was inactive for two games.

Along with Carl-Johan Bjork, the Bengals announced five players signed to the team's practice squad -- they're allowed a maximum of nine with Bjork's exemption.

Dan Howell, LB
James Johnson, RB
Nate Livings, Guard
Maurice Purify, WR
Mario Urrutia, WR

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why?

why would they pick up Orien Harris to drop Michael Myers? makes no sense. We have two young Dt’s already. What we needed was that veteran leadership from a guy who has…
A.) Played in this defensive system before
B.) makes plays when he has the chance

and we pick up a former college free agent that has knee troubles? and to play Guard? from the Lions?

Both of these 2 players will be inactive for most of the season

by Joe Goodberry on Aug 31, 2008 5:16 PM EDT reply actions

agreed

In my opinion, Myers was our second best DT at the moment. He’s old and may not last all year, but that’s what Sims and Shirley are for.

by R.F. Mehl on Aug 31, 2008 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Chad Jackson

Kirkendall,

What are your thoughts on the Bengals possibly picking up Chad Jackson? I know the guy has had a couple injury problems and wasn’t the receiver that New England thought he’d be but he still has tremendous upside.

by Adam Morgan on Aug 31, 2008 8:26 PM EDT reply actions

RE:

I was surprised that the Bengals didn’t even go after any receivers, much less Jackson — granted he was cut today, and not with the cuts yesterday. Though, at this time, only one wide receiver that hit the wire has actually been picked up by another team — Brandon London, from NY to Miami — so perhaps the chances are there.

It would appear Brown/Lewis are content with this group, possibly bringing up Purify or Urrutia in case of injury, waiting for Henry to serve his suspension.

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by Josh Kirkendall on Aug 31, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions