Bengals are "out of the picture" for Roderick Hood

by Josh Kirkendall on May 20, 2009 6:39 PM EDT in Analysis

Roderick Hood won't be coming to the Bengals

If you had hoped that the Bengals would sign Roderick Hood, don't hold your breath. In fact, never hold your breath. It's not good for you. Unless you drive by farms to and from work with a herd of cows that are licking the 30-year old mesh fence that barely keeps them from the road. Then hold your breath.

Either way, the Roderick Hood sweepstakes is gaining traction with several teams, including a contract offer from the St. Louis Rams. However, one team that appeared interested that doesn't have a chance, is the Bengals. Mike Florio says that Hood is out of the picture.

Is it a bad thing? Nah. If anything, it was a stretch. Hood wasn't going to start. Probably not even compete to start. Likely he would have been the team's third cornerback and/or nickel.

As it stands, the Bengals still have seven cornerbacks on roster (including the unsigned Morgan Trent) with the starters being former first-round draft picks Leon Hall and Johnathan Joseph.

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Our depth at CB is one of the things that scare me about the team

David jones has the tools to be the 3rd corner. But last year he just didnt make many plays, but nobody else did either. Jonathan Joseph always finds a way to hurt his foot.

by Joe Goodberry on May 20, 2009 7:47 PM EDT reply actions

Hopefully.

They saw something in that Morgan Trent kid that apparently no one else did.

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by Josh Kirkendall on May 20, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah they did

i actually said “who?” when they drafted him. and i dont usually get in that situation durring draft day. he was the only player i had to go read up on after they drafted him. Hopefully he can help. But CB is one of the hardest positions to transition from college to the NFL.

by Joe Goodberry on May 20, 2009 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions