Bengals Claim DeAngelo Willingham Off Waivers

by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 29, 2010 6:04 PM EDT in Contracts

Safety. Safety. Safety. Apparently the Bengals didn't prefer the players available at safety during the NFL draft that they're addressing the position through college free agents and available free agents. Before bringing Ken Hamlin and C.C. Smith into town for a visit, they signed guys like Jeromy Miles and Bryan Evans after last weekend's NFL Draft.

They're far from finished.

According to Joe Reedy, the Bengals claimed former Tennessee Volunteer and Seattle Seahawk safety DeAngelo Willingham.

Willingham (6-0, 200; Tennessee) is classified a first-year NFL player. He entered last year as a college free agent with Tampa Bay.

He played in Tampa Bay’s first three preseason games, with eight tackles, and was acquired on waivers by Dallas on Aug. 31. He played in the Cowboys’ preseason finale (one special teams tackle) and was waived by Dallas on Sept. 5. He spent Games 1-3 of the regular season on New England’s practice squad and spent the last nine games on Seattle’s practice squad. He was signed to Seattle’s offseason roster on Jan. 5 and was waived yesterday.

An indication of how much Seahawks fans liked Willingham, when FieldGulls.com announced the move, one commenter wrote, "Wait, who is DeAngelo Willingham?" Either way, keep bringing 'em in Marvin and Mike. We're bound to find a diamond in the rough.

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at first thought it was Deangelo Williams and I got hella excited

by jamesxi3 on Apr 29, 2010 6:33 PM EDT reply actions

Heh, yeah, I did a double take on that one too. I despise the Panthers only slightly less than the Steelers and Falcons, but if he ever left that team I’m pretty sure I could live with him getting picked up by a team I liked… :)

by FriarBob on Apr 29, 2010 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions

same reaction. NO WAY!! DEANGELO FREAKIN WILLI-…oh.

My best friends are a Panthers fan and a New Yorker. I’ve never had anything against the Panthers, but I’m not really a fan.

by indesignkat on Apr 29, 2010 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Sad thing is I am a devout follower of SEC football...

and I don’t even remember this guy.

My three favorite things in the world in no particular order: My wife, sex with my wife, and The Cincinnati Bengals

by Kabash on Apr 29, 2010 7:07 PM EDT reply actions

While not sold

on Williamson, Hamlin, or Brown, individually, I do heartily applaud bringing as many safeties in as possible and just letting Zim and natural selection figure out which, if any, fits us better.

by IgnatiusJReilly on Apr 29, 2010 10:16 PM EDT reply actions

One man's trash is another man's treasure

Maybe we’ll strike gold like we have so many other times with these players we pluck off the scrap heap.

"You shouldn't throw rocks at a man with a machine gun." - Rowdy Roddy Piper

by St. Esiason on Apr 29, 2010 11:43 PM EDT reply actions

uh, maybe?

but probably not, every picture i see him chasing someone down lol, even in colloege pictures, dude was getting burnt by julio jones,. who was a freshman….

85 + 15 = 100...

by Trevor Long on Apr 30, 2010 3:33 AM EDT up reply actions

Well, I wasn't talking about this guy specifically

I just meant we’re bringing in a lot of safeties; hopefully one of them will stick and shine like Crocker or Benson has. I’m really happy the team is trying to address this problem, even though they should have done so in the draft.

"You shouldn't throw rocks at a man with a machine gun." - Rowdy Roddy Piper

by St. Esiason on Apr 30, 2010 4:16 AM EDT up reply actions