Bengals Terminate Antonio Bryant's Contract; Officially Place Gibril Wilson On IR

He juiced himself up to make it look like his knee was fine while he was working out, got his 7.5 million guaranteed and then became a worthless piece of trash. He even practiced once so that the PUP wasn’t an option.

Just a conspiracy theory but it makes sense, doesn’t it?

I think the Bengals were more desperate to rebuild their passing game, that they tried to sign what they perceived as the best available WR.

Wowwwwww. And after all that hype. Giving him the same contract as Boldin was a mistake from the first place. Knew this guy was no good.

That might’ve been the easiest $7 million anybody’s ever earned.

Is Windt the snapper from UC that played with Huber, or was that the other LS we have?

Did they even give Bryant a physical before he signed the contract?

If it’s Daniel Coats, I’m going to cry.

Josh, can I request a long article about how important Coats was to the team be written if he does get cut?

Considering they were willing to sign him because he does have some skills, wouldn’t you think they’d want to see some return at some point? IR would have at least let you use the guy next year, when things weren’t so certain.

I just hope this colossal FUBAR situation doesn’t put Mikey in penny-pinching mode (at least, moreso than normal).

This is embarrassing for our FO.. But then again, aren’t they used to that feeling?

That said, props for not trying to sugar-coat it. They went out and got someone else (TO) and today cut the cord.

As some said earlier it sucks all around, but at least they are moving decisively to deal with their mistake.

Some info & Antonio Bryant release reax

In the wake of Antonio Bryant’s release, his agent tells Joe Reedy that they will pursue Bryant’s $1.55 million salary as an injury settlement.

James Walker points out all the red flags hoisted over Bryant since his signing. However, he writes that the Bengals were fortunate in several ways:

First, Cincinnati will not take a salary cap hit because it’s an uncapped year. An educated guess is the Bengals may have stuck with Bryant to see how he recovers had there been a stiff cap hit for the life of the contract.

Second, signing Terrell Owens and drafting Jordan Shipley made Bryant expendable. Both receivers have looked superior to what Bryant showed in Cincinnati with a bad knee.

Muckraker Mike thinks that Bryant could draw a lot of interest if he gets healthy. Mike’s list of potential Bryant suitors includes the Titans, Broncos, Chiefs, Raiders, Chargers, Redskins, Bears, Vikings, Bucs, Cardinals, Browns, Rams and Seahawks.

CBS Sports gives the Bengals credit for moving decisively, but adds that the Bryant signing will still go down as one of the team’s worst personnel decisions.

if he wants the salary, then we’ll still have him for next season if brown decides to let chad go.

08-29-2010
Mike Brown earns some respect as a GM.
I never miss an opportunity to bash ol’ Mikey, but the more I chew on this the more I start to think he might have done something right. For the past few months I have been pissed at him for signing Bryant in the first place but I gotta admit, getting TO on paper was huge. He made a horrible decision with Antonio and it sucks. At least he did not wallow in it. Very Un-Brown-like.
just encase there is a silver lining.

Mike Brown is the ultimate two steps forward/two steps back owner. He does good things with the draft — or lets Marvin do nice things, and then… this, another sigh-inducing moment with personnel.

Maybe he has plans of keeping TO past this season. If not, this was dumb, dumb, dumb.

Another thing that occurred to me is, it’s almost like he’s mad at AB for being hurt.

Oh well.

So long, Antonio. We barely knew thee.

I’m just glad he took a shot actually the last two years at getting us a good receiver. How many years have we complained that Mike Brown won’t pay for quality players? We didn’t pick the right ones in Coles and Bryant, but I’m glad he at least gave it a shot. That’s showed he actually cared about winning. You have to gamble on these players and sometimes you lose.

Prob could have picked up a safety for 7 mil..

I was kicked off of cincinnatibengals.com fan posts over an arguement that signing this guy over T.O. was a mistake. T.O. has had more thousand yard seasons than this guy will ever have. Mike Brown’s “yes men” cincinnatibengals.com moderators proceeded to attack me and call me a dumba*s. While defending myself I was kicked off the website permanently. It was O.K. for them to attack me but I couldn’t say anything back to them to defend myself.

How smart you all look now…

How did that Bryant signing work out? Now all of those same people that were saying Bryant was so much better than T.O. and bad mouthing T.O. now are singing his praises.

Cincinnatibengals.com was even showing a fan post yesterday to the effect that they couldn’t wait to see Bryant on the field. The whole site is fake company propaganda.

That is why I like this fan forum so much. You can say what you feel without worying about being sensored.