The Daily Banter: Antonio Bryant Wants More Money From The Bengals
+ As was posted on Wednesday, former Bengals wide receiver Antonio Bryant is filing an injury grievance against the Cincinnati Bengals.
First reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Antonio Bryant’s agent, Lamont Smith, has filed a grievance on Wednesday for $3.1 million against the Bengals. The amount is $1.55 for base salary and $1.55 million in a roster bonus. Bryant earned a $3.1 million roster bonus on March 21 but only half of it has been paid.
+ Football Outsiders' Bill Barnhall examines the ages of Terrell Owens and Chad Ochocinco and compares them to previous wide receiver duos (ESPN Insider) that were as old old, or older writing:
+ Andrew Whitworth talks about the Patriots with this weekend's opening kickoff.As talented as Terrell Owens once was, he's not Jerry Rice. The path to him contributing as part of an effective Bengals' offense this year, though, depends on Owens channeling Rice's historically unprecedented second peak in Oakland. While there's nothing to suggest that Ochocinco should have a disappointing season in 2010, history tells us that Owens is far more likely to be the Joker than Batman this year in Cincinnati.
“They had (Richard) Seymour and (Ty) Warren on the edges, who are two bigger, taller ends,” Whitworth said. “The guys now (Gerard Warren and Mike Wright) are younger and have a little bit more movement to them than being bigger and physical. But it is amazing. They still play so disciplined and are so technically sound and they continue to play that way. It still makes them solid."
+ Chad Ochocinco was low-key this week with the New England Media.
+ Joe Reedy talks with The Boston Globe's Albert Breer aregarding this weekend's matchup.“They play football just like I play football. They look good on film. I’m sure their coaches will put them in a position to be able to make plays, so I’m going to approach this game very humbly,” he said. “There’s not too many times I play against the Patriots and have enormous games. They game-plan very well. They’re very smart. I have to play sound football myself in order to be successful.”
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"Hated It"
Different character from the same show I realize, but it sums up how we felt about Antonio’s signing and subsequent story.
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You have one extra on the Reedy link.
I could sleep when I lived alone.
Is there a ghost in my house?
Accrding to rotoworld.com....
Brian Leonard practiced today. Just some good news.
by brian.combs02 on Sep 9, 2010 2:07 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
On the grievance--
Unless Mikey Boy has something up his sleeve, it’s probably going to cost him some dough to make this go away. Bryant passed his physical and practiced which means the contract is in force and he can’t get cut for a work related injury.
Unless they can prove that he was dishonest about his injury (which will be tough given we do have doctors that cleared him) or that his injury is non-football related, also tough, the Bengals will certainly end up paying something.
I don’t know why they just didn’t offer an injury settlment or put him on IR.
Mikey has something up his sleeve,
trust me on that on. He’s good at handling these things. He’s a contract lawyer and he’s good at it.
The Burden of proof lies in Bryant's hands.
Mikey can say they simply cut him because of ability and that they had better player’s on the roster.. Unless Bryant can prove other wise(prove he was cut due to injury) than he won’t see a dime.. NFL contracts always protect the owners..
And him passing the physical for the team upon signing
and not doing much of any work is further proof he wasn’t injured and was cut due to ability..
Mikey: “My doctor’s said he was perfectly healthy”
not talking about the player contract...
…it’s the CBA that Mike has to worry about. It’s pretty specific—you can’t terminate a player’s contract for an injury. Your choices are 1) PUP 2) IR 3) Settlement.
If the Bengals doctor’s cleared him and then he was reinjured, which seems the case, Mike has a problem. The burden of proof is on Brown because Bryant is clearly injured and clearly cut. Brown has to come up with the explanation as to why that doesn’t involve his injury.
According to team doctor's he may not have been injured..
He may have just been hurt and not practicing.
Ability doesn't matter
You cannot cut a player who is physically unable to perform due to a football-related injury incurred while under contract. It’s not that you can’t cut a player because of injury, it’s that you can’t cut a player while he is injured (due to a football-related injury) regardless of the reason. (He can be cut the following season upon failing his preseason physical.)
Actually, you can cut a player, but he is due his yearly salary for as long as he is physically unable to perform (but not beyond the season of injury) unless the team negotiates an injury settlement for less money.
About the Jerry Rice comparison
It’s widely know as a fact that every individual ages differently. With that said an argument could made that T.O. may have aged at a slower rate than the great Jerry Rice and if T.O. does have a big year than this argument could be backed up by T.O.‘s performance this season. Here’s to big numbers for Batman ! POW! SMASH! BANG! WHO DEY!
Pat Love
Here’s hoping that Whit and the Bengals O-line are as “disciplined” and “technically sound” as he describes the Pats D to be. The false starts and the holding penalties just about ate me alive last season.
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Those penalties also had me furious during the preseason!
by sgiridharan1982 on Sep 9, 2010 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Teddy Bruschi (if that how you spell it)
Just picked the Bengals and Dallas in the SB. But picked Dallas to win.
Merril Hodge and Teddy Bruschi both picked the Bengals to go. Finally a little respect.

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