Behind The Number 49: Robert Sands Can Make This Number His Own

by Josh Kirkendall on May 4, 2011 8:00 PM EDT in Analysis

If Robert Sands is the type of person that would rather wear a number with limited historical impact during the franchise, picking number 49 would be as good a number as any.

Guy Frazier, the Bengals fourth round selection during the 1981 NFL Draft, was born in Detroit, Michigan. During his rookie season, Frazier returned home during Super Bowl XVI and made the first hit of the game, forcing a fumble on the game's opening kickoff that was recovered by John Simmons. Frazier, the first Bengals player to wear #49 in franchise history, played four seasons with the Bengals before joining the Buffalo Bills for a couple of seasons.

Frazier is the son of Andre Frazier, who also played with the Cincinnati Bengals as a linebacker, mostly on special teams. Other Bengals players sporting #49 including Jeff Thomason (1992-1993), Robert Bean (2000) and Darius Hill (2009).

Unlike Clint Boling's #65 or Andy Dalton's #14, Sands will have the oppotunity to make #49 his own.

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I like the fact that he wants to make a number his own besides he’s the guy I hoped the Bengals would draft in the later rounds..

by kingpin_dre on May 4, 2011 8:52 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Like this guy.........

Zim will mold him into a heat seeking missile.

by The Van Buren Boys on May 4, 2011 10:24 PM EDT reply actions

I like the sounds of that!

Is that a “that’s what she said?” moment?

by ddbumpus on May 4, 2011 11:47 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

I spoke to Sands yesterday

He didn’t choose 49 and he doesnt want it. Look for it to change.

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by Joe Goodberry on May 5, 2011 6:18 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

I'll hold off on my jersey then!

Thanks for the warning.

by Boomer Lion on May 5, 2011 8:30 AM EDT up reply actions

good idea

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by Joe Goodberry on May 5, 2011 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions

that's a shame..

When I saw that number I immediately thought of Dennis Smith.

For the youngsters among us, Dennis Smith was a Broncos safety who was feared in his day as a brutal hitter. His protege Steve Atwater maintained the rep, but Smith is still the guy I think of when I think of a safety that just knocked guys right out of their cleats.

by indesignkat on May 6, 2011 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions