Bengals get Krenzel...

[tibor75]

Kitna won't be released.

And Bramlet sucked in Europe the last several games.

[Taosman]

The Kiss of Death! Any place, any place but there! Darn!

[Honor&Glory]

Originally Posted by Taosman

The Kiss of Death! Any place, any place but there! Darn!

Mabye the desert sun has gotten to your rational mind....But the Bengals are team on the rise with a loaded offene. Marvin Lewis is doing wonders to rebuild the organization and nationwide perception of the team...or maybe you missed the Bengals beating the Bronco's silly on Monday night last year...or the 20 point comeback at Baltimore in early December...or maybe you missed Carson Palmer's break out...I don't know what you mean by 'kiss of death' but the Bengals are an organization that is further ahead in the game then the 'other' professional team in Ohio right now.

[sandgk]

Now the Bengals are down to 4 Roster QBs. Cut was Josh Haldi, rookie free agent out of Northern Illinois -- pretty much an anticipated move that one. This was a day with more than one transaction / release by the Bengals

From the bengal web-site

Bengals cut to four QBs

6/28/2005 - 2:35 p.m.
BY GEOFF HOBSON <table align="left" width="90"> <tbody><tr><td>
Haldi</td></tr></tbody> </table> The Bengals cut down to four quarterbacks Tuesday when they released free agent rookie Josh Haldi of Northern Illinois. The move had been in the offing since last week, when the Bengals claimed Craig Krenzel off waivers from the Bears, setting up a roster battle between the Ohio State product and second-year man Casey Bramlet for the No. 3 job behind Carson Palmer and Jon Kitna. Haldi, who signed April 28, got plenty of work. He was the only quarterback in the April 30-May 1 rookie camp, and the No. 3 quarterback until Bramlet returned from NFL Europe in mid-June. The Bengals have 84 players on the roster, one more than they can take to training camp in 31 days.

<table align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" width="250"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#000000"><center>NO. 51 THROUGH THE YEARS</center></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#cccccc"><center>Compiled by P.J. Combs of Bengals
public relations</center></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f54b1e"><td>Player</td> <td>Season(s)</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>Ken Avery</td><td>1969-74</td></tr> <tr><td>Chris Devlin</td><td>1975-77, 1978 (Game 1)</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>Tom Ruud</td><td>1978 (Games 9-16), 1979</td></tr> <tr><td>Rick Razzano</td><td>1980-84</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>Tom Dinkel</td><td>1985</td></tr> <tr><td>Leon White</td><td>1986, 1987 (Games 1-2)</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>David Ward</td><td>1987 (Games 3-5)</td></tr> <tr><td>Leon White</td><td>1987 (Games 6-15),
1988-91</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>Brian Townsend</td><td>1992</td></tr> <tr><td>Steve Tovar</td><td>1993-94</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>Gerald Dixon</td><td>1996-97</td></tr> <tr><td>Takeo Spikes</td><td>1998-2002</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>Kevin Hardy</td><td>2003-04</td></tr> </tbody> </table> The Bengals are also taking time to get some bookkeeping out of the way. Krenzel, who wore No. 16 in Columbus and Chicago, is going to wear No. 6 in Cincinnati. Two of the more prominent draft picks will get new numbers with middle linebacker Odell Thurman moving from No. 45 to No. 51 and center Eric Ghiaciuc getting No. 53 in place of No. 69. Thurman, the second-rounder out of Georgia, has been compared in style to former Bengals linebacker Takeo Spikes and now he’ll wear the number Spikes wore for five seasons in Cincinnati before moving on to Buffalo via free agency after the 2002 season. Kevin Hardy, the first major free-agent signing of the Marvin Lewis era, wore 51 the past two seasons while starting in two different spots before getting released last month.

Ghiaciuc, the fourth-rounder out of Central Michigan, had been wearing former Pro Bowl nose tackle Tim Krumrie’s No. 69 during the spring camps. The Bengals have always preferred that their centers wear numbers in the 50s. The incumbent, Rich Braham, wears 74 but started his career as a guard.