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QB Craig Krenzel (B1G Champion, National Champion)

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Congrats to Craig on becoming a father!

http://www.daytondailynews.com/sports/content/sports/bengals/daily/0404bengals.html

Fatherhood agrees with Krenzel, lack of sleep doesn't

By Chick Ludwig

Dayton Daily News

CINCINNATI | The NFL season is a marathon, not a sprint. Just ask Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Craig Krenzel.

He walked into the locker room at Paul Brown Stadium on Monday equal parts excited and exhausted.

His leg muscles sore from competing in the Columbus Distance Classic on Saturday — he ran the 13.1-mile, half-marathon in 2 hours, 22 minutes, 6 seconds, finishing 2,181th out of 2,394 runners — Krenzel also found himself suffering from sleep deprivation.

Fatherhood does that to a guy.

Krenzel, wife Beth and son Brayden — born Jan. 13, five days after the Bengals' 31-17 playoff loss to Pittsburgh — reside in the Columbus suburb of Powell.

Now that the Bengals veterans have convened for the club's voluntary offseason workout program, he'll spend weekdays here the next three months, heading home to his family on weekends. He can finally catch some Zs.

"I feel bad that my wife's all by herself with our son," Krenzel said. "But the selfish part of me is just excited about getting some good, uninterrupted sleep."

The selfish part of him also wants to win the backup quarterback job behind starter Carson Palmer, who is rehabilitating from left knee surgery.

Krenzel has competition in veteran Doug Johnson and the other quarterback the club will eventually sign because four are needed for training camp.

"The NFL is a league where it's 'What have you done for me lately?' " Krenzel said. "This summer is going to be a chance for anybody involved in our position to prove they're capable and ready to play if need be.

"(Teams) place a high premium on our position in this league. You know that coming in. Whoever else comes in, whether it's a free agent or a draft pick, knows there's going to be more than one guy here. There's going to be plenty of reps (snaps) to go around. It's going to be a fun three months to try to prove what we can do and see who's capable of stepping up.

"No matter what position is open, no matter what's at stake, I'm going to work as hard as I can and try and be as good as I can."

Krenzel took the words right out of Johnson's mouth.

Johnson, the former University of Florida star who played for Atlanta (2000-03) and Tennessee (2004), wants to be part of what he calls "a team on the rise.

"I'm just a guy who's got experience," Johnson said. "I've played in offenses that throw the ball down the field. So this offense fits me really well. I'm not really a West Coast guy. I'm a guy kind of like Carson, who stands in there and throws it down the field.

"My goal is to do whatever I can do to help make the team better. I want to be prepared if my number's called, and when Carson gets back, hopefully just be a second set of eyes on the field like (Jon) Kitna was to him."
 
snippet at the tail end of NFL Live:

"By the way, the league just got a little dumber, as the Bengals waived quarterback Craig Krenzel who majored in molecular genetics and other things we can't say'.
 
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This is good news for the Bengals. For as much as I have a man crush on CK, the thought of him actually playing for the Bengals to win was a horrifying thought. Sounds like we have some depth there.
 
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Sounds like he's injured and going to need surgery...

http://www.daytondailynews.com/sports/content/sports/bengals/daily/0516bengals.html

Bengals cut former OSU QB Krenzel
Injury grievance may be filed as player was reportedly hurt during offseason workouts.

By Chick Ludwig

Staff Writer

CINCINNATI | The Bengals waived Craig Krenzel on Monday, but it may not be the last they've heard from the former Ohio State quarterback. He has 25 days to file an injury grievance with the NFL Players Association.

A representative from NC Sports, a suburban Cleveland company that represents Krenzel, told the Dayton Daily News that Krenzel sustained an arm injury, which requires surgery, during the club's offseason workout program.

According to the NFLPA, players who are injured while performing services for their club are entitled to receive their salary for as long as they remain physically unable to play during the season, as well as receive treatment, rehabilitation and medical care.

The NFLPA further states that players who are released while still injured and unable to play because of the injury "must file an injury grievance within 25 days" after their release "to enforce your rights under your player contract."

Once an injury grievance is filed, players are examined by a neutral physician.

"If the neutral physician finds that you are still injured and if the club still refuses to pay you, you will be given a hearing before an arbitrator who will decide your case," the NFLPA said.

Krenzel couldn't be reached for comment. Claimed off waivers from Chicago on June 20, 2005, Krenzel was the Bengals' No. 3 quarterback in 2005. He did not play in the regular season. He was due to earn $425,000 this season.

"We're not going to have any further comment," Bengals spokesman Jack Brennan said.

In other moves, the club waived tight end Ryan Hamby (Ohio State) and signed two college free agents — wide receiver Glenn Holt of Kentucky and cornerback DeMarcus Rideaux of Mayville (N.D.) State — who competed at rookie minicamp on a tryout basis.
 
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Old article, but worth the post..

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Coming home

Krenzel thanks role models on 'retirement' night.

PUBLISHED: February 4, 2006

By John Hetzler
Macomb Daily Sports Writer

[FONT=verdana, arial, sans-serif]Macomb Daily staff photos by David Dalton[/FONT] [FONT=verdana, arial, sans-serif]Craig Krenzel speaks at a ceremony at which his No. 16 Ford football jersey was retired. "It's a great experience," said Krenzel, a former star quarterback at Ohio State who graduated from Ford in 1999. You can purchase this photo. It will appear Tuesday in our online PHOTO GALLERY.
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[/FONT] The students at Sterling Heights Henry Ford II always could look up to Craig Krenzel. On Friday, the school gave Krenzel -- a three-sport standout for the Falcons and a former star quarterback at Ohio State -- something he could look up at during a ceremony at halftime of Ford's basketball game against Macomb Township L'Anse Creuse North.
Ford retired Krenzel's number and presented him with a banner and plaque that included his No. 16 Falcons jersey, which will be placed high on the wall of the gym at Ford High School.
"It's a great experience," Krenzel said following the ceremony attended by his parents, friends and several former coaches.
"For a high school athlete, it's the No. 1 compliment," he said. "To have almost everyone here tonight means a lot to me. It's a great honor. I'm just flattered. I'm just a regular guy."
Of course, he's a regular guy who has started in the NFL, won two Fiesta Bowl MVPs and guided Ohio State to a national championship.
Still, his accomplishments off the field are just as impressive. He earned academic All-American honors in college and graduated with a degree in molecular genetics.
"Now I'm so proud of him because of the total person he has become -- a great role model, a great family man," Jim Barker, his former basketball coach at Ford, said.
Krenzel continued to show those traits Friday.
Earlier in the day, he gave a motivational speech to the students at Ford, talking about the importance of role models. Then at the ceremony, he thanked his role models -- his family, Barker and former football coach Terry Copacia, among others.
"I was just so fortunate to have the coaches I had," Krenzel said.
They helped put him on an amazing road in which Krenzel has accomplished much, starting with his senior season with the Falcons when he earned all-state honors after passing for 1,700 yards and 20 touchdowns.
Upon graduating from Ford in 1999, Krenzel moved on to Ohio State, where he sported a 24-3 record as a starting quarterback. In 2002, he led the Buckeyes to a 13-0 record, capped by a victory over Miami in the Fiesta Bowl to give OSU the national championship.
Drafted in the fifth round of the 2004 NFL draft by the Chicago Bears, Krenzel played in six games -- including five starts -- and passed for 713 yards and three touchdowns in his rookie year.
This season, Krenzel played for the Cincinnati Bengals where he served as the backup to Pro Bowler Carson Palmer and Jon Kitna.
The Bengals won the AFC North this year, but lost in the playoffs to the Pittsburgh Steelers, who will play in Super Bowl XL at Ford Field this weekend.
Krenzel believes the Steelers will defeat the Seattle Seahawks, but he still thinks about what might have been considering the Bengals' success this season and their victory at Pittsburgh late in the regular season.
"There's a lot of that," he said. "There's no doubt we could be playing tomorrow. That's the thing about the NFL -- there's only one team that's happy at the end of the season, and the other 31 have to wait until next year. This year, we were one of the other 31."
Nevertheless, Krenzel won't dwell too long on what ifs.
He now is busy being a father after his wife, Beth, gave birth to son Brayden three weeks ago, and his family helps give Ford's favorite son perspective.
"I never take time to dwell on football," Krenzel said. "It's what I do. It's not who I am.
"My greatest accomplishment is being a good husband and a good father, being a good brother and uncle, being a good disciple for Christ."
 
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