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BENGALS DAILY LOG
2008
July 7: Waived DT Titus Adams, CB Jerrid Gaines and DT Michael
Marquardt.
July 15: Signed DT Jason Shirley (D5); Acquired LB Carl-Johan
Bjork as an international practice squad player.
July 17: Signed TE Matt Sherry (D6b) and DE Angelo Craig (D7a).
July 22: Signed WR Mario Urrutia (D7b).
July 24: Terminated contract of CB Blue Adams.
July 25: Waived HB Kenny Irons (failed physical).
July 27: Signed G/OT Andrew Whitworth* to a contract extension;
Signed WR Jerome Simpson (D2), DT Pat Sims (D3a),
WR Andre Caldwell (D3b), OT Anthony Collins (D4) and S
Corey Lynch (D6a).
July 28: Signed CB Jonathan Zenon (CFA, Louisiana State); Placed
LB David Pollack on Reserve/Did Not Report list; HB Kenny
Irons cleared waivers and reverted to Reserve/Physically Unable
to Perform list.
Aug. 4: Waived HB Kenny Irons from Reserve/Physically Unable to
Perform list.
Aug. 5: Signed LB Keith Rivers (D1); Signed CB Jerrid Gaines (FA);
Waived FB Tyler Whaley; Waived CB Jonathan Zenon (injury
settlement).
Aug. 6: Waived WR Travis Brown.
Aug. 14: Waived G Justin Britt (injured).
Aug. 15: G Justin Britt clear waivers and reverted to Reserve/Injured list.
Aug. 19: Signed WR Chris Henry (FA); Waived CB Jerrid Gaines.
Aug. 20: Waived FB Bradley Glatthaar (injury settlement) and CB
Ethan Kilmer (injured).
Aug. 21: Waived WR Marcus Maxwell (injured); CB Ethan Kilmer
cleared waivers and reverted to Reserve/Injured list.
Aug. 22: WR Marcus Maxwell cleared waivers and reverted to Reserve/
Injured list.
Aug. 30: Terminated contracts of OT Willie Anderson, HB Rudi Johnson,
TE Nate Lawrie, LB Jim Maxwell and CB Deltha O’Neal;
Placed TE Matt Sherry on Reserve/Injured list; Placed WR Chris
Henry on Reserve/Suspended by Commissioner list; Waived G
James Blair, LB Ahmad Brooks, DE Antwon Burton, S John
Busing, DE Angelo Craig, DE Eric Henderson, LB Anthony
Hoke, LB Dan Howell, HB James Johnson, G Nate Livings,
WR Clyde Logan, WR Maurice Purify, QB Jeff Rowe, OT
Dane Uperesa, WR Mario Urrutia.
Aug. 31: Acquired G Frank Davis on waivers from Detroit and DT Orien
Harris on waivers from New Orleans; Terminated contract of DT
Michael Myers; Placed C Dan Santucci on Reserve/Injured
list; Signed five players to practice squad: LB Dan Howell, HB
James Johnson, G Nate Livings, WR Maurice Purify and
WR Mario Urrutia; Placed LB Carl-Johan Bjork on Practice
Squad as an International Practice Squad Player.
Sept. 1: Signed DE Eric Henderson to practice squad.
Sept. 3: Signed FB Reagan Maui’a (FA); Placed FB Jeremi Johnson
on Reserve/Injured list; Signed CB Geoffrey Pope (FA) and OT
Dennis Roland (FA) to practice squad.
Sept. 4: Recognized change of WR Chad Johnson’s surname to
Ochocinco.
Sept. 11: Signed TE Nate Lawrie to practice squad; Released OT Dennis
Roland from practice squad.
Sept. 16: Signed CB Geoffrey Pope from practice squad; Waived G
Frank Davis; Signed OT Dennis Roland (FA) and LB Abdul
Hodge (FA) to practice squad; Released LB Dan Howell from
practice squad.
Sept. 23: Signed CB Jamar Fletcher (FA); Waived CB Geoffrey Pope;
Released WR Maurice Purify from practice squad.
Sept. 24: Signed CB Geoffrey Pope to practice squad.
Sept. 29: WR Chris Henry completed four-game suspension and was
granted a roster exemption of up to one week.
Sept. 30: Signed HB Cedric Benson (FA); Placed HB DeDe Dorsey on
Reserve/Injured list.
Oct. 3: Signed LB Abdul Hodge from practice squad; Waived CB
Simeon Castille.
Oct. 4: Removed roster exemption from WR Chris Henry and added
him to active roster; Terminated contract of HB Kenny Watson.
Oct. 7: Signed HB Kenny Watson; Placed LB Darryl Blackstock on
Reserve/Suspended by Commissioner list; Signed CB Simeon
Castille to practice squad.
Oct. 9: Waived CB Ethan Kilmer from Reserve/Injured list.
Oct. 11: Signed K Dave Rayner (FA); Waived FB Reagan Maui’a.
Oct. 14: Waived WR Marcus Maxwell from Reserve/Injured list.
Oct. 17: Signed TE Nate Lawrie (FA) and CB Geoffrey Pope (FA)
from practice squad; Placed C Kyle Cook and S Herana-Daze
Jones on Reserve/Injured list; Signed QB Jeff Rowe (FA) to
practice squad.
Oct. 21: Signed G Andrew Crummey from Washington practice squad;
Placed LB Keith Rivers on Reserve/Injured list; Waived K
Dave Rayner.
Oct. 22: Signed FB Reagan Maui’a (FA); Signed WR Maurice Purify
(FA) to practice squad.
Oct. 24: Signed LB/DE Eric Henderson from practice squad; Placed FB
Reagan Maui’a on Reserve/Injured list.
Oct. 27: Placed S Corey Lynch on Reserve/Injured list.
Oct. 28: Signed S John Busing (FA).
Oct. 29: Signed FB J.D. Runnels (FA) to practice squad.
Oct. 30: Signed S Chris Crocker (FA); Placed S Dexter Jackson on
Reserve/Injured list.
Nov. 4: LB Darryl Blackstock completed four-game suspension and was
granted a roster exemption of up to one week; Waived S Herana-
Daze Jones from Reserve/Injured list (injury settlement).
Nov. 10: Removed roster exemption from LB Darryl Blackstock and
added him to active roster; Waived CB Geoffrey Pope.
Nov. 11: Released FB J.D. Runnels from practice squad.
Nov. 12: Signed CB Geoffrey Pope to practice squad.
Nov. 17: Signed G Nate Livings from practice squad; Placed LB Abdul
Hodge on Reserve/Injured list; Signed C Digger Bujnoch (FA)
to practice squad.
Nov. 19: Signed OT Dennis Roland from practice squad; Placed WR
Antonio Chatman on Reserve/Injured list.
Nov. 21: Signed CB Simeon Castille from practice squad; Placed CB
Johnathan Joseph on Reserve/Injured list.
Nov. 24: Signed DE Josh Mallard (FA) and G Evan Mathis (FA); Placed
DE Robert Geathers and DE Frostee Rucker on Reserve/
Injured list; Signed DE Victor DeGrate (FA) to practice squad.
Nov. 26: Signed FB J.D. Runnels to practice squad; Waived FB
Reagan Maui’a (injury settlement) and FB Jeremi Johnson
from Reserve/Injured list.
Nov.28: Signed CB Geoffrey Pope off practice squad; Signed OT Kirk
Barton off Miami practice squad; Placed G/OT Scott Kooistra
and G Andrew Whitworth on Reserve/Injured list.
Dec. 2: Placed S Marvin White on Reserve/Injured list; Signed DE Ben
Ishola (FA) to practice squad.
Dec. 3: Signed LB Victor Hobson (FA); Released DE Ben Ishola from
practice squad.
Dec. 5: Signed HB James Johnson from practice squad; Placed G
Dec. 9:
Kirk Barton on Reserve/Injured list.
Signed S Mike Doss (FA); Waived DE Josh Mallard; Signed
CB Marcus Brown (FA) to practice squad.
Dec. 10: Signed DE Chris Harrington from Arizona practice squad;
Placed DE/LB Eric Henderson on Reserve/Injured list; Waived
G Justin Britt from Reserve/Injured list.
Dec. 16: Waived LB Victor Hobson; Signed G James Blair (FA) to practice
squad; QB Jeff Rowe signed off practice squad by Seattle.
Dec. 17: Signed LB Jim Maxwell (FA).
Dec. 29: Signed seven practice squad players to offseason roster: G
James Blair, CB Marcus Brown, C/G Digger Bujnoch, DE
Victor DeGrate, WR Maurice Purify, FB J.D. Runnels and
WR Mario Urrutia.
2009
Jan. 4: International Practice Squad Player contract for LB Carl Johan-
Bjork expired.
Feb. 12: Signed FB/TE Daniel Coats (exclusive rights player-Cin.).
Feb. 13: Acquired P Ryan Plackemeier on waivers from Washington.
Feb. 16: Applied franchise player designation to K Shayne Graham.
Feb. 26: Announced tender offers to LB Rashad Jeanty (RFA-Cin.) and
LB Brandon Johnson (RFA-Cin.); Announced that no tender
offers had been made to potential RFAs John Busing (S),
DeDe Dorsey (HB), Glenn Holt (WR) and Corey Mays (LB),
releasing them to free agency.
Feb. 27: Signed S Chris Crocker (UFA-Cin.) and HB DeDe Dorsey (FA).
Feb. 28: OT Stacy Andrews (UFA-Cin.) signed by Philadelphia; QB
Ryan Fitzpatrick (UFA-Cin.) signed by Buffalo.
March 2: Signed LB Darryl Blackstock (UFA-Cin.) and DT Orien
Harris (exclusive rights player-Cin.).
March 3: Signed HB Cedric Benson (UFA-Cin.); WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh
(UFA-Cin.) signed by Seattle.
March 4: Signed WR Laveranues Coles (UFA-NYJ).
March 6: Signed QB J.T. O’Sullivan (UFA-S.F.); Terminated the contract
of S Dexter Jackson; Waived G James Blair, CB Marcus
Brown and DE Victor DeGrate.
March 20: Signed FB Naufahu Tahi (RFA-Minn.) to an offer sheet.
March 27: Minnesota matched Bengals offer sheet to FB Naufahu Tahi.
April 7: Signed DT Tank Johnson (UFA-Dall.).
April 16: Signed LB Brandon Johnson (RFA-Cin.).
April 17: Signed LB Rashad Jeanty (RFA-Cin.); Acquired HB Gary
Russell on waivers from Pittsburgh.
April 23: Waived G Kirk Barton.
April 24: Signed FB Jeremi Johnson (FA).
April 25: Selected two players in annual NFL Draft: OT Andre Smith of
Alabama in Round 1 (sixth overall) and LB Rey Maualuga of
Southern California in Round 2 (38th).
April 26: Selected nine players in annual NFL Draft: DE Michael Johnson
of Georgia Tech in Round 3 (70th overall), TE Chase Coffman
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