Warrick Cut by Bengals

[sandgk]

After 5 years P Dub is gone.

Seattle is reportedly ready to pick up the services of the ex-Seminole a 1st round draft pick in 2000.

Warrick moves on (Seattle first); Herring to IR

8/30/2005 - 6:35 p.m.
BY GEOFF HOBSON


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Warrick</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>The Bengals officially terminated wide receiver Peter Warrick’s contract Tuesday, ending the Cincinnati career of their first-round draft pick from 2000 and sending a jolt through the locker room and his fellow wide receivers.

ESPN.com is reporting Warrick is heading to Seattle Tuesday for a visit, and also has interest from Tampa Bay, the Giants, Colts, and Packers.

"It's shocking," said Chad Johnson. "I can only think as a player. I can't think like management. I can't think like an owner. I can only think like Chad. I don't know."

T.J. Houshmandzadeh saw Warrick right before the receivers' morning meeting.

"He said, 'They waived me,' and I thought he was playing," Houshmandzadeh said. "But then I saw the look on his face."

Also Tuesday, the Bengals ended the season of safety Kim Herring (shoulder) when they put him on injured reserve to get down to the mandatory 68 players by 4 p.m. Tuesday. They also waived two players, third-year cornerback Terrell Roberts and rookie guard Kyle Takavitz, and added veteran safety Ifeanyi Ohalete and veteran linebacker Hannibal Navies.

In five seasons with the Bengals, Warrick played in 66 games with 55 starts, catching 264 passes for 2811 yards and 18 TDs. He also had 355 rushing yards on 52 attempts with two touchdowns and averaged 9.7 yards on 54 punt returns with two touchdowns.

Warrick entered 2004 with the most catches (253) of any player in his first four Bengals seasons, but due to a knee injury late in the 2003 season and a broken fibula last year, he played in only four games last season and saw significant action in only the first two.

Controversy seemed to stalk the entire process. He wasn't cleared for 2005 practice until Aug. 14, and he played in one preseason game, Aug. 19 at Washington, and had no receptions with one rushing attempt for two yards. He's a free agent and can be signed by any team and once he does, the Bengals are out from under his $2.2 million salary if there is any kind of an injury grievance.

He was cleared by his own doctor before he came back to practice, but missed all last week with a hamstring pull and didn't play in the 27-17 loss in Philadelphia. He did return to practice Monday and said he felt as good as he has in a long time while asking the Bengals to release him Tuesday instead of Saturday if they did indeed cut him.

“There is some disappointment involved in making this move,� said Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis. “But I believe it’s in the best interest of the Bengals and Peter to go forward.� There wasn't a sense from his close friends that he orchestrated the move with those words.



"Can you drive your car on three wheels?" asked Johnson, who said when Warrick returned to practice two weeks ago that he was the Bengals' version of Michael Vick. "It doesn't seem right for No. 80 not to be on the field. Even though he was hurt, we knew he could come back at some point."

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Ohalete</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Navies, a seventh-year NFL veteran, was released Aug. 27 by Green Bay. He played 31 games with 30 starts for the Packers during 2003-04, and also started all three Green Bay playoff games during those seasons. The 6-3, 245-pound Navies entered the NFL in 1999 as a fourth-round draft choice of Carolina, and played in 37 games with 15 starts during 1999-2002 with the Panthers. He signed with Green Bay in 2003 as an unrestricted free agent. He has six-year NFL totals of 70 games, 45 starts, 289 tackles, 3.5 sacks, one interception, two fumble recoveries and three forced fumbles. He played in Green Bay’s first three preseason games this year, with two starts, logging 10 tackles. Ohalete is a fifth-year NFL veteran released Monday from Arizona who played for Lewis in Washington in 2002. He played in 16 games with 13 starts for Arizona last season.

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

After 5 years P Dub is gone.

Seattle is reportedly ready to pick up the services of the ex-Seminole a 1st round draft pick in 2000.

I heard down here today that the Bucs wanted him too.... he did play at FSU, I wonder if he'd want to come back to Florida?

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Warrick has signed to play for Seattle...

SEATTLE (AP) -- The Seattle Seahawks signed former Cincinnati Bengals receiver Peter Warrick to a one-year, $1.4 million contract on Wednesday, agent Drew Rosenhaus said.

Warrick passed a physical and signed a deal that included a $900,000 base salary, a $500,000 signing bonus and the opportunity to earn $880,000 in incentives, Rosenhaus said.

The Seahawks did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Warrick was cut by Cincinnati on Tuesday, one day after the injury-plagued receiver had asked to be released if the Bengals had written him out of their plans.

Seattle was the first team to call when he was released, Rosenhaus said, and the first team the receiver visited.

"They're a team that really needs help at the receiver position," Rosenhaus said. "There's an opportunity there for Peter to come in and contribute right away."

Warrick faces stiff competition in Seattle, where he'll be the 10th receiver on the roster. He'll be battling for one of five or six spots when the Seahawks make final cuts after their last exhibition game Friday night against Minnesota.

Warrick's history of leg problems is not an issue, though, Rosenhaus said.
"We don't really have any reservations about his health," the agent said. "We're confident that he's healthy and ready to do this."

Warrick, 28, was the fourth overall pick in the 2000 draft, when he was selected by the struggling Bengals from national champion Florida State. But Cincinnati failed to make the playoffs or have a winning season during his five years.

His best season came in 2003, when he caught 79 passes for 819 yards, and carried 18 times for 157 yards and scored eight touchdowns.
After tearing knee cartilage in December 2003, Warrick required arthroscopic surgery that caused him to miss only one game. But that was the start of leg problems that eventually cost him his roster spot.
A small crack in a bone by the knee limited him to four games and 11 catches last season, his most exasperating in Cincinnati. He missed the minicamps and the start of training camp while the leg healed.

The five-year veteran played in one preseason game this year, carrying once on a reverse -- he gained 2 yards before slipping -- and failing to catch a pass. Then, he sat out practices last week because of a tender hamstring.