OK, don't want to go into too much more detail on the Shaun Rogers thing - what's done is done. But Doc had a Detroit newspaper reporter on SportsTalk last night who explained the whole thing really well. He emphasized that the Bengals didn't do anything wrong, and the Bengals and Lions actually agreed to make the trade and agreed on who would pick up the $1 million roster bonus. The problem was the league had a problem with what they agreed to; the league said the agreement might violate collective bargaining. And of course the fact that it went down just before the 4 p.m. deadline (when Rogers' roster bonus would become an issue) basically gave Rogers and his agent an opportunity to shop around a little more. If Rogers and his agent really would have wanted the deal to happen, it would have happened, probably the next day. But once Browns GM Phil Savage saw the door was still open, Rogers and his agent made it happen.
As far as the Dewayne Robertson thing, now there are several sources reporting that the deal between the Bengals and Jets won't happen because the Bengals couldn't agree to terms with Robertson.
Of course, the Bengals did land Antwan Odom, which is exciting, and I don't think losing Madieu and Justin Smith is the end of the world at all. In fact, Peter King did a nice job putting Smith's over-inflated sense of self-worth into perspective.
It'd be nice to have a big-time DT, though, and it's looking like that might be the route the Bengals have to go in the draft.
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