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After missing all of the 2006 and 2007 seasons due to violations of the NFL's substance abuse policy, the Cincinnati Bengals waived linebacker Odell Thurman on Monday.
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Bengals' zero tolerance
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog —
... Thurman was released because he missed too much time during voluntary workouts that was caused by a family issue, Lawson told ESPN.com. Thurman has been dealing with the recent passing of his grandmother, who helped raise him in Monticello, Georgia, and spent a lot of time in recent weeks with his family. ...
Thurman, Henry give Bengals dubious duo
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog —
Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando The Bengals scored a dubious two-fer when they released Odell Thurman today. Seventy-eight of the top 83 choices in the 2005 draft are currently on NFL rosters, reflecting typical attrition rates. The bad part for the Bengals: They drafted two of the five exceptions even though the evidence suggested both players carried unusual risks. Receiver Chris Henry, released last month after a similarly troubled career, has yet to land another job in the league. To put the Bengals' drafting ...
A look at Bengals LBs
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog —
... For all the Cincinnati Bengals fans still reeling after yesterday's release of linebacker Odell Thurman, life goes on. ...
OFFSEASON SCORE: MIKE BROWN 3, BUNGLES 0
Epic Carnival —
... for assault, claims he’s “willing to visit anyone that’s interested” (no one is), doesn’t pay his mortgage, understands why Roger Goodell doesn’t want West Virginia players in the NFL. SCORE: MIKE BROWN 1, BUNGLES 0 WHAT MIKE BROWN DID: Cut Odell Thurman WHAT HAPPENED: Thurman’s camp cries foul, Thurman plans to visit other teams, Thurman fails another drug ...
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news.enquirer.com 5/19/2008 — E-mail this E-mail | Printer-Friendly Print | digg us! | del.icio.us! * | Listen to this article or download audio file. Click-2-Listen After sticking with Odell Thurman through a two-year NFL suspension, the Bengals announced this morning that ...
News - Bengals cut Thurman - Cincinnati Bengals
bengals.com 5/19/2008 — Updated: 11:40 a.m. Tthe Bengals released middle linebacker Odell Thurman on Monday, ending his brief and tantalizing career in which he was suspended for two of his three seasons. Safarrah Lawson, one of Thurman's representatives, confirmed the ...
Bengals cut Thurman for missing voluntary workouts
cincyjungle.com 5/19/2008 —
UPDATE II : I did a Google search scouring Georgia county web sites that had searchable databases of anything Thurman. Such as arrests, dockets or reports. Nothing.
Who Dey Revolution concludes, " the Bengals ridding themselves of another ...
Bengals Release O. Thurman —
Mark Maske's NFL Insider 5/19/2008
A representative of Odell Thurman has told the Cincinnati Enquirer that the Bengals have indicated they will release the linebacker. "The support he got from the fans, from the people of Cincinnati, from Marvin Lewis and Mike Brown, this comes as a ...