Bengals land Odom with five-year deal: Defensive end Antwan Odom signed a five-year deal worth $29.5 million with the Bengals, their first move in free agency to fix their biggest problem. Odom was coming off a career-best season with 16 starts and eight sacks with the Titans, who drafted him in 2004. The Bengals let defensive end Justin Smith leave as a free agent and failed to pull off a trade with Detroit for defensive tackle Shaun Rogers. Their defense has been one of the NFL's worst over the last three seasons, and they made the line a priority in the offseason. (Updated 03/04/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 7/24/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Odom was a second-round draft pick out of Alabama in 2004, and he has started 34 of 54 games in his career, with 152 total tackles. He had eight of his 12 1/2 career sacks in 2007, and he has eight tackles for losses with three forced fumbles and two fumbles recovered in his career. Expect him to be a decent low-end No. 3 Fantasy DL now that he's the star of the Bengals' defense. (Updated 03/04/2008).
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Bengals land Odom with five-year deal: Defensive end Antwan Odom signed a five-year deal worth $29.5 million with the Bengals, their first move in free agency to fix their biggest problem. Odom was coming off a career-best season with 16 starts and eight sacks with the Titans, who drafted him in 2004. The Bengals let defensive end Justin Smith leave as a free agent and failed to pull off a trade with Detroit for defensive tackle Shaun Rogers. Their defense has been one of the NFL's worst over the last three seasons, and they made the line a priority in the offseason. (Updated 03/04/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 7/24/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Odom was a second-round draft pick out of Alabama in 2004, and he has started 34 of 54 games in his career, with 152 total tackles. He had eight of his 12 1/2 career sacks in 2007, and he has eight tackles for losses with three forced fumbles and two fumbles recovered in his career. Expect him to be a decent low-end No. 3 Fantasy DL now that he's the star of the Bengals' defense. (Updated 03/04/2008).
The Tennessee Titans agreed to terms on a multiyear contract with Jevon Kearse
on Thursday, and coach Jeff Fisher said they plan to play the 31-year-old defensive
end as much as possible.
Cincinnati failed to trade for Shaun Rogers and, reportedly, now Dewayne Robertson. But the Bengals finally make a move that strengthens a D-line that badly needed some help, Clark Judge says.
