Bengals first round pick, linebacker Keith Rivers, wore #58 during the rookie minicamp two weekends ago. However, he really wants his college number of #55 ... a damn good number for USC 'backers.
However, current Bengals linebacker Ahmad Brooks currently wears those digits on his candy-corn uniform. Rivers is interested in buying it off of him:
No. 1 pick Keith Rivers has already opened up negotiations with veteran linebacker Ahmad Brooks to get USC's No. 55.
"But I've got another month to work on him," said Rivers, who wore No. 58.
It may be more like Brooks has another month to sell it. See, Brooks has this little issue of punching a woman that goes to court on June 6th. Depending on how that plays out, Rivers could find himself in a buyers market. If something happens where Brooks faces discipline, maybe Rivers can just get it for free.
Don't laugh. Odell Thurman once wore #51 for the Bengals (there are people around town with them). Once he was suspended by the NFL for violating the league's substance abuse policy, he lost his number to Corey Mays. Now that Thurman has been reinstated by the league, he will wear #45 for the orange and black this year.
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5-12-2008 @ 8:24PM
BlueStarDude said...
Thurman's a linebacker, so wouldn't he have to wear a number in the 50s or 90s and not in the 40s?
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