The_Philster
07-15-2003, 07:44 PM
With less than two weeks before training camp opens, the agent for Bengals second-round pick Eric Steinbach remains confident the projected starting left guard will be signed in time for drills.
The La Jolla, Calif.-based Jack Bechta acknowledged this week that signings are slow all around the NFL primarily because of the teams’ desire for long term deals in the wake of the Redskins’ purging restricted free agents in the offseason and the teams’ effort to keep deals close to the 2002 signings because the amount of the rookie pool is virtually the same as last year.
The Bengals have been busier than most in signing four of their nine picks. Only the Giants and Chiefs have signed more, and, as of Tuesday afternoon they had just one of the six players selected on the first day of the NFL Draft who have signed....
more (http://www.bengals.com/press/news.asp?news_id=1847)
The La Jolla, Calif.-based Jack Bechta acknowledged this week that signings are slow all around the NFL primarily because of the teams’ desire for long term deals in the wake of the Redskins’ purging restricted free agents in the offseason and the teams’ effort to keep deals close to the 2002 signings because the amount of the rookie pool is virtually the same as last year.
The Bengals have been busier than most in signing four of their nine picks. Only the Giants and Chiefs have signed more, and, as of Tuesday afternoon they had just one of the six players selected on the first day of the NFL Draft who have signed....
more (http://www.bengals.com/press/news.asp?news_id=1847)