11-13-2009, 09:31 PM
Purify moved up; Roy Williams placed on IR
Posted by jreedy November 13th, 2009, 1:21 pm
Maurice Purify is moving up while Roy Williams’ season is over.
The wide receiver, who has been on the Bengals practice squad for a year and a half, was elevated to the Bengals’ 53-man roster on Friday while Williams was placed on injured reserve.
Judging by the tones throughout this week, Purify will be on the 45-man gameday roster on Sunday in Pittsburgh while Jerome Simpson will be inactive. Lewis said that is not an indictment on Simpson, but it does appear to be a signal to the second-year player that more is expected.
Bengals coach Marvin Lewis has liked the way Purify has practiced this week and the fact that he has been able to step in during practices throughout his time here when someone has been sick or injured.
“He’s big, he’s fast, he’ll contribute usually on special teams and give us a lot of options,” Lewis said. “He’s a real tough kid. Not many guys are going to pick a fight with Maurice. It’s great, he’s getting an opportunity. He wanted a chance to do this and he deserves a shot at it.”
Purify and Williams were involved in one of the biggest moments of training camp, when Purify dominated Williams during one of the matchups in the Oklahoma drill.
Williams bruised his forearm the week of the Cleveland game and has been inactive for four of the last five games. After missing the Week 4 game at the Browns, he returned the following week at Baltimore but aggravated it when he tried to hit Todd Heap during the second half.
The eighth-year safety looked like he was slowly making progress. He practiced Wednesday, but aggravated it again and did not go the past two days. It is the same forearm that he broke in two places with Dallas last year that caused him to miss most of the season.
“His forearm is not to the point where he can play with it,” coach Marvin Lewis said. “We know he’s a helluva kid who wants to play with it in the worst way but he can’t with the pain and trauma of where he had the injury.”
Williams signed a one-year deal with the Bengals in May worth $900,000 ($750,000 base and $150,000 bonus) and will be a free agent in the offseason. He started the first three games and had 30 tackles. Lewis would like to have Williams back, but it’s too early to know how free agency will go especially in what looks to be an uncapped year.
Chinedum Ndukwe has started in Williams place and has played solid. He is eighth on the team with 35 tackles and 1.5 sacks. He had five stops along with a shared sack in last week’s win over Baltimore. Ndukwe was drafted in the seventh round by the Bengals in 2007 and started 11 games last year. He missed part of last season due to a foot injury.
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Posted by jreedy November 13th, 2009, 1:21 pm
Maurice Purify is moving up while Roy Williams’ season is over.
The wide receiver, who has been on the Bengals practice squad for a year and a half, was elevated to the Bengals’ 53-man roster on Friday while Williams was placed on injured reserve.
Judging by the tones throughout this week, Purify will be on the 45-man gameday roster on Sunday in Pittsburgh while Jerome Simpson will be inactive. Lewis said that is not an indictment on Simpson, but it does appear to be a signal to the second-year player that more is expected.
Bengals coach Marvin Lewis has liked the way Purify has practiced this week and the fact that he has been able to step in during practices throughout his time here when someone has been sick or injured.
“He’s big, he’s fast, he’ll contribute usually on special teams and give us a lot of options,” Lewis said. “He’s a real tough kid. Not many guys are going to pick a fight with Maurice. It’s great, he’s getting an opportunity. He wanted a chance to do this and he deserves a shot at it.”
Purify and Williams were involved in one of the biggest moments of training camp, when Purify dominated Williams during one of the matchups in the Oklahoma drill.
Williams bruised his forearm the week of the Cleveland game and has been inactive for four of the last five games. After missing the Week 4 game at the Browns, he returned the following week at Baltimore but aggravated it when he tried to hit Todd Heap during the second half.
The eighth-year safety looked like he was slowly making progress. He practiced Wednesday, but aggravated it again and did not go the past two days. It is the same forearm that he broke in two places with Dallas last year that caused him to miss most of the season.
“His forearm is not to the point where he can play with it,” coach Marvin Lewis said. “We know he’s a helluva kid who wants to play with it in the worst way but he can’t with the pain and trauma of where he had the injury.”
Williams signed a one-year deal with the Bengals in May worth $900,000 ($750,000 base and $150,000 bonus) and will be a free agent in the offseason. He started the first three games and had 30 tackles. Lewis would like to have Williams back, but it’s too early to know how free agency will go especially in what looks to be an uncapped year.
Chinedum Ndukwe has started in Williams place and has played solid. He is eighth on the team with 35 tackles and 1.5 sacks. He had five stops along with a shared sack in last week’s win over Baltimore. Ndukwe was drafted in the seventh round by the Bengals in 2007 and started 11 games last year. He missed part of last season due to a foot injury.
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