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May 6, 2008 8:51 AM

Bengals sign Howell, Reece waived

In news involving ex-Huskies, the Cincinnati Bengals yesterday signed LB Dan Howell while the Dolphins waived WR Marcel Reece.

Reece struggled to catch the ball during Miami's weekend mini-camp, as noted in this story here.

Howell got a contract from the Bengals after impressing the team during a tryout this weekend, as noted here.

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Posted by hands of stone

9:30 AM, May 06, 2008

First!!!

Why can't Marcel just catch the damn ball???

Posted by Husky Fan In New York

9:43 AM, May 06, 2008

Congrats to Dan Howell. I'm sure his dad would be proud.

Posted by Its Ty

9:47 AM, May 06, 2008

As people have always complained - it's Ty's fault for not teaching him.

Posted by TurbineSeaplane

9:48 AM, May 06, 2008

Shocking!

A UW Receiver from last year that can't catch the ball and gets cut?

No way!

Posted by coog news

9:54 AM, May 06, 2008

Bob, here's a zinger from the palouse you didn't report on...I wonder why?

Police urge felony against Coug
PULLMAN -- Pullman Police submitted documents to the Whitman County prosecutor Monday requesting that Washington State football player Andy Roof be charged with one count of second-degree felony assault and five counts of fourth-degree gross misdemeanor assault.

Posted by purplereign

12:58 PM, May 06, 2008

how on earth did reece earn a scholarship as a wr, don't you have to have the ability to catch a football? it is pretty obvious that he should have been switched to defense,good athletic ability,no hands. Hopefully this years crops of wr's will be able to catch the ball

Posted by Guest

2:23 PM, May 06, 2008

It would have been nice for Reece to catch better. Despite not the most consistent hands, he still had a nice year for us, more big plays than most other skill guys, over 40 catches as I recall.

It seems he was the most productive receiver we have had in the last 4-5 years, other than sonny shackleford in the first half of 2006.

The coaches saw his potential (that he realized to some extent) and hat is why they never moved him to defense and that is how he earned a scholarship as a WR. Another factor is they had him for two years, really limiting their ability to move him to a new position.

With his frustrating limitations, he clearly was not good enough for the pro's, but was good enough to be one of our better players last year. Hopefully the bar continues to rise in our rebuilding program.