Bengals move Still to active roster

[stephm0188]

"The Bengals are staying in-house to sign that 53rd man.



Defensive tackle Devon Still signed back to the Bengals active roster Wednesday morning as the Bengals began preparations for Sunday’s Paul Brown Stadium 1 p.m. opener against the Falcons.



The signing came a day after the Bengals announced Still’s No. 75 jersey went on sale in the Bengals Pro Shop with all proceeds benefitting Cincinnati Children’s Hospital & Pediatric Cancer Care and set a one-day record for sales.



Still went on the practice squad last week with a hamstring injury, but circumstances have sped up his return to the roster.



Admitting he couldn’t “give football 100 percent,” as he deals with four-year-old daughter Leah’s Stage 4 cancer, Still transitioned to the practice squad after the Bengals cut him to get to the final 53 on Aug. 30.



“I try to always look at the positive of things,” Still said last week. “Of course if I came back out here I wanted to make the roster but I have a lot of stuff going on right now that I can’t give football 100 percent. I have many conversations with them and they have seen I can’t do it right now. They could have just washed their hands completely of it. ‘We don’t care what’s going on in his personal life we just want people who can care 100 percent on football, that’s what they pay us to do.’



But since this is the NFL, things change rapidly.



"We have an open roster spot, and this is the best football move we can make to fill it,” said head coach Marvin Lewis in a news release “We think Devon is ready to rejoin our line rotation and be productive. It already was stated that a big reason Devon opened on the practice squad was that he couldn’t fully focus on football this preseason. He had to take care of his daughter (Leah, four, diagnosed with cancer). But Devon has told us he feels ready to contribute now, so it’s the right move at the right time. And we’ve told Devon he can still be afforded the personal time he needs to attend to his daughter’s care.”"

www.bengals.com/news/article-1/Bengals-moving-Still-back-to-roster-TE-Otten-signed-to-practice-squad/440abb9d-fb07-481b-90e7-89919d1c291e

[pixy0stix]

 The Bengals have moved to one of my favorite teams.

[orangeblossom]

That's wonderful. I really really hope the chemo works for his daughter.

[ijack]

It's so heartwarming to read this after all the other shit that's been happening.

[sparkythelawyer]

SEE, NFL? THIS IS HOW YOU MANAGE A TEAM AND DON'T BE AN ASSHOLE.