Linebacker Becomes Salary-Cap Casualty ; Bengals Cut Nine-Year Starter Simmons Loose to Prepare for Free Agency.

Dayton Daily News › March 02, 2007

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CINCINNATI -- Brian Simmons' time in Cincinnati ended Wednesday when the Bengals terminated the linebacker's contract and released him to free agency.

Simmons, a first-round draft pick (No. 17 overall) in 1998, spent nine years as a starter at middle and weak-side linebacker. But he became a salary-cap casualty as the club braces for the NFL free agency period that begins Friday.

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Linebacker Becomes Salary-Cap Casualty ; Bengals Cut Nine-Year Starter Simmons Loose to Prepare for Free Agency.

"It's a sad day," said Jerrold Colton, Simmons' agent. "...

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