Bengals decline to match on WR Walter
By Mark Curnutte
Enquirer staff writer
The Bengals have declined to match the offer sheet made by the Houston Texans to wide receiver Kevin Walter.
Walter signed an offer sheet on a four-year, $6.4 million contract with the Texans on Sunday.
The Bengals had seven days to decide whether to match the offer.
Walter now becomes property of the Texans under terms of the offer sheet.
Walter was the Bengals’ fourth wide receiver last season and had 19 receptions, one for a touchdown. He also was an excellent special teams player.
He was a restricted free agent.
The Bengals had tendered Walter as a "draft-status" player for $712,000. The Bengals now receive Houston's seventh-round draft pick as compensation for losing Walter. The Bengals now have eight picks in the draft, April 29-30, their original seven and the one received for Walter.
E-mail mcurnutte@enquirer.com
posted by Mark at 4:26 PM
2 Comments:
at 3/18/2006 8:16 PM 
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at 3/19/2006 12:42 PM 
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Post a Comment*Mark,
Have you been on vacation?
Bad move, now Antonio Chapman's agent already declined the first offer as reported on Bengals.com.
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