Team waives LB Manning

The Bengals today waived linebacker Roy Manning. Manning, from the University of Michigan, is a fourth-year NFL player in 2008. He was acquired by the Bengals off waivers from Jacksonville on Nov. 13 and played in five games, with seven special teams tackles.

The Bengals did not have to make a roster move to add another player. They are more than one but less than five under the offseason roster limit of 80. In other words, if linebacker Odell Thurman were about to be reinstated -- he has been allowed to return to workouts with the team -- the Bengals would not have had to waive Manning to put Thurman back on the roster.