The Cincinnati Bengals will release linebacker
Odell Thurman today. The news was
first reported by Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, citing an unnamed league source, and has also been reported by Steve Wyche, citing Thurman's agent, on
ESPN First Take.
Thurman is a talented player who was the Bengals' second-round pick out of Georgia in 2005 and started 15 games as a rookie. But he has had a long history of off-field problems, both with drugs and with the law, and hasn't played an NFL game since then.
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