If the Bengals want to reach an injury settlement with wide receiver Antonio Bryant, someone forgot to tell his agent.
With rumors swirling that Bryant could be on the outs in Cincinnati, his agent Lamont Smith told Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com that he hasn’t heard from the team.
“That would be the protocol,” Smith said. “Because you would think they would call and say, ‘This isn’t going the way we thought and let’s try and do something.’ From what I understand, things have progressed the past week.”
Those “things” include Bryant’s health. He thinks he could return to the field soon.
Of course it’s possible that the Bengals would simply cut Bryant and eat the money they paid him without even trying to reach an injury settlement. They could also place him on injured reserve.
That’s the problem with Bryant’s situation: Everything seemingly remains possible regarding his future, no matter how much speculation there has been about his release.