Bengals Claim QB Driskel from 49ers

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Quote:Not on the list is Keith Wenning, last year's quarterback on the squad who was the No. 3 quarterback this preseason. That's because the Bengals have moved on to the 6-4, 230-pound Driskel, the 49ers' sixth-round pick out of Louisiana Tech.

The Bengals love big, tall strong-armed quarterbacks and the fact Driskel's 4.56 40-yard dash was the fastest of the quarterbacks at the NFL's scouting combine makes him even more of an intriguing prospect..
Call it the first move in the bid to replace AJ McCarron, Dalton's talented backup who doesn't figure to be around for another contract. By claiming Driskel (their first Opening Week waiver claim since the Brandon Tate Sunday of 2011), the Bengals theoretically don't have to spend a draft pick on a quarterback next April if they like what they see. And they'll most likely keep him on the 53, the first time they've gone with three quarterbacks in the Green-Dalton Era.

At least Hobson knows how to put lipstick on a pig..