Saturday, February 13, 1999
Ambrose to shop elsewhere
He and other Bengals set up interviews
BY GEOFF HOBSON
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The Bengals took a tentative dip into free agency Friday while their own free agents dove in.
• Cornerback Ashley Am brose, just off the plane from Hawaii Friday, plans to get on another jet Monday to get recruited. He said it looks like he will make visits to Atlanta, Denver and Jacksonville.
• Strong safety Sam Shade secured visits to St. Louis and Philadelphia next week.
• Defensive end Clyde Simmons plans to visit Chicago.
• Corey Sawyer has been assured by five teams he's on their list after the high-priced cornerbacks' fall.
Ambrose, the Bengals' high-priced corner, goes into the market looking for the $5 million per year Cincinnati wouldn't give him and a re-union with old Colts teammate Ray Buchanan in Atlanta.
“I'd like to play with Ray again and they've got a good program going,” Ambrose said. “But who knows?”
The Bengals are still mak ing a run at Ambrose, but Friday they were believed to have contacted the agents for cornerbacks Dale Carter of Kansas City, Orlando Thomas of Minnesota, Ronnie Bradford of Atlanta and Ken Irvin of Buffalo.
“We told Ashley we have to get a guy and we may not be there when he may want us to be there,” said Bengals President Mike Brown.
Wide receiver Carl Pickens, the highest-priced Bengal, apparently didn't get any offers Friday, which was expected because he carries the team's expensive franchise tag.
Steve Zucker, Pickens' agent, said there were no changes in the situation as he looks for a team to swing a trade with the Bengals.
The Dolphins are interested in Pickens, but Friday said they won't deal with franchise players until after April's draft and are now eyeing Charles Johnson.
Friday's biggest winner may have been Shade, thanks to safety Carnell Lake's four-year, $18 million deal with Jacksonville.
Shade's agent believes he has proven to the Bengals that there'll be a $2-3 million market for his client.
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