By Mark Curnutte
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Rookie defensive tackle Langston Moore signed a three-year contract Thursday.

Moore was the Bengals' sixth-round draft pick from South Carolina. Moore is the third draft pick to sign, joining quarterback Carson Palmer (first round) and offensive tackle Scott Kooistra (seventh).

GOING CAMPING: The annual scrimmage, the most popular event of training camp, will be moved this year from Saturday to Friday night, Aug. 1. The next day will feature a new event, the Orange-Black Mock Game. Game time is 1 p.m.

"We're essentially going to play a live game, keeping score, but without tackling," coach Marvin Lewis said.

The mock game also will serve as a sideline-and-substitution drill under game conditions - preparing the team for the Aug. 10 preseason opener at the Jets.

Players will report to camp July 27. Camp will be open to the public with the opening practices July 28. The last day of camp will be Aug. 21. On Aug. 6 and 14, the team will hold practices at 6:30 p.m. Autograph sessions will be held immediately following the scrimmage, the mock game and the two night practices. Camp will be held for the seventh consecutive year at Georgetown College in Georgetown, Ky., near Lexington.

BROWNS: Tim Couch's job may be more secure than he or anyone else in Cleveland ever imagined.

Browns coach Butch Davis seemed to diffuse his team's simmering quarterback controversy on Thursday by saying Couch had never lost his starting position to Kelly Holcomb.

COLTS: Quarterback Jim Druckenmiller was released Thursday by the Indianapolis Colts, ending his NFL comeback after a three-year layoff. Druckenmiller hasn't played in the NFL since 1998 and hasn't thrown a pass in a game since 1997, the same year he was picked 26th overall in the draft's first round.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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