Either the Bengals’ team doctors put their players through much more stringent physical exams than other team doctors, or the Bengals have attempted to sign a lot of unhealthy players.

I say that because the Bengals announced today that they have waived guard Chris Riley after he did not pass the team physical. That announcement comes four days after the Bengals announced the names of four other players who didn’t pass physicals.

The Bengals also rejected offensive lineman Deuce Lutui last year after he failed the team’s physical. He then signed with the Cardinals. Tight end Mickey Shuler failed a physical with the Bengals last year but was able to sign with the Vikings later in the year.

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Carson Palmer was on the Dan Patrick Show on Monday, and spoke about his feeling about his old team – the Bengals, and if anything needs to be patched up between he and the team, and if he would have been ready to go as a starter when he came in as the number one overall pick back in 2003, playing behind Jon Kitna.

“I definitely would have been ready to start but not I woudn’t have been ready to perform at the same level Jon Kitna was performing at. In my situation it was who gave us the best chance to win and Jon had been playing very well, he played there a long time and knew the system. It was a great opportunity for me to sit and learn. Jon taught me things back then that I still use today. Now if you are a quarterback and you get drafted 1-10 (overall) you are playing right away.”

And as for patching things up?

“It wasn’t one thing. It was just time. I put in going on nine eyars and gave everything I had and don’t look and regret anything. They had a young team that was an up and coming team. It was time for me to move on. I think in years to come both organizations will look back and say this is the best thing that could have happened.”

Financial terms of the four-year contract were not disclosed, but Still is expected to receive a signing bonus of around $1.18 million on a total contract worth around $3.8 million.

The 6-foot-5, 303-pound Still was a two-year starter at Penn State University, totaling 113 tackles, including 32.5 tackles for loss and 10.5 sacks with four passes defensed and a forced fumble. Still was named the Big Ten’s Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Year in 2011.

Geno Atkins and Domata Peko are scheduled to start at defensive tackle for the Bengals, but Still should see plenty of playing time as a rookie and could push for a starting job this summer.

In addition to signing Still, the Bengals announced the signing of fifth round wide receiver Marvin Jones, a 6-foot-2, 199-pounder from California who ran a 4.46-40 and did 22 reps on the bench press at the Combine. During a 43-game career at Berkeley, Jones caught 156 passes for 2,270 yards and 13 touchdowns, including 62 receptions for 846 yards and three touchdowns as a senior.

Jones averaged 7.3 yards as a punt returner last season and his ability to return kicks and punts could be his ticket to a spot on the 53-man roster.

Iloka played in the Senior Bowl and is regarded as a second-round draft target.

The 6-foot-4, 225-pounder bench pressed 225 pounds 20 times at the NFL scouting combine where he also ran between 4.52 and 4.66 seconds in the 40-yard dash.

Veteran guard Jacob Bell, who left the St. Louis Rams to sign with the Cincinnati Bengals as a free agent, has retired, according to Jason Cole of Yahoo Sports.

Bell was with the Bengals for all of 32 days and it goes without saying that he never played down for his new club. He was originally drafted by the Tennessee Titans in 2004.

Picks: CB Dre Kilpatrick, G Kevin Zeitler, DT Devon Still, WR Mohamed Sanu, DT Brandon Thompson, TE Orson Charles, CB Shaun Prater, WR Marvin Jones, SS George Iloka, RB Dan Herron.

Grade: A

Analysis:For the first time in a long time, the Bengals seemed to put a little emphasis on high character as the first four picks on this board all came with high grades in that respect. Kirkpatrick is tough and plays hard all the time. He genuinely loves the game. Same goes for Zeitler, Still and Sanu, who could be the best value of the first three rounds. Sanu is still developing as a receiver, but he could become an overwhelming talent. If there is one thing the Bengals do well in the second, third and later rounds, it’s find good wide receivers.

Derrius Brooks, CB, Western Kentucky

Vontaze Burfict, LB, Arizona State

Tony Dye, S, UCLA

Tyler Hanson, QB, Colorado

Justin Hilton, WR, Indiana State

Brandon Joiner, DE, Arkansas State

Emmanuel Lamur, DB, Kansas State

Julian Miller, DE, West Virginia

Kashif Moore, WR, Connecticut

Taveon Rogers, WR, New Mexico State

Rodney Stewart, RB, Colorado

Landon Walker, OL, Clemson

Burfict could become the inside presence the Bengals have lacked for years.

As undrafted free agents began to be announced Saturday night, one Bengals signing stood out above most.

The Bengals picked up Vontaze Burfict, the much-maligned middle linebacker out of Arizona State.

Once thought to be an early first-round prospect, Burfict’s slide down teams’ boards had quietly begun during his senior season but really picked up after disasterous showings at the NFL Combine and his pro day. Combine those concerns with what NFL Gridiron Gab’s Chris Bach describes as “discipline and anger issues” at Arizona State, and Burfict’s fall out of the entire draft seem far less surprising.

Burfict surely fits the mold of talented but troubled players the Bengals tend to collect.  He had a down junior season that saw him amass only 69 tackles and five sacks following an All-America sophomore year where he racked up 89 tackles. That production comes at a price as Burfict has a reputation for not being a team player — freelancing and leaving his responsibilities behind — and only looking for the big hit.

ANALYSIS: I despise the way people throw around the phrase “low risk, high reward” any time someone signs a free agent for cheap or drafts a red-flagged player lower than he was projected to go, but I’m close to using it here. Odell Thurman is the only difference maker the Bengals have had in the MLB position since Marvin Lewis came to Cincinnati in 2003. Burfict has that type of ceiling — big, athletic, hard-hitting linebackers with a mean streak tend to do well — but he’s a long road to travel before seeing the field, let alone reaching that potential.

What Cincinnati has in Burfict is a name familiar to many more fans than your average undrafted free agent, a player who could stand to learn a lot from some of the veterans in the Bengals’ locker room and someone who has shown the ability to be a top-notch linebacker at a high level of competition.

Hopefully he’s been humbled by the things that have been said about him in the media and the slide out of the draft. There’s still plenty of time for the kid to turn things around and becomes an all-pro, but it’s still far more likely that he fails to make the opening day roster.