Go BLUE!!!
I like how everyone was reporting he got arrested before finding out for sure.
Sounds like a cop on a power trip to me.
Calling him garbage, etc. is hysterical. It's the NFL. These are grown men ruining their physical health and shortening their lives for your entertainment. They are entitled to have a drink and a night out after a win.
I do wish he'd live cleaner and healthier, because he would play football to his potential, which is the only reason I care about the guy, because he plays for my favorite football team.
I also wish he wouldn't get in a car driven by a drunk driver, but I'm not the guy's mother, nor his spouse/girlfriend, nor his child so I have no claim over him.
We had an NFL player actually murder a guy in cold blood over the summer, possibly we stand to tone down the hysteria over a guy getting a ticket.
If someone cares about this because they want the Bengals to be a "clean" football team with upstanding citizens then I don't know what to tell them except I wish I were that naive.
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
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Wonderful Monds (09-24-2013)
OK:
Moch has had one injury after another, can't fault the team there.
Sands: he's a 5th rounder, how many make a huge name for themselves? Get a few years of special teams out of a 5th rounder and you've done yourself well.
Kirpatrick: Injuried a lot, but so far, he's a bust, gets less leeway for being a 1st rounder.
Still: He's in the rotation and making plays, stuck behind 1 solid DT and another who some thought was the best defensive player in the NFL last season.
Thompson: Stuck behind Still, w/ Geno signed, they really only needed 1 of these 2 to work out, Still is working out for them.
Prater: See Robert Sands
Hunt: This guy was a project all along. Between Gilberry, Dunlop, Johnson and Geathers, this guy wasn't going to see much playing time this season. Now that Geathers is out for the year, look for him to show up on the game day roster a handful of times. He's got a ton of potential but is extremely raw.
Williams: I'll admit, I don't know what is going on w/ him. I had high hopes, but I'm not sure that he's played much yet.
Porter: He looked solid early on; he's out for the year w/ injury. Not much you can do about that.
You (conviently?) left out 2012 5th rounder George Ioka, who has played well at Safety; Might as well throw in 2010ers Dunlop & Atkins, as well as 2009 draftees Maulauga & Mike Johnson. And somewhere in there, you have to give Marvin Credit for forming a relationship w/ Burfict, calling him prior to the end of the draft and making it clear that they wanted to sign him as a free agent if he went undrafted and IIRC offered slightly more than the undrafted free agent standard contract.
The draft is still a crap shoot and the Bengals have done as well or better than just about everyone in the last decade. Heck, take a look at New England, they drafted 6 guys in the top 2 rounds in 09 & 10 specifically on the defensive side of the ball and did so well that every single pick in their 2012 class save their 2nd (7th) rounder was used on a defensive player and yet they still struggle on defense.
Lord knows the Bengals give you plenty to rip on, but their draft picks over the last decade are not one of those things. This isn't your 1990's drafting regime (even if some of the faces remain the same)
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Burfict has played like a first or second rounder.
They've focused more on offense in recent drafts, for which I'm thankful. They have a dominant defense without many holes, it's the offense that's been holding them back. Looking like a slightly more balanced team with Eifert and Gio if the offense can just get the turnovers under control.
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
To be honest, I root for football players. If they want to mouth off to the cops, I'm not crazy about it but I say let the law handle it.
If I want to root for character, I'll go down to a Church League and pick out my favorite group of saints
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
Wonderful Monds (09-24-2013)
If he wanted to drive the vehicle after the driver's arrest, he would have had to taken a breathalyzer. Since he was just a passenger, it wouldn't be held against him if he refused, but it probably would have been noted on the police report.
When all is said and done more is said than done.
Good blog post today: http://cincinnati.com/blogs/bengals/...fense-edition/
I found this tidbit interesting in light of the recent conversation about Dalton:
* When pressured, Dalton’s accuracy falls to 47.4%, second worst in the league for QBs with at least 82 dropbacks.
How do we know he's not Mel Torme?
I don't disagree, and if I'm Pacman, I stay off the streets at 2:30. If I am on the streets, it's in the back of a cab or a limo or a car service where I'm probably not going to get pulled over and hassled. In a car with a drunk woman with Georgia plates going 15 over the speed limit? Don't like my chances there...
Is it really rocket science?
How do we know he's not Mel Torme?
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