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JBChance · 04-10-2009, 12:36 AM

Guess he was having a little pre-birth celebration.

Pretty much sucks to get a DUI on the day of the birth of your child. His wife must have been REALLY happy. Can't even imagine how that went over.

LoganBuck · 04-10-2009, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by JBChance

Guess he was having a little pre-birth celebration.

Pretty much sucks to get a DUI on the day of the birth of your child. His wife must have been REALLY happy. Can't even imagine how that went over.

But you can see how that would happen. No excuse whatsoever, but you can see how the mind would work.

In the court of public opinion, I give him a mulligan.

The legal system will give him his punishment.

Move along.

Eric_the_Red · 04-10-2009, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by LoganBuck

But you can see how that would happen. No excuse whatsoever, but you can see how the mind would work.

In the court of public opinion, I give him a mulligan.

The legal system will give him his punishment.

Move along.

Wonder what the NFL will give him?

GIDP · 04-10-2009, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Eric_the_Red

Wonder what the NFL will give him?

considering how easy they let the rest of the league off nothing, but considering hes a bengal and they are always over the top tough on bengals probably 1 game suspension.

Hoosier Red · 04-10-2009, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Yachtzee

Pittsburgh and Cleveland have definitely had their fair share of players in the police blotter in that time. This wouldn't be as big a deal if the Bengals had never had two high profile repeat offenders in Odell Thurman and Chris Henry, who alone account for a significant portion of legal problems involving Bengals' players.

The other thing to keep in mind is that as far as I can recall, the only players who have broken a law with the Bengals and are still on the Bengals are Chris Henry, and now Leon Hall.

So "another" Bengal arrested, really isn't fair.

JBChance · 04-10-2009, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by LoganBuck

But you can see how that would happen. No excuse whatsoever, but you can see how the mind would work.

In the court of public opinion, I give him a mulligan.

The legal system will give him his punishment.

Move along.

At the level of intoxication at which he was reportedly measured, he might have thought he was OK - not an excuse, but, like you said, you might see how it would happen, I guess.

Since he has been a "character" guy his whole NFL and collegiate career, I'd cut him some slack, as well. Its just the Bengals track record that puts it under the microscope, public opinion wise.

Bengals.com reports that it may just be a fine, but could be a 1 game suspension, as well.

TeamSelig · 04-10-2009, 02:24 PM

Who gets drunk when their wife is close to giving birth? Also, he was nearly twice the limit so I'm not sure I can agree with him just thinking he was fine.

Yachtzee · 04-10-2009, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by LoganBuck

But you can see how that would happen. No excuse whatsoever, but you can see how the mind would work.

In the court of public opinion, I give him a mulligan.

The legal system will give him his punishment.

Move along.

First offense? Up here that's 3 days in a driver intervention program (at the Holiday Inn), 6 mo. license suspension w/ work privileges, fines and costs.

Phil in BG · 04-10-2009, 03:44 PM

The biggest problem with this is how it gives ESPN and the like another shot at the Bengals. They can't wait to talk about the bad-boy Bengals, even though in the last couple of years there are many teams with more arrests.

GIDP · 04-10-2009, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by TeamSelig

Who gets drunk when their wife is close to giving birth? Also, he was nearly twice the limit so I'm not sure I can agree with him just thinking he was fine.

We dont really know whats going on. Maybe one of his friends was celebrating something or maybe the baby came a couple weeks early.

camisadelgolf · 04-10-2009, 04:23 PM

I read somewhere that before Hall's arrest, only two teams had a longer streak than the Bengals of players on the team not being arrested. By that measure, the Bengals are one of the most well-behaved organizations in the NFL.

Boss-Hog · 04-10-2009, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoosier Red

The other thing to keep in mind is that as far as I can recall, the only players who have broken a law with the Bengals and are still on the Bengals are Chris Henry, and now Leon Hall.

So "another" Bengal arrested, really isn't fair.

Jonathan Joseph

Razor Shines · 04-11-2009, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by GIDP

We dont really know whats going on. Maybe one of his friends was celebrating something or maybe the baby came a couple weeks early.

Who cares? I'm with Team Selig on this one. You wouldn't have found me drunk at any time during the last three months of my wife's pregnancy. Obviously that's not a rule it was my choice and he made his now he has to deal with the consequences. I don't have any sympathy for drunk driving in any situation. Yes, emergencies happen, but no one is forced to get drunk, that I'm aware of.

GIDP · 04-11-2009, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Razor Shines

Who cares? I'm with Team Selig on this one. You wouldn't have found me drunk at any time during the last three months of my wife's pregnancy. Obviously that's not a rule it was my choice and he made his now he has to deal with the consequences. I don't have any sympathy for drunk driving in any situation. Yes, emergencies happen, but no one is forced to get drunk, that I'm aware of.

You dont know what was going on and why he was out drinking.

Tony Cloninger · 04-11-2009, 03:22 PM

You could say the same thing about the guy who killed the Angels pitcher and two other people.

Problem is not many people ever learn until they are caught and even then it does not help.

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JBChance Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Youngstown,OH Posts: 352	Re: Another Bengal arrested! Guess he was having a little pre-birth celebration. Pretty much sucks to get a DUI on the day of the birth of your child. His wife must have been REALLY happy. Can't even imagine how that went over. __________________ I'm not cool enough to have a good signature

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TeamSelig Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,727	Re: Another Bengal arrested! Who gets drunk when their wife is close to giving birth? Also, he was nearly twice the limit so I'm not sure I can agree with him just thinking he was fine.

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Phil in BG This could be the year Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Bowling Green, Ohio Posts: 452	Re: Another Bengal arrested! The biggest problem with this is how it gives ESPN and the like another shot at the Bengals. They can't wait to talk about the bad-boy Bengals, even though in the last couple of years there are many teams with more arrests.

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camisadelgolf Vampire Weekend @Bernie's Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 11,311	Re: Another Bengal arrested! I read somewhere that before Hall's arrest, only two teams had a longer streak than the Bengals of players on the team not being arrested. By that measure, the Bengals are one of the most well-behaved organizations in the NFL.

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Tony Cloninger Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 5,100	Re: Another Bengal arrested! You could say the same thing about the guy who killed the Angels pitcher and two other people. Problem is not many people ever learn until they are caught and even then it does not help.

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