02-15-2016, 01:51 AM
(02-15-2016, 12:35 AM)fredtoast Wrote: 1. Chad did not just go back to his old self after the '08 season. He stopped coming to OTAs. he did dangerous stuff like Bull riding to promote himself instead of concentrating on the team.
2. And you can draw a line trough his career right afyer the '07 season. Even though he did have one decent year (poor compared to pre-'08) he went from aguy avergaiong 1400-1400 yards a season to about 800 per season. and it was not a slow declinbe. It started exactly at the toime he admitted that he stopped working out and started going way over the top with his publicity stunts.
3. And thye fact that he punched a woman doesn't impress me very much either.
4. What if your wife/girlfriend screwed your beat friend for a year. would you say "Well, it was only for one year"?
1. The bull-riding took place during the 2011 lockout. How was he supposed to concentrate on the team? Besides, the Bengals had drafted AJ Green and didn't speak to Chad in April when the lockout was temporarily lifted. He knew his Bengals career was finished.
2. It's really not that simple, Fred. The 2008 season was marred by injury and terrible QB play. This isn't debatable. It surely had a huge affect on his play. In 2009, he posted 1047 yards and 9 TDs. Not up to his previous standard, but we weren't passing as much. Carson had a measly 466 attempts and 3094 yards. Chad accounted for 33.8% of the total passing yards. In a more typical 4000 yard season, that would've calculated to 1352 yards. By 2010, we added numerous weapons including TO, Shipley and Gresh. Chad was 32 and it's just as easy to argue that he was on the decline as it is to say he wasn't giving 100%.
3. It was a headbutt and it didn't happen as a Bengal. It kills me anytime people rip any players off field incidents while at the same time we cheer for a guy like Pacman. Lets be honest, most of these guys aren't saints off the field.
4. Terrible analogy. Chad asking for a trade and then playing the entire season through a torn labrum is nothing like my wife screwing my best friend. That would be more like James Harrison leaving the Steelers to play for the Bengals. Steelers fans still love James BTW.
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