Illoka "tired of people teeing off" on the Bengals

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(06-02-2017, 01:02 PM)Pat5775 Wrote: Burfict isn't a "thug" he's a former dirty player who will always be remembered for his stupidity in the 2016 wild card game... But I hear he only had one personal foul since then? One can argue he's not even dirty anymore. He's not a problem for this team. Mixon got in trouble one time, 3 years ago and aside from an argument with a meter maid (who hasn't had one? Those guys are rude as hell) he hasn't seen any off the field trouble. If that video of him hitting that woman never came out, he would have been a top 15 pick. Mixon is not a problem with this team. These guys aren't "thugs".  

Pacman is the only real loser on this team. He's a huge repeat offender, might as well say he's a yearly offender. There is no good reason to keep that punk around. I believe it would still send a huge message if we cut his ass, even now. The headlines would be everywhere. There would no doubt be a topic discussion along the likes of "have the Bengals changed their ways?"

But again, even if we keep Pacman around, if we win consistently in the postseason all will be forgotten. 

This.  He really hasn't done anything dirty since he decked Baltimore's rookie TE a couple of years ago.  The worst thing he did against Pittsburgh was the hit on Brown, and even James Harrison said it was only worthy of a penalty.

Guilt is in the eye of the beholder, and there's no accounting for the lemming effect, especially in members of the press.