Why do free agent linebackers come here and wither?

[grampahol]

Perhaps the Bengals ought to start recruiting from prisons again and get the homicidal maniacs about to be released to play LB.. Every good LB since Thurman has pretty much fit the bill with the exception of perhaps Vigil..  
Ok, so homicidal maniacs might get more penalties and suspensions, but there's a lot to choose from since plenty of people are released from prison every year. 
So homicidal maniacs probably wouldn't do much for the image of the nice  church going team, but the squeelers might stop treating us like a doormat..