04-28-2020, 08:57 AM
My two cents on Chad (not that anyone asked): He made me and a lot of people laugh. The proposal was hilarious. The River Dance was hilarious. The Tiger Woods...well, you get the point. I remember when the press was around his locker (as usual, I mean, when you need a sound byte) and he said to Al Harris (or GB): "Brother Harris: That bad news, is you have to cover me....The GOOD news is.....you can save 15% on your car insurance by switching to Geico". More Hilarious. Did
As far as the "me first" mentality that people saw as a potential distraction or that he wasn't a team-guy: I remember during the season with "the list" and "who can cover 85?", I mentioned on Lance McAlister's afternoon drive show that if every player put himself out there with that accountability of beating his so-called opposite number, the Bengals would be in the Super Bowl.
Lance, of course, being his old-school blue collar self argued that Chad was all about self-promotion. I asked him what was wrong with that, when every other word coming out of his mouth was either "1-800 GOT JUNK" or "The blog! The blog The blog!". He said he wasn't in a team sport and I argued that each player was on an individual contract. Chad should be able to do whatever he wanted to promote his image.
Look at Deion Sanders. That guy was the epitome of self-promotion, but no one questioned his desire to win, right? Maybe his desire to tackle a bit. To which he had a funny line: "if the guy gets to me a lot of people failed" (paraphrasing). But Deion knew his brand was worth a lot of money.
A good friend that lives in NKY and sat in our row for many years at the games was in Koch's sporting goods downtown in Cincy and was one of about 5 women in the store. Chad walks in and calls them all over. Michelle was the only one who knew who he was right away. Chad tells them all to go and get $200 of Bengal's merchandise for their kids and he was going to pay for it. He did, and no one ever heard about it on the news or anything. That was the kind of thing Chad did all the time.
My ex couldn't care less about the Bengals or knew any of the players, really, and didn't want to learn. But she knew, and loved, Chad. He made her laugh and made her want to watch the game to see what he might do next. That about sums him up for me. Oh, and he was one of the absolute best in the league, not top 10, but top 2-3 for a period of about 5 years. He was unstoppable.
As far as the "me first" mentality that people saw as a potential distraction or that he wasn't a team-guy: I remember during the season with "the list" and "who can cover 85?", I mentioned on Lance McAlister's afternoon drive show that if every player put himself out there with that accountability of beating his so-called opposite number, the Bengals would be in the Super Bowl.
Lance, of course, being his old-school blue collar self argued that Chad was all about self-promotion. I asked him what was wrong with that, when every other word coming out of his mouth was either "1-800 GOT JUNK" or "The blog! The blog The blog!". He said he wasn't in a team sport and I argued that each player was on an individual contract. Chad should be able to do whatever he wanted to promote his image.
Look at Deion Sanders. That guy was the epitome of self-promotion, but no one questioned his desire to win, right? Maybe his desire to tackle a bit. To which he had a funny line: "if the guy gets to me a lot of people failed" (paraphrasing). But Deion knew his brand was worth a lot of money.
A good friend that lives in NKY and sat in our row for many years at the games was in Koch's sporting goods downtown in Cincy and was one of about 5 women in the store. Chad walks in and calls them all over. Michelle was the only one who knew who he was right away. Chad tells them all to go and get $200 of Bengal's merchandise for their kids and he was going to pay for it. He did, and no one ever heard about it on the news or anything. That was the kind of thing Chad did all the time.
My ex couldn't care less about the Bengals or knew any of the players, really, and didn't want to learn. But she knew, and loved, Chad. He made her laugh and made her want to watch the game to see what he might do next. That about sums him up for me. Oh, and he was one of the absolute best in the league, not top 10, but top 2-3 for a period of about 5 years. He was unstoppable.
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