08-10-2017, 03:07 PM
(08-09-2017, 04:28 PM)ochocincos Wrote: In practically every national media article related to the Bengals since being drafted, Joe Mixon's incident is brought up.
However, since becoming a Bengal, he's been a model citizen, often going the extra mile to interact with fans and signing autographs after other Bengals have left.
So I started to wonder what the perception of him will be if he stays on this path to redeem himself? Will most people forgive/forget what he did as a teenager and see a story of redemption? Or will they continue to vilify him (and the Bengals organization itself) for that infamous incident?
Your thoughts?
The Jeremy Hill pick was vilified by many on here at the time. Two reasons were mainly brought up...people had wanted Carlos Hyde, and Hill had a few incidents (arrests or suspensions, I forget which). All that negative stuff went out the window when he posted an impressive rookie year. Now any negativity against him centers on him regaining that rookie form rather than his run ins with the law in college. Mixon will be the same....his college stuff will be forgotten if he does 2 things...performs well on the field, and stays clean off it.
