07-13-2023, 02:00 PM
Meh, I'm not gonna throw Chris under the bus or call him a diva. From everything I've heard he's a real good kid. Could just be as simple as losing the fire to play football. It's been five years since he had a prominent role anywhere, and a lot has happened since then. His reel from 2018 is one of my favs, to be sure, but it doesn't mean he stays like that forever.
FWIW, I assume his academic issue had to do with plagiarism, cheating on an exam, or something along those lines that would've warranted expulsion for most students. I have no way of knowing whether that's true, but that always made the most sense to me in terms of how he and the program handled it. Either way, I know he was working three jobs during that year off (carpenter, dishwasher and high school coach, IINM) and started his own non-profit for kids. Plenty of opportunity for his mind to evolve away from football, which I've always felt was the risk of taking a flier on him.
Personally, I think he's done with the Bengals- he knows it, they know it, it just hasn't been made official. We'll see soon enough. I wish him well regardless.
FWIW, I assume his academic issue had to do with plagiarism, cheating on an exam, or something along those lines that would've warranted expulsion for most students. I have no way of knowing whether that's true, but that always made the most sense to me in terms of how he and the program handled it. Either way, I know he was working three jobs during that year off (carpenter, dishwasher and high school coach, IINM) and started his own non-profit for kids. Plenty of opportunity for his mind to evolve away from football, which I've always felt was the risk of taking a flier on him.
Personally, I think he's done with the Bengals- he knows it, they know it, it just hasn't been made official. We'll see soon enough. I wish him well regardless.
