06-04-2023, 06:03 PM
(06-02-2023, 09:38 PM)Go Cards Wrote: on the local radio they interviewed some Bengals today, caught Kenny Anderson and part of another person I'm not positive exactly who the other person was.
Anyway Kenny said he was not sure if he would play in NFL or just be a teacher. Said a friend pointed out that the $7500 signing bonus would equal a years teachers pay and convinced him to give NFL a try. Says he went in with a lawyer to negotiate his contract and was fine with the $17 or $18 thousand contract but really wanted a $10,000 signing bonus, said PB took out the checkbook and wrote him a check for $7500 and said that's all you get, and he said ok.
He said when asked what team he hates the most, he says he knows he is supposed to say the steelers but that's not really the case. Said they beat the steelers too much in the steelers heyday to hate them and felt it validated the Bengals somewhat even. Says one year the Bengals won in Cincy but were getting hammered in Pittsburgh when Mean Joe Green on one of his many sacks told Kenny he should stop by the steelers locker room after the game for a beer, to which Kenny said sounded pretty good to him as he laid on the ground. So after game he showered quickly and ducked into the steelers locker room to drink beer from a sauna turned cooler. Then when leaving after a few pops he realized the team had left without him to the airport. Said he was fined and had to pay for the plane ticket home lol.
The other guy interviewed said at the time most other teams did not supply alcohol for players, so he would act as bootlegger of some sort and have 7 cases of beer delivered to road games for the guys. Said Kenny Anderson ordered two six packs for the ride from stadium to the airport each time no matter if the drive was 5 minutes or 45 minutes, always 2 six packs.
Kenny also said he believes his game would translate into the new NFL without a problem. Said he was mobile, accurate, and good at reading defenses which is what todays game is, I agree with him.
Kenny also raved about Joe Burrow being the real deal as well.
Just going by memory so its not verbatim but was an entertaining interview .
Bradshaw's stealers were not near as dirty as Tomlin's stealers.
