04-26-2024, 02:00 PM
(04-26-2024, 01:45 PM)Stewy Wrote: This isn't directly at you because lots of people have had the same thoughts, but what I haven't seen anyone mention is the fact that any team interested in him likely isn't going to immediately strike him off their board. What he did was dumb, not violent. He's a big dumb kid. The most likely thing they did was talk to him (teams call, multiple coaches, multiple ears). Ask him about it, and in doing so his responses to them would gauge their continued interest (positive or negative).
To immediately remove him from your board because of a college kid getting a DUI is as dumb as the initial DUI itself. Due diligence demands more. Thus any team still interested would have done the same, and would be fine taking him in the 3rd or not at all. If you wait till the 4th+, you're not getting him.
Raise your hand if you have never once operated a vehicle with a blood alcohol content over the limit. Both my hands are in my pockets.
I'm not saying it's right -- and if you have a family member or friend who was hurt by a driver over the limit, I don't mean to offend you. I agree with Stewy. As long as he doesn't have an alcohol addiction, if he acknowledges his mistake and convinces the Bengals that it won't happen again, he deserves a chance. I had a lot more of a problem with Mixon, but apparently he was just another kid who made a dumb mistake.
