01-12-2016, 11:53 AM
(01-12-2016, 11:03 AM)PDub80 Wrote: I have 100% no problem with his comments. It is his off season during his contract year. If any time was all about him, his family, and their financial future this is it.
A little known/remembered Adam Jones story:
When Adam Jones was first granted reinstatement off suspension, the Bengals were (if I recall) the only or at least first team to bring him in for a workout. They worked him out and he was in terrible shape. They told him to work on it and come back in a few weeks. He did and the second time he did great so they offered him a 1 year deal at basically the NFL minimum. He not only took the 1 year deal, but actually signed for 2 years at that money. When interviewed and asked why the 2nd year at the minimum, which is unusal as you would think that he only needs 1 good season to show he is worth the $$$$, Adam Jones said that the 2nd year was a thank you to the Brown family and Bengals organization for giving him an honest chance and a fresh start/clean slate.
Adam Jones has done his best, and has come closer to fulfilling his potential than anyone in their right mind, save for some on the Bengals, would have ever given him a chance to do. He has every right to take this time and opportunity to gain back a lot of the financial rewards he lost. He has earned it and we as a fan base should wish him well. He was a great, not just good, but great asset to the Bengals. I hope they can resign him. He certainly is worth as much as Leon Hall and his $10m he just got for the 2015 season.
I do wish him well. That doesn't mean I would be devastated if he moved on. I honestly don't think he knows losing his composure was a problem, and I don't think he will learn from it therefore. Vontaze has shown an ability to stop making headshots and concussing himself, tone down the dirty hits, etc.
It's one thing for fans to only focus on Joey Porter being on the field. We're fans, that happens. Him? No. He needs to say "I lost my cool. I don't have to like that he was on the field, but that doesn't excuse..." Instead, we get nothing but him throwing mixed metaphors and changing his story about Brown from "I don't think he was injured" to "he wasn't injured" to "he winked at me."
I mean, that last part right there? That sounds like the lie you make up as a kid to desperately lend more credibility to a story you shouldn't have said in the first place.
