07-14-2016, 10:22 AM
(07-13-2016, 12:34 PM)Shady Wrote: Yup
Nobody from that period, (Whitworth, Peko, Leon, etc...) wanted him in the locker room. That would have been a step backward as far as the culture and chemistry of this team.
Chad had the talent to be a first ballot HOF WR. For a couple of years, he had those kinds of numbers. Had he kept his focus on the game and not his off-the-field ambitions, I'm convinced we could have won a Super Bowl. But it's just a game, so I'm not mad or anything. Chad gave us all alot of good times, with or without a ring.
Don't know if we would have won a Super Bowl, but Chad could have put up Hall of Fame numbers if he had focused on his play instead of all the off-field bull crap.
Look at his numbers before '07.
'04...1274 yds
'05...1432
'06...1369
'07...1440
But during the '07 season things go bad and Paul Daugherty writes a story blaming Chad. Some fans also turn against Chad. Chad gets upset that Marvin is not more supportive. He changes his name to Ochocinco" and goes all over the national media trying to cry his way out of Cincinnati. He later admits that he did not lift at any time during that offseason.
Now look at the career of "OchoCinco"
'08... 540 yds
'09...1047
'10... 831
'11... 276
