Grown man vs recent teen. My take on the Character issue & Pac Man spin by management

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(04-03-2017, 12:21 PM)depthchart Wrote: The Bengals could have a leg to stand on in this Public Relations effort they appear to be making with regards to Pac Man & character if they would adhere to some basic Principles. It borders on the absurd for management to put it out there that they are keeping Pac Man to prevent his family from basically becoming homeless (so to speak with a hint of sarcasm). Pac Man has made millions upon millions of dollars in his long career. Even if he were cut he would be signed rather quickly by another team at between 1.5 million to 3 million per year if not more. Pac Man is 33 years old and former Bengal corner Terence Newman is 38 and has been signing 1 year $3 million type deals which is what he got in 2016. Pac Man could play in the league for 5 more years and make plenty of cash on these types of deals. A man making $50,000 per year would have to work 20 years to make just one million and that man would be able to support his daughter just fine. I get that Mike Brown may factor in the" we are Family" concept when dealing with players and coaches but it has to be rooted in Principles that protect the image of his Organization. I lean more toward a "Grown Man versus Recent Teen" Principle when it comes to character. I am all for taking the Choir Boys over the poorer character College prospects if the talent is equal. Do that as much as possible. I would also take a few risks on say a Joe Mixon or Bucky Hodges if I felt the locker room could handle them and based on them being very young when they misbehaved. My Principle would be limiting just how often I would do this to steals or bargains in Drafts while not putting up with Bad Behavior from GROWN MEN like Pac Man. I can see giving a Recent Teen a chance by Drafting them & trying to help them mature. Where the Front Office has made their biggest mistake is the constant defense of bad behavior by Grown 30 plus year old men. Mike Brown could even come out and publicly say that they will give chances to poor character players that are below the age of 24 on rare occasions from time to time but will make it Policy that they rid their roster of Grown Men that are repeat offenders in the Bad Character area. Cutting Pac Man Jones to begin this New Policy would set the tone his paying Fans really want set and Pac Man will be able to move on to millions of more dollars on 1 year deals until he is 38 years old or older. His family will be just fine and the Front Office will have shown that they finally get it. Treat the recent teen differently than the Grown man.

You make a lot of good points.  But man, think paragraph.  They're free of charge.