04-29-2017, 11:37 AM
(04-29-2017, 11:25 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I would disagree on Cook's issues being worse than Mixon, especially in the court of public opinion. Do you think the Vikings will have perception issues of their team? Nope, because they didn't already earn that reputation.
And the fact that the Bengals have been outstanding in the community (which is great, and I completely agree) does little if anything to change the perception that they have earned. You know they do great work. I know they do great work, but the other 99.9% of people don't....they just parrot what they will hear on ESPN and the NFL network.
Ever heard the saying "perception is reality". It is 100% accurate and the perception that the Bengals have a bunch of thugs, criminals, etc. is the public's perception and instead of trying to change that perception (I thought they were for a while), they seem to thumb their noses at it.
I am just as pissed that Adam Jones is still on the Bengals. In my opinion, you don't disrespect an officer of the law like that and get away with it. And it is far from his first issue here in Cincinnati. There just seems to be a lack of accountability and now you bring in the worst PR move in the draft.
I love this team so much it isn't funny. I have loved the offseason moves and even supported not resigning Zeitler, but I just wish Jones was gone and that they hadn't taken Mixon. That's just me. Not saying everyone should feel the way I do at all. I just really, really wish they would have gone another direction.
In this case, I disagree on the officer of the law front. Watching the BEFORE arrest video, which was just made public a week or so ago, the officer elected to get into a pissing contest with Adam Jones, which is, IMO, the real reason why he arrested him. The DA eluded to this in his explanation of charges NOT being levied against Jones.
At that point, it's one man to another between Jones and the cop on the power trip. All bets are off in my opinion. BTW, I'm a pretty damn conservative guy in that way. I respect the hell out of police officers, but I also realize and know that all of us are human.
