05-03-2017, 10:00 AM
(05-03-2017, 09:50 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Well that's the first time I've seen/heard about any other player being mentioned outside of Pacman/Burfict. It seems the media can't decide what makes the Bengals "thugs". Is it that they take chances on players with questionable pasts? They use this as evidence, but it really shouldn't be held against them unless it backfires, and it hasn't backfired very often. Plus every team does this. Some as often as the Bengals...including the beloved Cowboys.
Is it that the Bengals have tons of arrests? Well, they don't. Not since 2006.
Is it that they're a dirty team? Well, they're not and we all know this.
I just think it's a narrative that was earned in 2006 and hasn't gone away since. Having perhaps the highest profile thug in the NFL on our team (Pacman) certainly doesn't help. He seems to be defining our team since the playoff meltdown.
I still think that Pac Man is the Poster Child here as you seem to imply.
Cutting Pac Man now would take a lot of Air out of this Mixon issue and change the equation.
Mike Brown would look much Wiser for doing it and Mixon would instantly have a better Locker room to go into.
