05-17-2017, 01:34 PM
(05-17-2017, 01:13 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: Again, why do I care what they do off the field? They are not my friends and I don't a hang out with them. I don't go to the same places they do - nor do I get impressed by their cars, houses etc. I would however be impressed with rings. Super Bowl rings. We need to start playing to win and you just cant do that without guys like this. I bet if you ask Huber, Gio, Palmer and Keith rivers about their cheap shots, I feel they would all agree. We need some bad hombres on our team.
When we lost to the steelers in the playoff game, those who were watching the game while posting in the game day thread felt an enormous hate. There was a strong sense of "who cares if we ever beat Pittsburg again, we should play to hurt them and end their season. It was there, it was strong.
Don't let go of the hate. Bengal lives matter!
It's all personal preference about whether fans care about players' off-the-field issues. Personally, I'm not asking for choirboys but I'd rather not be rooting for felons either.
Point I making though is that you can be a "bad hombre" based solely on your on-the-field play without being a dumbass off the field. It's not a mutually exclusive thing. It's why I don't have a problem with Burfict as his transgressions are losing his cool during games.
