As the new team team Chaplin. I think he’ll be a great asset to the behind the scenes staff. As an UDFA who went onto be a team captain and as a player whose work ethic out performed his skill level, he has the opportunity to be a valuable sounding board to players who might be struggling. And it is always good to see the team involve former players in various roles
Fantastic; I don't know exactly how much they have in terms of a role on the team, but I think he's the perfect choice:
- (as mentioned) he was an undrafted FA and lasted a while, so there's the hard work/adversity thing.
- He's been known as a deeply-religious guy.
- He went to Duke, so he's far from an idiot.
Good for him and hope that he can make some sort of difference.
(05-26-2021, 01:16 AM)pally Wrote: As the new team team Chaplin. I think he’ll be a great asset to the behind the scenes staff. As an UDFA who went onto be a team captain and as a player whose work ethic out performed his skill level, he has the opportunity to be a valuable sounding board to players who might be struggling. And it is always good to see the team involve former players in various roles
I always liked Rey. Smart over achieving UDFA. But one year he had one monster game against the Ravens and I had to spend a whole off season reading about how he would be our best starting LB if Marvin would stop holding him back.
(05-26-2021, 11:51 AM)fredtoast Wrote: I always liked Rey. Smart over achieving UDFA. But one year he had one monster game against the Ravens and I had to spend a whole off season reading about how he would be our best starting LB if Marvin would stop holding him back.
IIRC, that was 2013, the game with the most-awesome (and fluke) play of probably my lifetime, for not only the Bengals, but arguably in NFL history:
(05-26-2021, 11:51 AM)fredtoast Wrote: I always liked Rey. Smart over achieving UDFA. But one year he had one monster game against the Ravens and I had to spend a whole off season reading about how he would be our best starting LB if Marvin would stop holding him back.