Ok, as everyone knows, the Bungals are a team in turmoil right now. We know that they have a star receiver who wants out. We also know now that their book-end offensive tackle wants to be on the next plane out as well. I do believe secretly that many eyes were on the draft looking to see what the Bungals were going to do. Needless to say, it was entertaining.
The Bengals drafted Florida's Andre Caldwell in the third round Sunday, giving Cincinnati two receivers in their first four picks. They already had put stock in their second-round pick of Jerome Simpson from Coastal Carolina. Oh, and they both idolize Chad.
"We went from a very strong and deep group to a group that we were able to replenish with these guys," said offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski. "I don't think it's necessarily a message to T.J. (Houshmandzadeh) or any of these guys. We needed depth at that position." Yeah, right. What that basically means is that the organization is willing/preparing to part with both Chad and TJ after this season. The good things about the picks are that they are high character guys, meaning if they did anything wrong it was either not reported or swept away. This leads us to the rest of the Bungals picks.
In the fifth round, the Bengals took a defensive tackle that has a defense lawyer and a court date. Jason Shirley missed most of his final season at Fresno State while getting arrested and serving three suspensions. This is the kind of background that the Bengals have overlooked in the past and paid for it reputation-wise.
"This is a little bit of a risk, yes," Lewis acknowledged. "But there's a lot of guys who have gone (in the earlier rounds) over the last two days with more substantial things hanging over their heads. At this point in the draft, we felt like his ability and potential and what was pending and so forth, that we were able to deal with it."
So here is the scorecard for those keeping track...the Bengals drafted 2 guys who idolize Chad Johnson, one who is mentally unstable, and one who was suspended 3 times in college and has an arrest record!
As I said, this is why the Bengals are the Bungals.
Someone get me the hell out of here
Me too, I want to go as well
Don't leave me with these lunatics
That is why I am glad I got out.
I hate the Bengals they should banned from the league
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