We’ve heard of players playing hurt, or with whatever circumstances that are plaguing their mind.
But playing while drunk?
I’ve heard of players playing while high, but I’ve never in my life heard of a player playing an NFL game while intoxicated. If this is true, then what else do we not know?
Kitna didn’t name names, but the circumstances make it not impossible to identify the possibilities. Given that Kitna played for the Bengals from 2001 through 2005, it’s not difficult to identify which receivers “had close to 200 yards receiving” in a game during that five-year stretch.
We’ve done the research and compiled a list of players that it could have been. Three had games of more than 150 receiving yards during Kitna’s time with the team. One had games of 189, 161, and 152. One had 171. Another had 152.
I kind of don’t want to find out.
Flip the page to hear Jon Kitna say he played with a teammate who played while drunk.