Comments on: Bengals choose Cedric Benson for Ed Block Courage Award

By: patpatriotagain

patpatriotagain — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:24:53 +0000

you try to find a player without a history of legal issues on that roster!

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:17:25 +0000

@ewitkowski:

Your point is correct- they can vote for whomever they want. And they do know the players better than we do.

But it doesn’t bother you that time after time players think that most courageous thing anyone on their team has done was to go back to being good at football after committing crimes?

Is there anything courageous about doing well at the only thing you know how to do well, while not getting arrested in the process?

Let them give the award to whomever they want. As long as they realize that they are rendering the award meaningless to the rest of the world.

By: beardown78

beardown78 — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:13:19 +0000

Since when was the respect of the Bengals’ players, coaches and staff ever worth anything?

I’m so happy he’s all grown up now, though. I bet the Bears would like to have that $20 million back.

By: canadianvikingfaniii

canadianvikingfaniii — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:28:30 +0000

Brett Favre?

By: taudaddy79

taudaddy79 — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:28:12 +0000

And to celebrate Ced plans on taking a few bong rips and having a couple beers, then maybe some boating and getting pepper sprayed.

You know, kinda seeing how the day all works out.

By: dallasbaby

dallasbaby — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:18:04 +0000

Dear, dear. I wonder what the talking heads will make of this one. Good job Cedric.

By: JSpicoli

JSpicoli — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:58:36 +0000

America, where success is now measured by how far you have come back from your hideous transgressions.

By: ewitkowski

ewitkowski — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:51:34 +0000

Im sorry, but I dont get the negative comments for a player receiving this award. It’s an award voted on by his teammates, they can bloody vote for whoever they want.

Plus it shows how well a player is with their teammates and hopefully positively influences them further. It’s impressive that a person convicted of manslaughter is respected by his teammates. It’s impressive that a man who ran an underground dogfighting ring and spent time in prison was respected by his teammates.. BEFORE he became a league MVP candidate.

What we think because we read a blog post once a day means NOTHING. The players spend every day with these people.. every single day.. dont you think they have a better idea on their character than we do?

By: commandercornpone

commandercornpone — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:40:15 +0000

well the other picks were flat out tragic. neither vick nor stallworth exhibited any courage whatsoever.

and after tragedy comes farce.