Comments on: Bengals stand by Brandon Joiner despite prison sentence

By: joetoronto

joetoronto — Sun, 27 May 2012 09:41:41 +0000

Dey a joke.

By: inthezone4

inthezone4 — Sat, 26 May 2012 13:53:10 +0000

Every nfl team has jail birds and idiots. Just like the fans that come on here an talk trash about the bengals. Who Dey!

By: joetoronto

joetoronto — Sat, 26 May 2012 09:56:34 +0000

Management welcomes convicts and their fans get their panties in a knot when it’s reported.

What a joke.

By: whodey28

whodey28 — Sat, 26 May 2012 02:23:01 +0000

Whodey!

By: cowboyscanada

cowboyscanada — Sat, 26 May 2012 02:02:04 +0000

He will fit right in with Cincy. The NFL is getting out of hand with all thats going on…. I like the NFL And CFL…lot less drama in the CFL, just really good, fan friendly football.

By: kingcarlbanks

kingcarlbanks — Fri, 25 May 2012 23:09:51 +0000

Why doesn’t the NFL just build its own prison and charge states to keep the players incarcerated? they could build state of the art training facilities and when players are released they’re ready to play! Plus the NFL could start recruiting from the penal systems and open up a new revenue stream!

By: mikebrownistheworstownerinprosports

mikebrownistheworstownerinprosports — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:36:09 +0000

bballpat07 says:

“If every single arrest of your team was reported by mainstream news sites every time any player even so much as talks to a police officer or judge, I think you would get a little annoyed with it too.”
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Thank you!

By: redsghost

redsghost — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:28:26 +0000

@craggt
“Do you people really think a person should be condemned for a mistake”

I agree with most of your post craggt except the very last word in your comment above.
When you PLAN to break into an apartment, then plan to duct tape the folks AFTER assaulting them, that’s NOT a mistake. A mistake would be ordering a double cheeseburger instead of a big mac. If you PLANNED to order a Big Mac then it’s not a mistake.
Early in my life I got a DUI. It wasn’t a mistake but it DID take years to get past the results of my planned actions ( fines, court costs, AA meetings, probation, loss of license etc).
I DO hope the man admits his actions and stays on the straight and narrow.

By: craggt

craggt — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:17:20 +0000

Lets also be clear about what he did: he and another A&M football player punched a drug dealer in the face and took his money and weed. Is this a good thing? Obviously no. But was he off stealing from little old ladies? No.
I bet half the people here have watched The Wire, and I bet everyone who has loves Omar Little. Think of this guy as a incredibly small time version of Omar Little.

By: bballpat07

bballpat07 — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:08:01 +0000

“I love hearing their fans trying to justify their team’s image after ever arrest and felony charge. Your team has this rep for a reason bengal fans!”

If every single arrest of your team was reported by mainstream news sites every time any player even so much as talks to a police officer or judge, I think you would get a little annoyed with it too.

By: mwindle1973

mwindle1973 — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:47:51 +0000

I’m for one glad that teams like the Bengals & Pats choose to give guys like this a chance. For one thing you have to fill those offseason roster spots with bodies. THey are mainly there to relieve the other players that will make the final roster, try to grow as a player, maybe get on the practice squad, but at least get themselves on tape in NFL situations which allows other teams to get a look at them for the future. SO when you have a chance to fill one of these spots with a player who could actually make the roster in a season or two why would you not? Plus these players deserve a second chance. Most of them aren’t even committing felonies. Let’s not forget players like Ahmad Brooks. Got in trouble in college, Bengals took him in the supplemental draft. We labored with him for 4 years to get him turned around. He still had a dabble of trouble here and there though. We finally cut him as he was still just a backup then. The 49ers took him on, and in his 2nd season there last year he really played well as a starting LB. Is he totally reformed? No. But between 2 teams and 6 years he was reformed enough that he could produce to his potential for a whole season. And hopefully he’ll continue on the right track form here.

By: all32

all32 — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:44:21 +0000

Of course they stand by him, when he gets out he can give the rest of the team a heads up on what to expect when they go to jail. What a joke this franchise is…

By: randallflagg52

randallflagg52 — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:39:48 +0000

The Bengals are the prison system’s work release program for football players.

I love hearing their fans trying to justify their team’s image after ever arrest and felony charge. Your team has this rep for a reason bengal fans!

By: craggt

craggt — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:34:24 +0000

I don’t understand all the negative comments. Do you people really think a person should be condemned for a mistake they made when they were 18? All indications seem to say that he’s turned his life around with strong endorsements from his coach and the Governor of Arkansas. Once he serves his debt to society he has the right to be gainfully employed just like everyone else in this country and if the Bengals think he’s good enough then he’ll be gainfully employed as a professional football player.

By: mianfr

mianfr — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:33:42 +0000

Honestly, he committed a pretty darn serious crime and I’m not sure I’d really want to be on the same team as him after that… It’s not like a Plaxico Burress or Cliff Harris thing.

By: t8ertot

t8ertot — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:30:54 +0000

I don’t care anymore!!! The nfl is full of criminals

Go bengals!!!

By: franklamar17

franklamar17 — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:20:24 +0000

Glad to see the team stick with the young man,looks to me he is doing the things that he needs to do ,to be a productive citizens.every body needs the 2nd chance

By: themohel

themohel — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:16:42 +0000

Quite a contrast to the Dunn story that preceded this entry, huh?

By: yzguy431

yzguy431 — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:16:42 +0000

there is always room for another criminal in the NFL.

By: mwatts1

mwatts1 — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:04:13 +0000

Way to reward good behavior Bungels… He only hurt people and dealt drugs, no biggy in Cinncy.

By: darksidecowboy

darksidecowboy — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:00:53 +0000

What’s up with these Bengal players? More importantly why do the Bengals keep these guys?

By: covercorner

covercorner — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:56:02 +0000

He must be some talent for the Bengals to still want him.

By: stevenashville

stevenashville — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:54:13 +0000

Hey now. They just bound up some drug dealers and took their wallets. Let’s keep that straight

What’s crazy is that it took 5 years to convict. Hopefully the kid has really cleaned up his act as the Bengals (and the governor of Arkansas – huh?) believe.

Clearly the Bengals don’t really care about these sorts of stories or public perception. (Neither do I, really.) Can’t help but to just laugh at this.

By: tightierightie

tightierightie — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:53:45 +0000

Man! Mikey’s reformer streak make days like this really hard for us Bengals fans.

By: rcali

rcali — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:50:27 +0000

I still don’t understand how the Bungels couldn’t sign Vick when he was available.

Thumbs down if you like stealing from little old ladies on the street who do charity work.

By: letsgonuclear

letsgonuclear — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:49:06 +0000

“an incident that took place five years ago”

Welcome to what’s wrong with the legal system.

By: 1buckeye76

1buckeye76 — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:46:12 +0000

oy vey…

By: ncbengalmike

ncbengalmike — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:45:36 +0000

Cue up the Bungles Jokes.

By: despinosa8

despinosa8 — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:44:50 +0000

Time to pay the “piper”!