The End of the Chris Henry Era in Cincinnati
Audible relief, from pretty much every Bengals fan.
It has been said before, and it will be said again, but that must be one of the stupidest human beings on the face of the planet. Forget the waste of talent clucking and focus instead on this thought. Henry is not like, say, Steve Howe or Darryl Strawberry, who threw their careers away over substance abuse. As stupid as doing THAT is, at least we can all understand that addiction can take over and make coming back to sobriety a physical barrier that some can't overcome. We get that.
But Henry? He's thrown his career away because he can't stop committing crimes. He apparently has no filter, or base awareness, that kicks in and causes him to stop and think "Say! I'm about to commit a crime. I probably shouldn't do this". And that can't be blamed on something that causes physical yearnings like an addiction does, it is simply attributable to the fact that he is just plain a stupid and uncaring person. It is pretty much the only explanation left. He isn't able to understand that there will be a consequence for his illegal actions, and he apparently could give a shit about who he hurts as he commits the crimes. The latest Cincy judge to have to deal with him told him he was a one man crime spree. That's about right.
At least the Bengals FINALLY did the right thing and cut bait from this loser. Tj Houshmandzadeh sums it up thusly:
"I thought it was over. I'm sure he is upset. But how upset can you be if you continually put yourself in situations like that?"
Pretty much spot on, that.
Good. Now we Bengals fans can move on to our number one off-season priority: ignoring Chad Johnson.