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09-25-2006, 08:22 AM
from frofootballtalk.com
ANOTHER BENGAL BUSTED
On the same day that the Cincinnati Bengals re-established their regular-season superiority over the Pittsburgh Steelers, linebacker Odell Thurman became the latest member of the team to be arrested.
Thurman, per various news reports, was arrested for DUI shortly after 3:00 a.m. on Monday when police spotted him driving left of center roughly a block away from a police checkpoint. Thurman was behind the wheel of teammate Reggie McNeal's SUV. There were other Bengals players in the vehicle, but their names have not been released.
Thurman's blood alcohol content was measured at 0.17 percent, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08 percent.
The second-year linebacker currently is serving a four-game suspension for violation of the league's substance abuse policy. He's now in the same potential predicament as Packers receiver Koren Robinson -- charged with an alcohol-related offense at a time when the player is already "in" Stage Three of the substance-abuse program. Depending on the specific requirements of Thurman's treatment plan, the 0.17 percent test result could be enough to trigger a one-year suspension.
The arrest couldn't have come at a more inopportune time for the Bengals, who went into Heinz Field on Sunday and humbled the Pittsburgh Steelers. The fact that a carload of players were out celebrating the victory by getting blotto (we can only presume that no one in the car was sober, since common-sense suggests that the sober one would have been driving) strongly suggests that coach Marvin Lewis still has a loooooong way to go before he gets some of his guys to understand the difference between acceptable and unacceptable off-field conduct.
And our guess (and it's only a guess) is that it's just a matter of time before word is released that the group of other Bengals in the SUV included Chris Henry and/or A.J. Nicholson and/or Frostee Rucker and/or Eric Steinbach.
Just last week, new NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell visited with the Bengals told them that they have a "responsibility as players that they continue to represent the league, the Bengals and their community in a positive fashion."
Why do we have a feeling that, regardless of the legal niceties, the Goodell signature appearing on the official NFL ball eventually will be branded on Thurman's buttocks?
ANOTHER BENGAL BUSTED
On the same day that the Cincinnati Bengals re-established their regular-season superiority over the Pittsburgh Steelers, linebacker Odell Thurman became the latest member of the team to be arrested.
Thurman, per various news reports, was arrested for DUI shortly after 3:00 a.m. on Monday when police spotted him driving left of center roughly a block away from a police checkpoint. Thurman was behind the wheel of teammate Reggie McNeal's SUV. There were other Bengals players in the vehicle, but their names have not been released.
Thurman's blood alcohol content was measured at 0.17 percent, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08 percent.
The second-year linebacker currently is serving a four-game suspension for violation of the league's substance abuse policy. He's now in the same potential predicament as Packers receiver Koren Robinson -- charged with an alcohol-related offense at a time when the player is already "in" Stage Three of the substance-abuse program. Depending on the specific requirements of Thurman's treatment plan, the 0.17 percent test result could be enough to trigger a one-year suspension.
The arrest couldn't have come at a more inopportune time for the Bengals, who went into Heinz Field on Sunday and humbled the Pittsburgh Steelers. The fact that a carload of players were out celebrating the victory by getting blotto (we can only presume that no one in the car was sober, since common-sense suggests that the sober one would have been driving) strongly suggests that coach Marvin Lewis still has a loooooong way to go before he gets some of his guys to understand the difference between acceptable and unacceptable off-field conduct.
And our guess (and it's only a guess) is that it's just a matter of time before word is released that the group of other Bengals in the SUV included Chris Henry and/or A.J. Nicholson and/or Frostee Rucker and/or Eric Steinbach.
Just last week, new NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell visited with the Bengals told them that they have a "responsibility as players that they continue to represent the league, the Bengals and their community in a positive fashion."
Why do we have a feeling that, regardless of the legal niceties, the Goodell signature appearing on the official NFL ball eventually will be branded on Thurman's buttocks?