Is it just me, or are the Cincinnati Bengals slowly becoming the Jail Blazers of the NFL? (And if you've been following the NBA for the last few seasons, then you know who the Jail Blazers are) It appears that some of the players are getting into legal trouble lately (with regards to both lawsuits and arrests). Here's a short list of the players in legal trouble so far:

  • Chris Henry: marijuana charges, charged with pulling a gun on a group in Orlando, speeding and drunken driving, charged with providing alcohol to minors, over the course of several months in 4 different incidents over that time.
  • Odell Thurman: suspended for the first four games of the 2006-2007 regular season due to a drug-test related suspension which Odell stated was due to him skipping a test, not failing one. He chalked it up to being immature. In addition to Thurmans's drug-related suspension, he was also arrested for drunk driving early in the morning on September 26 after the Bengal's victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. His suspension was extended to the remainder of the season as a result.
  • Frostee Rucker: charged with two counts of spousal abuse and vandalism
  • A.J. Nicholson: charged with burglary; previously arrested twice on suspicion of alcohol-related offenses
  • Matthias Askew: subdued by a taser after refusing to move his allegedly illegally parked car (Askew was cut from the team during the preason games. He is currently seeking legal action against the officers responsible for his being tasered in a lawsuit worth $50 million after the charges were proven unfounded).
  • Eric Steinbach: charged with boating under the influence.


This remind you of the NBA's Jail Blazers? Let's just hope it stops there before it gets out of hand, like what happened with the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA, which got them the nickname of the "Jail Blazers".