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Shopping at the Jerk Store
October 30, 2007People aren't always what they seem or what they say they are. So if you're not careful, you'll grab onto something you don't really need.
Talent isn't always an excuse either.
Sometimes, supposed talent blinds you so much to the impending explosion that you won't catch on until you find yourself saying, "What was that noise?"
Terrell Owens was supposed to be the NFL poster child for this kind of behavior, but lately, the spotlight has shifted toward Cincinnati's Chad Johnson as his 2-5 Bengals slip-slide their way into oblivion.
Yet, Johnson doesn't play defense. The Bengals' 211 points allowed through seven games trails only St. Louis (219) and Miami (244) as the blue ribbon standard for defensive ineptitude in the NFL.
It's very hard for me to believe that Johnson's touchdown celebrations or even his locker room behavior have doomed a team that's usually just a half-step in front of law enforcement.
Okay, that was harsh. After all, we're not talking about the whole team, but we're not talking about Johnson either -- he's never been in any trouble.
It's all the other questionable characters that doomed the Bengals and not flamboyant one.
But, somehow, this nugget of knowledge has escaped the very people who chose the questionable characters in the first place along with the old saying, "you get what you pay for."
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