No one ever said being a Bengals fan was easy (unless, of course, you’re a Raiders fan). In 2005, when Marvin Lewis lead the team to the playoffs for the first time in 15 years, they went on to lose not only their first-round game to the Steelers, but quarterback Carson Palmer, who tore three knee ligaments on the team’s first series. Things didn’t get any easier over the next year either, as nine different Bengals players were arrested a grand total of 13 times for everything from providing alcohol to underage females to burglary and grand theft. This year, after the upstart Jets handed the team yet another first-round playoff loss, the Bengals are back to their old tricks.
While legal troubles are certainly nothing new for NFL players, the Bengals set the bar high when it comes to ensuring that PR Director, Jack Brennan, and his staff have to work weekends. (And it’s not just because Ochocinco knows how to tweet). Last week, the team signed former Jacksonville Jaguar receiver Matt Jones, well-rested after a year off from football for cocaine possession, and worked out Pacman Jones, a man whose rap-sheet could paper your walls. So as the Bengals transition from Hard Knocks last season to another apparent remake of The Longest Yard, I got to wondering: who are the 10 figures from professional football’s long history that would fit best with the Bengals’ team concept?
Posted by Marion Brooks 
