Chris Henry

If I thought of him at all, it was as another of the seemingly endless parade of Bengal Bad Boys who seem to play in Cincinnati. I'm hearing a lot of stories about how he'd turned his life around, was getting it together, etc., etc., but I've got to wonder about the stability of a guy who jumps into the bed of a moving pickup to continue a domestic dispute with this girlfriend. I'm not saying that he had it coming, but the manner of his death doesn't quite mesh with the words of his team-mates.

The writing has been on the wall for this guy for quite awhile. Criminal charges, suspension? Come on, who's shocked?

Well known friend of Ochocinco, Chris was always seemed to be in trouble. I did not think he was turning his life around that much if he had this big fight with his fiancee then acted very foolishly and recklessly by jumping unto the back of her pickup and falling. If he had survived, he probably would have been arrested, again, and his career would have been just about finish-much like Pac Man Jones.

Before football season started, I would probably feel bad for anyone who played for the Cincinnati Bengals. Seriously though, I feel sorry for him and his family. It seemed like Chris Henry had a lot of issues and needed to get some help. Maybe the Bengals could've helped him better but who knows.

Its sad to see a person die so young, especially with three children left behind. However, despite the sports media exclaiming this week about how he had been turning his life around, I have a hard time mourning a guy who killed himself by trying to break into the back window of a pick-up truck that his fiancee was driving. He may have been a great guy to his teammates, but his history of criminal problems doesn't make this surprising news to me.