Weighing in on Non-Bengals News from Around the NFL

Since there is basically nothing newsworthy happening with the Bengals, I think it's time to review the current events going on around the league.

I believe the most shocking story, although it impacts the NFL very little and has absolutely no influence on the Bengals, has to be the Ryan Moats incident with a police officer in Texas.

If you hadn't heard, the officer pulled over Moats in a hospital parking lot for running a red light and insisted on giving a ticket and lecture to Moats while his mother-in-law was code blue on her deathbed.

Here is the dashboard recording of the incident:


The demeanor and actions of the officer are inexcusable in my opinion, and he rightfully faces severe discipline upon the completion of an investigation.

In other news, Jay Cutler continues to be a baby by refusing to meet one-on-one with his new head coach Josh McDaniels. Some suspect that Cutler's agent, Bus Cook, is the puppeteer behind Cutler's boohooing act—but I think earlier documentation of Cutler's arrogant, cocky and standoffish personality suggest the blame be placed squarely the Denver QB's shoulders.

Cutler should realize that any time you have a regime change every player on the roster is evaluated for their fit in the new scheme. He appears to be stupid enough to believe he above that evaluation despite his zero playoff appearances in 37 games, 17-20 overall record and 18 interceptions last season with four in the three-straight losses at the end of the season.

It's a business, Jay—not everyone is on your side like when you were flinging it in Santa Claus, Indiana.

The last thing worth mentioning is T.O. in Buffalo. Or more correctly, the lack of T.O. in Buffalo and the abundance of media coverage on it. "T.O. a no show in Buffalo" is the clever headline used by just about every media outlet in this solar system.

Not only is this not newsworthy since the workouts in Buffalo are voluntary, but also don't forget that T.O. never attends voluntary workouts no matter the situation.

Instead of stating the simple truth, the sports spin masters started concocting potential reasons why Owens wasn't in Buffalo.

This situation reminds me of last season when all the pundits were predicting Chad Johnson...err Chad "OchoCinco" to be traded despite the millions of would-be dead dollars the trade would have incurred on the league's contractually stingiest owner.

Despite the monetary and historical evidence pointing to the staunchest of contraries and the public statement refuting any trade offers, the re-fabrication of the story lasted months.

I just pray that T.O. lives like a monk this season just so we won't have to suffer through 45 minutes of an hour long, NFL-themed broadcast being devoted to what T.O. said about Trent Edwards unwillingness to share.