Odell Faces Suspension
The day Odell Thurman was released, and again a few weeks ago, this blog told you why no Bengals fan should be mad to see Odell go (Dear Anyone who is still mad at the Cincinnati Bengals for releasing Odell Thurman). SI now is reporting that Odell has failed a drug test and is facing an indefinite suspension.
Even if this turns out to not be true, this unreliability is the exact reason why the Bengals had to cut Odell. He just wasn't someone the team could count on. Some folks in Bengaldom thought all Odell was guilty of was being irresponsible, that he was being grouped in unfairly with other NFL "evil-doers" like Pac-Man Jones (side note: the Cowboys are going to have Tank Johnson and TO mentor him so I'm guessing Pac-Man will be just fine). While the contributions Odell made in 2005 were significant and helped the Bengals have their best season in the Mike Brown era, it had become abundantly clear the Bengals were only going to be disappointed if they continued to rely on Odell. Season after season our linebacking corps was counting on Odell. If Odell was still on the team, it seems that they would again be disappointed.
I'm sad to see this happen to Odell, but I'm also glad this isn't the Bengals problem anymore.
My question is what substance did he piss this time? And how outlandish will the rumors be regarding whether he was freebasing crack, becoming one of those scary meth addicts or doing whatever else someone can come up with that's so outlandish it sounds believable (like the new rumor about R&B sensation/soon to be one hit wonder, Ray-J, lacing his joints with Boat aka pcp, I loved that rumor!!!).

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