F*** Jay Feely

[DC_Bengals_Fan]

So I haven't seen a thread on this yet, but didjaknow Jay Feely's an a**h***? As per PFT, the guy seems to have used his twitter account to slam the recently deceased Chris Henry. Just total lack of class.

I find myself being quite OK with a major roughing the kicker penalty in the Jets game. Anybody think a bounty will be established, or are our Bengals above that?

Since we have some resident Jets fans around, we won't hold your idjit kicker's behavior against you fine folks.

[Ickey44]

I doubt they do anything to him. Feely just doesn't think before he posts apparently. He posted a retraction and apologized as far as I know.

[gregstephens]

He's a kicker. 'Nuff said.

[bwillycuse]

Its Jay Feely - Who cares - Go read the Espn comment boards on Henrys death.

There are lot of people in this world that are just plain ignorant and deep down evil.

I try to ignore it because if I didnt Id either be in jail now or live in solitude in the woods.

Most people suck.

[DC_Bengals_Fan]

He's a kicker. 'Nuff said.

What's that BengalSIS? You're heading over to Greg's house to kick his ass?

[COB]

He's a kicker. 'Nuff said.

Exactly. Some mentally ill guy on the bus starts yelling about you trying to steal his magic waffle iron, you don't get up in his face and argue about it. Just kind of smile and roll your eyes. Same thing with kickers.

[HoosierCat]

Most people suck.

Yeah...and then there's Mike Freeman:

/>http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/12678447/bengals-arent-innocent-bystanders-in-henrys-death

So...the Bengals are responsible for Henry's death because they didn't cut him sooner? Jeebus, what an assjackal.

[gregstephens]

He's a kicker. 'Nuff said.

What's that BengalSIS? You're heading over to Greg's house to kick his ass?

Er...well...what I meant to say was...

Just kidding. I said what I meant.

The difference with Graham is that he's one of the kickers that knows he's, well, a kicker. He doesn't talk smack or blow ACLs celebrating like he's one of the grinders. If I were a teammate of Feeley's, I be like, "Dude, you're a kicker. You don't talk smack, especially about a guy that gets hit for a living."

Again, 'nuff said.

[Ickey44]

Most people suck.

Yeah...and then there's Mike Freeman:

/>http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/12678447/bengals-arent-innocent-bystanders-in-henrys-death

So...the Bengals are responsible for Henry's death because they didn't cut him sooner? Jeebus, what an assjackal.

What an incredibly idiotic article. We could all speculate endlessly about the circumstances leading up to this, but what's the point?

When an ex-postal worker goes postal, do you blame the post office?

Mike Freeman is an idiot.

[COB]

Most people suck.

Yeah...and then there's Mike Freeman:

/>http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/12678447/bengals-arent-innocent-bystanders-in-henrys-death

So...the Bengals are responsible for Henry's death because they didn't cut him sooner? Jeebus, what an assjackal.

It reads like a column Freeman wrote about a year and a half ago, then when Cheech died he just decided to publish it anyway. This guy ignored a lot of facts to reach his conclusion that the Bengals were somehow responsible.

The Bengals were very tough on Chris, and it worked.

Good try Mike Freeman, but you failed. The facts of this case just didn't fit your PC bulls**t template, so go roll around on some broken glass.

[JohnsonX5]

Most people suck.

Yeah...and then there's Mike Freeman:

/>http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/12678447/bengals-arent-innocent-bystanders-in-henrys-death

So...the Bengals are responsible for Henry's death because they didn't cut him sooner? Jeebus, what an assjackal.

It only seems logical for Freeman to then hold the commish responsible for Henry's death because he continued to "enable" Henry by not kicking him out of the league completely. Or perhaps our legal system is responsible for not providing enough "tough love." Did it not cross this idiot's mind that if the Bengals hadn't resigned Henry, then another team most certainly would have? And why when s**tty things happen, is there always a need to go looking for things or people to blame or hold responsible? This article is a piece of crap and so is Freeman. He's intentionally stirring things up, most likely because it's the only way he can get people to read his column. Pretty despicable.

[kingwilly]

Most people suck.

Yeah...and then there's Mike Freeman:

/>http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/12678447/bengals-arent-innocent-bystanders-in-henrys-death

So...the Bengals are responsible for Henry's death because they didn't cut him sooner? Jeebus, what an assjackal.

It only seems logical for Freeman to then hold the commish responsible for Henry's death because he continued to "enable" Henry by not kicking him out of the league completely. Or perhaps our legal system is responsible for not providing enough "tough love." Did it not cross this idiot's mind that if the Bengals hadn't resigned Henry, then another team most certainly would have? And why when s**tty things happen, is there always a need to go looking for things or people to blame or hold responsible? This article is a piece of crap and so is Freeman. He's intentionally stirring things up, most likely because it's the only way he can get people to read his column. Pretty despicable.

Typical "Search Engine" journalism.

Here is a guy who gathers what basic detail he can glean about Chris Henry from 15 minutes of google searching and writes an asinine article that is simply so far from the mark and is so filled with erroneous assumptions, it is an embarrassment. First off, who the F asked Mike Freeman? His notion that there was no "Tough Love" is based on what? Finally, his misguided thought that had ties been severed that would have learned Chris..... are you kidding?

If all ties had been severed with Chris, it would have completed the disaster and probably would have led to an even quicker demise. At the time of his release, Chris was broke, faced legal issues and had been banned from the only profession where he was employable. If SoP had not brought him back, where does Mike think he would have gone to get money? working at Wendy's?...probably not. It probably would have been something illegal.

Freeman should be ignored and muted for this idiotic article. He is a fool with a column..."Look at me, look at me, I have said something controversial without knowing the real details...Look at me!"

F you Freeman. Here is to hoping he sprains his fingers in an egg-nog accident at a holiday party.

[Ickey44]

F you Freeman. Here is to hoping he sprains his fingers in an egg-nog accident at a holiday party.

That made me chuckle. But then he's write an article blaming the egg nog for his fragile fingers.

[volcom69]

What the heck is wrong with people! Ive thing that normal people have said, now i read what some players think, and what some writers think, man this crap makes me mad. Sure Chris made mistakes, but this is not the time to bring them up some mother just lost there child, 3 small children lost there father, and many people lost there friend. This is the crap i have to read, well i never thought people could be so stubborn, but i guess so.

[ChadJohnson-85]

I say we have Domata and Whitworth beat the stuffing out of that clown after we beat the Jets! They'll be waiting for him in the bathroom! Hahaha... But no really, it's sad how a lot of people think. I can't believe most of the comments I read on different sites. Like bwilly said. Just plain ignorant and deep down evil.

[derekshank]

I guess I'm having trouble being outraged at what Feely wrote. Was it insensitive? Sure. Was it poor timing? Absolutely. Was he wrong? Well...

I guess based on the information coming out, he was probably wrong. This doesn't appear to be Henry once again being a thug. But I'd be lying if I said when the story first broke that it wasn't something that entered my mind.

I guess I have more self control that Jay Feely. I don't put every single thought I have on the Internet. Least of all the ones that would be controversial and viewed as in bad taste. But Henry's reputation was one of his own making.

It appears that he was turning his life around. It appeared that he could become an NFL feel good story. I was proud of him, and I became upset when he was used as an example of the Bengals being a roster full of criminals. But there I was, hearing the news for the first time, thinking "Slim. You'd come so far. Another relapse?"

Honestly, the only difference between Feely and me is that I'm not a Twittering a**h***. But, I guess I'm just a non-Twittering a**h***. And I doubt I'm the only one.

[Pidge]

Double post.

[Pidge]

No thoughts of him being a scallywag entered my mind. When I opened the thread on here it just said critically injured in a car accident. Accidents happen all the time and quite often without nefarious deeds being a part of them. The world is in such a s**t state when random strangers feel the need to pass judgement on people they have zero connection to at the time of their death.

(Not directed at anyone on this site or in this thread, just a general whinge).

[derekshank]

No thoughts of him being a scallywag entered my mind. When I opened the thread on here it just said critically injured in a car accident. Accidents happen all the time and quite often without nefarious deeds being a part of them. The world is in such a s**t state when random strangers feel the need to pass judgement on people they have zero connection to at the time of their death.

(Not directed at anyone on this site or in this thread, just a general whinge).

Fair enough. But I didn't hear the news on Bengalszone. I saw it on SportsCenter that mentioned a domestic dispute and that homicide detectives were involved. Assuming that he had perhaps made this trouble for himself wasn't the most ridiculous conclusion jump on the face of the earth.

Again... not saying it was right. But Feely made an opinion post before all the facts were in... and probably before considering how poor the timing was. He very well might be a huge douchebag. Afterall, he does want to be a politician, and clearly knows how to say things he shouldn't. But like I said, I don't think the particular words he wrote were all that outrageous.

[HoosierCat]

Ludwig slams Freeman:

/>http://cincinnati.com/blogs/ludwig/2009/12/18/bengals-not-at-fault-for-chris-henry-death/

[Ickey44]

Ludwig slams Freeman:

/>http://cincinnati.com/blogs/ludwig/2009/12/18/bengals-not-at-fault-for-chris-henry-death/

Good. I had never heard of Freeman before today. But he's now officially an ass in my book.

[Pidge]

No thoughts of him being a scallywag entered my mind. When I opened the thread on here it just said critically injured in a car accident. Accidents happen all the time and quite often without nefarious deeds being a part of them. The world is in such a s**t state when random strangers feel the need to pass judgement on people they have zero connection to at the time of their death.

(Not directed at anyone on this site or in this thread, just a general whinge).

Fair enough. But I didn't hear the news on Bengalszone. I saw it on SportsCenter that mentioned a domestic dispute and that homicide detectives were involved. Assuming that he had perhaps made this trouble for himself wasn't the most ridiculous conclusion jump on the face of the earth.

Again... not saying it was right. But Feely made an opinion post before all the facts were in... and probably before considering how poor the timing was. He very well might be a huge douchebag. Afterall, he does want to be a politician, and clearly knows how to say things he shouldn't. But like I said, I don't think the particular words he wrote were all that outrageous.

Derek (Not sure it would be appropriate to shorten your handle to baby or BS, people might start talking) I can understand that completely. It was more a continuation of thoughts I had when this article was first brought to my attention. Not so much the headlines including "domestic situation/argument/etc" but the content of the articles that follow.

I guess I'm just pissed off that news, as such, no longer exists. Just editorial after editorial preaching some message or agenda. As if people are incapable of reading the bald facts and drawing their own conclusions. Naturally the sorts of journalists this type of journalism attracts will include those who have their own biases and cutting insights on an entire individual's worth some of the time. Just a shame really.

I still remember reading streams of articles pondering whether Sean Taylor was gunned down in a drug deal gone wrong with some of the people he knew when growing up in middle-class America as the son of a police chief the mean streets of Liberty City and Bogotá with a smattering of 1970's Belfast thrown in. Never a thought that he might have been in bed and then shot in cold blood when he got up to see who had broken into his own home. I mean, the guy had a DUI and an assualt charge. Scum of the Earth.

/and breathe

[Dadraftnick]

To me this is the BIGGEST OUTRAGE.

Jay Feely's Twitter comments on Chris Henry stir up trouble

Posted by Mike Florio on December 17, 2009 8:49 PM ET

Jets kicker Jay Feely has post-football political aspirations; he makes no attempt to conceal them. But his comments regarding the late Chris Henry fail to demonstrate a high degree of political savvy.

Feely, with whom we've interacted in the past and who seems like a well-intentioned man and without question is a skilled kicker, had this to say on his Twitter page regarding Henry's death: "Chris Henry seemed to have turned his life around. But, you can't live on the brink of destruction without inevitably falling off the ledge."

Later, Feely realized that he probably shouldn't have said what he said.

"Maybe I did a poor job of expressing my sympathy while trying to look at the bigger picture of why this happened and how to avoid in future," Feely explained in a subsequent tweet.

A search of Feely's Twitter handle ("jayfeely") reveals a variety of responses, most of which express disagreement with his sentiments -- some of which express strong disagreement with his senitments. Mike Freeman of CBSSports.com has written that his Friday column "will prominently feature Jay Feely's crazy tweets."

This isn't about limiting Feely's ability to speak his mind. He has that absolute right -- and those who don't like what Feely says have the right to respond. The broader point here is that an active member of an NFL team not named the "Cincinnati Bengals" has deemed it prudent to chime in on the same day Chris Henry died with an opinion that Feely knew or should have known would be polarizing, at best.

So, Jay, we think you'll ultimately realize your stated goal of becoming President.

The Steelers fans at Profootballtalk.com pointing out that someone portrayed Chris Henry in a negative way !?!?

Are you F-ing kidding me ?

The whole "Bengals are a bunch of crininals"/ "Chris Henry is a Turd and a criminal that shold be kicked out of foothall" came straight from their keyboards.

As I have pointed out many times, when you look at Henry's arrest record it was a bunch of misdemeanors but he was painted as a big criminal and bunched with Pac-man Jones' criminal attitude.

Why? Because, it ate up the guys at PFT that the Bengals beat the Steelers and it was a way of taking out one of the Bengals best players.

I am not trying to be like the Steelers fans that ,somehow blamed us for Rothlesburgers motorcycle accident.

Im pointing out the hyprocrisy of PFT.

No one on earth did more to paint Chris Henry as a criminal or the Bengals team as criminals , than the the guys at PFT.

The football players he likes to call TURDS, are real human beings,with families and feelings.

This is especialy bad to do this to someone that suffers from depression like I believe Henry did.

They like to leave out stories like when Bengals players have saved someone's life.Guys like Peko and Lynch.

While still painting the Bengals as criminals they like to leave out that the Bengals have went as long ,if not longer , than any other team without an arrest.

While I am on hyprocrisy, the very same PFT downplayed the Steelers team doctor being arrested for steroids,HGH and other substances not legal for NFL players to take. No call for an investigation!

Also, downplayed by PFT ,when Joey Porter and friends (some reports said they were gang members)beat,jumped and robbed Levi Jones .

Which brings up the hypocrat, Goodell,the guy that over did Henry's punishment for misdemeanors and held Henry up for ridicule,while turning a blind eye to things like :Porters beat down and robbery of Jones,the Steelers team DR.'s arrest for steroids,cheating by the Patroits,ect...

What would have been wrong with a psyc evaluation of Henry instead of the excessive punishment?

This guy (Goodell)gives a sympathy statment?

[7/11]

i don't see much of a problem with feely's comments, honestly.

freeman's article, on the other hand...what an unbelievable bag of s**t. one of you guys hit it on the head-- a result of "search engine journalism." when regarding the death of someone who left three young children fatherless, you do better than google.

like ludwig, i am boiling mad about freeman's claims. cbs pays that POS? yikes.

[dewaynesworld63]

So I haven't seen a thread on this yet, but didjaknow Jay Feely's an a**h***? As per PFT, the guy seems to have used his twitter account to slam the recently deceased Chris Henry. Just total lack of class.

I find myself being quite OK with a major roughing the kicker penalty in the Jets game. Anybody think a bounty will be established, or are our Bengals above that?

Since we have some resident Jets fans around, we won't hold your idjit kicker's behavior against you fine folks.

I don't know the entire context of what he wrote...it hasn't found its way onto JI. I am disgusted that he would write disparaging remarks about Chris, especially so soon after his tragic death. I ripped a guy on JI for doing something similar. Unfortunately, I am not surprised by Feely's actions. He has stuck his foot in his mouth before and I'm sure he will do it again. He lost his job with the Giants, basically for saying stupid things. It certainly wasn't for his kicking. He has been great for the Jets and some even joke about team MVP considerations. He is also a pretty tough SOB for a kicker and a very good tackler on kickoffs. That said, I am in no way defending him because if some find it offensive, then whatever he wrote was innappropriate.

My thoughts are with Uno Cinco and his family.