A playoff loss is a disappointment, and it’s a bummer, but I normally wouldn’t describe it as sad. Thanks to Chad Ochocinco, the Bengals’ loss to the Jets is an exception.
When Football Is Sad
↵This is his first tweet since hitting the showers Saturday:
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↵Happy Birthday to me,it feels good to be here to see another one,Twitter World I love yall- SLIM I LOVE YOU BIG BRUH -R.I.P
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↵Throughout NBC’s broadcast of the game, surprisingly little was made of the Bengals’ loss of receiver Chris Henry, who lost his life in December. I suppose tragedies aren’t good television in the absence of some measure of redemption. Here’s Ochocinco immediately following the loss:
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↵There he is, midway through a heaving sob, burying his head in another man’s shoulder, hiding the face of a franchise that hasn’t won a playoff game since 1990. It isn’t poignant or inspiring. It isn’t the sort of image you wrap up and dress with the headline, “This Is What The NFL Is All About.” It’s just plain sad, and there is little else to say.
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