Maybe I am alone in my opinion. I personally think he'd fair better, as would the team, if he wasn't motivating the other team to bust him/them. I'm guessing he takes a few more hits of the sort he took earlier this season if he keeps making friends. I find it hard to believe positive impact on his own team outweighs the negative, and I think it's a little silly to say the team was in the playoffs because this guy has a mouth. They are/were a good team, period. That they were moderately successful doesn't preclude that they couldn't have been even better if teams weren't out to make an example of them. Also I seem to recall the Bengals losing after CJ flipped out at halftime because he wasn't being made a centerpiece. In any event, I'd be inclined to give far more credit to Carson Palmer's development than CJ's weekly 'who's covering CJ' chart. And don't even get me started on the fact that the Bengals rely on a mouthpiece like this to lead/motivate them. I've followed the character of this team... unsurprising. I'd be interested in knowing the last great NFL team that was anchored by a self embellishing prima donna. I can name a bunch of great teams that were anchored by humble professionals.