Grief-Stricken Bengals Fall in San Diego
Filed under: Bengals, Chargers, AFC North, AFC West
SAN DIEGO — Much of Chad Ochocinco’s media-savvy life is carefully crafted for maximum exposure. Sunday was not. Sunday, the actions and emotions were spontaneous. The Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver did not wear his friend Chris Henry’s jersey onto the field at Qualcomm Stadium, but he took a piece of his late teammate’s soul with him.
He hung the No. 15 jersey in a locker stall next to his. A “15″ nameplate appeared above the empty locker.
“Surreal,” Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer called the past few days.
There is no script for how NFL teammates should act and react after a teammate suddenly dies. Henry, 26 and still finding his way in life after years of wrong turns, fell out of the bed of a moving pickup truck driven by his fianceé last Wednesday. Police described the incident in Charlotte, N.C., as a domestic dispute. He sustained catastrophic injuries.
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