A few years ago he was the punchline to every Bengals joke. He embarrassed the city with his comedy of errors and left us scratching our heads over whether he would ever straighten out. He did.
It took Chris Henry a little longer than most but he found his place in life and that place was in Cincinnati providing for his fiance and small children as a professional athlete.
As a player we knew him as the physically gifted deep-threat who caught the pass against Pittsburgh we will never forget. As a person we can choose to remember him for his mistakes or see the whole picture and remember him as the guy who was destined for the bottom, but battled back to the top.
The Bengals may be relevant again because of their record but fans around the country should realize this team's success is built around redemption stories, none of which was more impressive than Henry's journey.
RIP Chris.
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