Over 100 in the organization travel to New Orleans to say goodbye to Chris Henry
Many within the Bengals organization took a charter flight to New Orleans Tuesday to say goodbye to their fallen comrade. Dave Lapham said on 1530 Homer with Mo Egger Monday night, that only two coaches are expected to make the trip: Marvin Lewis and Mike Sheppard, Henry's position coach.
While Tuesdays are generally off days for players, coaches spend Tuesday getting the gameplan together for their next opponent. More than 100 people from the Bengals organization are expected to be in New Orleans. Lewis and Carson Palmer are two that will speak.
Even NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFL Players Association chief DeMaurice Smith will be in attendance. Goodell is expected to deliver a eulogy, as is Henry's agent, David Lee. T.J. Houshmandzadeh will be there.
Henry's funeral will be held at the Alario Center in Westwego, near downtown New Orleans. The Alario Center is the practice facility for the NBA’s New Orleans Hornets.
There will be a two-hour public viewing at 11 a.m.-1 p.m. CST (12-2 p.m. in Cincinnati), followed by the funeral. The Bengals will take a chartered flight to New Orleans Tuesday morning and return afterward.
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If I had anything to do with the team, the last person I would want to speak at Henry's funeral would be Goodell.
All he ever tried to do for Chris was keep him from playing football. Yes, Chris made his own mistakes, but we have all felt like Goodell has an anti-Bengals agenda since he took the reins. I’m sure that just tickles his good old buddy Dan Rooney too.
I wouldn’t want him anywhere near that ceremony.
Goodell should remain silent
I have some experience with Top of the Food Chain types at funerals and they’re about the photo opp. Please, Roger….stay in the background this time.
"Nate Silver is a genius" .... BK
He is also one of the responsible parties for outlining the steps Slim needed to take to have a chance at playing football again. My guess is saw how Slim matured and grew as a person in a first-hand capacity. I am very curious to see what he says.
by Cedric Benson Boat Party on Dec 22, 2009 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
Tough times.
Hopefully his teammates, family, and friends can come together and find some peace today.
I’m not a religious man – but may God bless all of those who knew and were close to Chris.

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