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NFL POINDEXTER: THE LINGERING DOUBT

By Alan Grant

Friday, September 12, 2008

In 1994, the Cincinnati Bengals special teams coach was a guy named Marv Braden. Like most special teams coaches, he was colorful and naturally high-strung. He walked fast and he talked a lot—in a sort of incessant monologue. That summer, from the first day of camp, Braden found a daily reason to summon the name of Browns punt returner Eric Metcalf. At the time, Metcalf was the most electrifying player in the league and the Bengals would run into him in Week 1. Braden was, shall we say ...

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