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Rumblings from today's Dispatch....

Coach Marvin Lewis made a point of vouching for receiver Chris Henry’s character when the Cincinnati Bengals drafted him out of West Virginia in the third round last year, even though he was once ejected for making an obscene gesture and some people in the Mountaineers program voiced frustrations with his alleged immaturity.

Still, Lewis apparently doesn’t see anything incompatible in that and what has been happening with Henry’s two recent arrests. Henry was arrested Jan. 28 in Florida on three gun-related charges — possession of a concealed firearm, improper exhibition of a firearm and aggravated assault with a firearm — and also goes to trial in Kenton County, Ky., on March 22 on a marijuana charge.

Lewis said at the NFL combine in Indianapolis last weekend that the problems Henry is having now aren’t the kinds of issues that the Bengals investigated. He said Henry faced on-the-field problems at West Virginia, not legal ones, and that the Bengals thoroughly looked at those issues before drafting him.

Even so, there seems little doubt that Lewis has just about run out of patience with Henry, even though he has some talent. When Lewis was asked whether Henry was down to his last strike, he quickly said, "That’s my business."
Chances are what happens to Henry will depend upon whether the Bengals believe they have reasonable options.