06-23-2006, 07:19 AM
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Why so serious?
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Dispatch
6/23/06
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LeCharles Bentley has declined to talk about his request to wear "00" in honor of Hall of Fame center Jim Otto since the NFL rejected the idea earlier this spring, but you can’t help but wonder if he would still do it.
The former Ohio State star, an All-Pro in two of his four seasons with the New Orleans Saints before signing with the Browns, wanted to wear it to draw attention to Otto’s remarkable 15-year career. But at an Oakland Raiders charity golf tournament, Otto told the Contra Costa (Calif.) Times that he thought Bentley’s request was "ridiculous."
"To let him wear my number, that I built into a legacy, all it takes is one ounce of coke up his nose and that legacy is gone," Otto said. "I don’t know who he is. I played 15 years with the Raiders. He’s played, what, three or four years in New Orleans? What kind of legacy would he give double zero? I don’t think he should wear it, and I don’t think anyone in the NFL should wear it."
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