PHOENIX _ In his semi-annual state of the message at the conclusion of the NFL annual meeting concerning his Bengals, club president Mike Brown typically didn’t mince any words on a variety of topics:
_Despite withering criticism, he said he doesn’t condone the actions of cornerback Adam Jones but is giving him “a chance.”
Jones is facing a couple of misdemeanor charges after having a felony charge dropped in an incident at a downtown hotel the day after the season. But Brown also remembers Jones’ first training camp as a Bengal in 2010 when his daughter Triniti Jones was born at 1.