The last time the Bengals came to New Orleans they brought their homegrown playmaker to open this NFL preseason against the Saints with native son Chris Henry catching 100 yards on seven passes and giving the youth football league standing on the sidelines the thrill of the summer when he caught a touchdown right in front of them. The dazed Bengals return today for Henry’s funeral in buses going over the Huey A. Long Bridge, named for another big-play guy. And like the man they called “Slim” always seemed to do, he puts on another show. “Look at all the people that came.
TDBH: Mates say farewell to Slim
