Bengals Odom Shot in the leg

[Saluki]

Damn
http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22475988/31472233

ife for former Bengals and Titans DL Antwan Odom has been brutal the past few years.

And this morning, it only got worse, as WKRG News 5’s Jessica Taloney reports that Odom was shot in the leg about 4:30 a.m. Monday. The injury is not life-threatening, and deputies in Mobile, Ala., are currently looking for the shooter.

It has been an absolutely terrible three years for Odom.

He recorded eight sacks in the first six games of 2009, but then suffered a season-ending Achilles injury. He was suspended for the first four games in 2010 for violating the league’s substance abuse policy (Odom said at the time that it wasn’t for steroids or performance enhancing drugs). After returning from his suspension, he only played four games last year, recording just three tackles before he was placed on IR with a wrist injury.

He wasn’t just injured, though. Basically, Odom was ineffective, which is why the Bengals cut him in July.

To make matters worse, his $1.1 million Cincinnati home burned to the ground last March (Odom, his wife and his five kids were not at home). And now, he’s got a bullet in his leg.

It’s safe to say that, assuming Odom recovers and that he turns out OK, he’s due for a few years of good luck.

 

[killgod]

There's no such thing as being "due" for luck.

 

[NAHSTE]

Getting suspended for substance abuse and getting shot in the leg at 4:30 AM on a Sunday night /Monday morning have nothing to do with luck. Poor life choices =/= bad luck.


edit- appears it was a home invasion that led to the gunshot. Still not bad luck, that's just someone being an asshole.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Was this a case of "When keeping it real goes wrong?"

 

[Saluki]

Not really enough info to say. Hell for all we know somebody broke into his house or something.

 

[steeljake]

thug life?

 

[Saluki]

Not really enough info to say. Hell for all we know somebody broke into his house or something.

Turned out it was this. Somebody broke in his house to rob him, and shot him, so nope, no thug life. Sitting in bed sleep life more like.

UPDATED (12:40 p.m. ET): More from WKRG News 5's Jessica Taloney, who reports that Odom suffered only a flesh wound on his upper right thigh. He apparently was shot during a home invasion Monday morning after the shooter entered the house through an unlocked door. A man named Tony Gildersleeve has been named a suspect in the shooting.

When Taloney knocked on Odom's door today, Odom was eating breakfast with his family. Taloney also tweeted that the family seemed in good spirits, and there was plenty of laughter emanating from the house (Odom wouldn't come to the door, but a PR person who answered said everything was OK).

 

[NAHSTE]

Is Steeljoke trying to set a record for most incorrect uses of the word "thug" in one week?