Giovani Bernard comments again after announcing retirement

Former Bengals RB Gio Bernard says his goodbyes.

Former Cincinnati Bengals RB Giovani Bernard announced his retirement April 28 through his Twitter.

He left a message for the fans in a thread that day, but he had more to say, reported by Geoff Hobson on the Bengals’ official website.

Here’s some of what Bernard had to say:

“I wasn’t that vocal person, but every time I got put in that vocal moment I would hope the guys would listen, but I was just a scrappy guy. I would flip the switch. Maybe not as much as the Vontaze Burfict switch, but I would flip the switch and become a different person on the field. The energy and passion would come out and people would say after the game, ‘Wow, I never saw that side of you pushing and shoving another person.’ … I hope everyone knows I was a scrappy kind of guy.”

Bernard also said he met a lot of good people and seemed to truly appreciate his time in Cincinnati.

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