Incognito played more years before the Dolphin, than he played with them. He was voted dirtiest player in the NFL in 2009, by actual NFL players. He seems to have cleaned that up in recent years.
He got cut from the Rams, because he was creating huge problems for them. He got cut after he got two huge penalties for them by headbutting Titans players, then he got into a fight with the head coach on the sideline. He was benched before that for losing his temper in a game. He had an incident with the precious coach after taunting Rams fans after the team lost. Haslett also couldn't control him fighting and getting damaging penalties. During his time with the Rams, he had more unnecessary roughness penalties than any player in the NFL, during the span.
He had problems constantly getting in fight during games at Nebraska, and then arrested for assault. He finally got kicked of Nebraska, not an easy thing to do. Then he got a second chance with Oregon, but they kicked him off the team before he played a single game.
So, I hope Incognito matured, but you have to be willfully blind not to realize he earned a bad reputation, and deservedly so.
Did you even read my Comment?
Zach Thomas and Richie Incognito were two of the best liked players in Dolphin history, by teammates and by fans.
Thanks for the Wikipedia summary of Incognito’s earlier career.
You forgot to mention that south Florida football journalists liked Incognito almost as much as Dolphin players and fans did.
The Pro Football Writers Association in Miami gave Incognito its “Good Guy Award,” which is typically given to the player who is always available to the press and always has interesting or humorous quotes.