Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., Eric Gilmore column: Police blotter full of Bengals.

Byline: Eric Gilmore

Jul. 15--Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis seems like a reasonable man, an intelligent leader. He preaches the values of hard work, discipline and dedication to his players. In three years, Lewis turned an NFL laughingstock into a Super Bowl contender. But now you have to wonder what they're putting in the water at Bengals headquarters.

Lewis, with a big assist from team president Mike Brown, is risking those hard-earned gains by collecting an assortment of substance abusers, troublemakers and candidates to appear on the next edition of "Cops."

The latest addition to this group of knuckleheads came Thursday when the Bengals drafted former Virginia linebacker Ahmad Brooks in the third …