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EVEN MORE CORROBORATION OF JOHNSON REPORT
As more time passes, more support for our report of a halftime scrum between Bengals receiver Chad Johnson and receivers coach Hue Jackson and head coach Marvin Lewis continues to emerge.
To summarize, we've reported in great detail on a confrontation that occurred as the team prepared to return to the field for the second half of Sunday's playoff game against the Steelers, at a time when the Bengals were leading, 17-14. On Tuesday night, Johnson called a press conference to deny the report, repeatedly calling it "ridiculous."
Appearing Wednesday on FSN's Totally Football, Jay Glazer called our report "dead-on accurate," though Glazer said that the swinging of hands and/or fists by Johnson in the direction of Lewis was not intentional.
Meanwhile, former Bengals quarterback Boomer Esiason told the team's official web site that he is "convinced that Johnson had some kind of an altercation with . . . Jackson and Lewis at half time of last Sunday’s game and that it contributed to the second-half meltdown."
(Editor's note: We're impressed that Geoff Hobson actually used Esiason's comments, since they essentially provide that there is a forked tongue tucked behind Chad's gold teefs. Geoff -- you can use us as a reference when you're updating your resume.)
The bigger issue here is whether Coach Lewis is going to continue to apply one set of rules to Chad Johnson, and another set of rules to the rest of the team.
Said Boomer: "If [Johnson] went after a coach, something significant has to happen. One guy can't have that kind of autonomy if Marvin is going to get this team where they want to go."
The root of the growing resentment within the locker room is the autonomy to which Boomer refers. Or to use terms more common to pro football players (and to quote a league source who explained what has been going on in Cincy to us), Johnson's teammates primarily are upset with the situation "because the coaches have to blow him every day to get him to do his job."
Due to Sunday's incident, Bengals players believe that they are on a "Super Bowl quality team that was brought down by one man."
As Esiason told Bengals.com on Wednesday, "Lewis has to meet this challenge as decisively as he's met any other n Cincinnati." Amen, Boomer.
The problem is that, more than three days after the incident occurred, Lewis hasn't uttered a peep about it. And we don't expect him to, since acknowledging the matter now would also be an admission by the head coach that his star receiver has a serious issue with the truth.
As more time passes, more support for our report of a halftime scrum between Bengals receiver Chad Johnson and receivers coach Hue Jackson and head coach Marvin Lewis continues to emerge.
To summarize, we've reported in great detail on a confrontation that occurred as the team prepared to return to the field for the second half of Sunday's playoff game against the Steelers, at a time when the Bengals were leading, 17-14. On Tuesday night, Johnson called a press conference to deny the report, repeatedly calling it "ridiculous."
Appearing Wednesday on FSN's Totally Football, Jay Glazer called our report "dead-on accurate," though Glazer said that the swinging of hands and/or fists by Johnson in the direction of Lewis was not intentional.
Meanwhile, former Bengals quarterback Boomer Esiason told the team's official web site that he is "convinced that Johnson had some kind of an altercation with . . . Jackson and Lewis at half time of last Sunday’s game and that it contributed to the second-half meltdown."
(Editor's note: We're impressed that Geoff Hobson actually used Esiason's comments, since they essentially provide that there is a forked tongue tucked behind Chad's gold teefs. Geoff -- you can use us as a reference when you're updating your resume.)
The bigger issue here is whether Coach Lewis is going to continue to apply one set of rules to Chad Johnson, and another set of rules to the rest of the team.
Said Boomer: "If [Johnson] went after a coach, something significant has to happen. One guy can't have that kind of autonomy if Marvin is going to get this team where they want to go."
The root of the growing resentment within the locker room is the autonomy to which Boomer refers. Or to use terms more common to pro football players (and to quote a league source who explained what has been going on in Cincy to us), Johnson's teammates primarily are upset with the situation "because the coaches have to blow him every day to get him to do his job."
Due to Sunday's incident, Bengals players believe that they are on a "Super Bowl quality team that was brought down by one man."
As Esiason told Bengals.com on Wednesday, "Lewis has to meet this challenge as decisively as he's met any other n Cincinnati." Amen, Boomer.
The problem is that, more than three days after the incident occurred, Lewis hasn't uttered a peep about it. And we don't expect him to, since acknowledging the matter now would also be an admission by the head coach that his star receiver has a serious issue with the truth.
