It's being reported by Profootballtalk.com that at intermission of the Bengals-Steelers game, Bengals star WR Chad Johnson was involved in an altercation with WRs Coach Hue Jackson. During that scuffle, Johnson reportedly took a swing at Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis.
If this is true, it would certainly explain the poor second half performance by the Bengals offense in that game. It would also mean that the public's perception of Chad Johnson will be forever altered.
At the half, the Bengals were leading the Steelers (17-14), and while momentum was swinging the other way at that time, the Bengals had a good shot to win that game. If it becomes a publicized fact that Chad Johnson disrupted the team by getting into an altercation with his position coach over the number of passes thrown his way, then took a swipe at the head coach, many in the Queen City will pin the loss squarely on #85's shoulders. No amount of autographed memorabilia will atone for it, and you could add Johnson's bruised ego to Carson Palmer's shredded knee and Chris Henry's sprained ankle on the pile of injuries the offense suffered Sunday.
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