NFL Week “Interesting Decision”: Bengals in the Larry Johnson Business
NFL | Cincinnati Bengals - Larry Johnson
by Memphis Bengal on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 at 06:43am
He’s apparently in the fold, or about to be. Marvin Lewis says that Johnson is fully aware that he will be inactive most gamedays unless Ced Benson, Bernard Scott or Brian Leonard can’t go. If so, and if Johnson is on board with that, truly on board, it is a good signing. That’s a cheap insurance policy against having the season derailed over a late injury. The first bet is that Johnson can accept that role (scout team back, sitting on Sundays).
The other bet is that the locker room is strong enough to bring Johnson into the fabric without causing a ripple. We’ll see. It IS a strong locker room, the strongest I have seen in Cincy since the 80s, but this is a bit of a tester. Especially since his facebook page had this last night:
On Monday night, LJ posted this on his Facebook page: “Gonna gallop all over the Chiefs. Cleat prints on the chests. Mud in the face masks.”
He also acknowledged his potential next destination in a Twitter post, which references Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco: “Me and Ocho Cinco!?!? ‘Come on Son!!!!’”
Marvin Lewis met with him face to face twice. Hope Marvin has a good read on this. The move makes football sense, but it comes with risk. The Bengals were already full up with “crazy” with Chad Johnson. Their crazy now potentially runs over.
We shall see.