Chad Johnson hurt, Cinci has problems
August 19, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Carson Palmer, Cincinnati Bengals, NFL Football
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Chad Johnson may be out of uniform until the NFL regular season begins
Chad Johnson went out for the pass and ended up on his left shoulder. Brian Kelly, of the Lions, intercepted the pass.
Chad was hurt. They called it a sprained shoulder.
“We’ll be able to treat it conservatively, and he’ll have to get his strength back in it,” Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis. “It came out and went right back in on the field.”
The Bengals have even more problems as shown in the loss to the Lions.
Starter Carson Palmer was sacked once and hit four other times in the first quarter alone.
“We were a little bit out of sync in the passing game early,” Lewis said.
Palmer ended up with one of his worst lines – preseason or regular season – 6-for-13 passing for 50 yards, one interception – and a passer rating of 24.5.
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A little out of sync?
The Bengals have a lot of work to do or this season will be a season of failure.
Cinci got bigger on the offensive line and hopes this will help Rudi run and Carson have more time to throw. It did not work in this game. Rudi was out with hamstring problems and Carson got knocked around.
The Bengals unveiled the much-anticipated huge “Jurassic Line,” with starting right guard Bobbie Williams moving to center in place of starter Eric Ghiaciuc. Stacy Andrews slid from right tackle to right guard, and Willie Anderson was inserted as the right tackle. The left side remained the same: Levi Jones at tackle, Andrew Whitworth at guard.
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