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Breaking News.... Chad Johnson Hurt His Shoulder. Reports ARE That He Has A Seperated Shoulder. More On This To Come.
Chad Johnson Hurt His Shoulder
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Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson hurts shoulder, leaves game
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CINCINNATI — Bengals receiver Chad Johnson landed awkwardly while trying to make a catch in the first quarter against Detroit on Sunday night, then left the game to have his left shoulder examined.
Cornerback Brian Kelly hit Johnson as he tried to pull in a pass from Carson Palmer on the Bengals' first series, jarring the ball loose. Kelly came up with the interception and an off-balance Johnson landed on his left side.
The Pro Bowl receiver rolled around on the field in pain for several seconds, then got up and went to the sideline. Trainers examined the shoulder on the field before Johnson went to the locker room for further examination and treatment. He was ruled out for the rest of the game.
The Bengals already were without Pro Bowl receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh, missing his second pre-season game with a sore hamstring.
The Bengals don't have much experience at receiver behind Johnson and Houshmandzadeh. Rookie Marcus Maxwell started Sunday in Houshmandzadeh's spot. The Bengals released No. 3 receiver Chris Henry after his latest arrest in the off-season.
Johnson had lobbied for an off-season trade, but the Bengals refused. He abandoned his threat to sit out the season and reported to training camp on time, but wasn't able to participate in practise initially because he was still recovering from surgery to remove bone spurs from his right ankle. He looked close to full speed in practice last week.
Missing Johnson would be a huge setback to the Bengals, who also played without starting running back Rudi Johnson on Sunday. Rudi Johnson was slowed by a hamstring injuries last season and has missed the first two pre-season games with a sore hamstring.
Chris Perry started at tailback for the Bengals.
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DallasEast;2198193 said:
Thanks for the post. The reporters are saying it's a seperated shoulder. We will see, something to watch for. Remember Johnson had his ankles done just a few weeks ago.
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Lions ding Bengals
By GEOFF HOBSON
August 17, 2008
Updated: 10 p.m.
The first half of Sunday's preseason game with the Lions couldn't have been more miserable for the Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium headlined with wide receiver Chad Johnson's shoulder injury that is thought to be not serious.
And the second half wasn't much better when running back DeDe Dorsey got stuffed for a yard on a fourth down from the Detroit 2 as the Lions protected a 10-7 lead with 3:06 left in the third quarter and their two third-round picks, receiver Andre Caldwell and defensive tackle Pat Sims, left the game with foot injuries.
Special teams came to the rescue and forged a 10-10 tie on Shayne Graham's 50-yard field goal with 1:08 left in the third quarter on Antonio Chatman's 33-yard punt return.
The Lions answered with Dave Rayner's 23-yard field goal for a 13-10 lead with less than 11 minutes in the game when cornerback David Jones let John Standeford get behind him for a 45-yard completion.
In the dreadful first half they tied the Lions, 7-7, watched Johnson head to the locker room, had Shayne's Graham's 46-yard field goal blocked by right end Dewayne White, and saw their offense sputter by allowing quarterback Carson Palmer to get continually pounded as mustered a 24.5 passer rating (6-for-13, 50 yards, one interception) in his four series.
Johnson left the field hunched over with a shoulder injury when he fell to the turf as he tried to make a leaping catch on Palmer's third-and-nine pass during the Bengals' first drive. Although there was no official report, indications are the injury isn't serious.
Johnson didn't emerge from the locker room after cornerback Brian Kelly raked the ball from him as he fell for an interception at the Bengals 36. Seconds later Lions quarterback Jon Kitna gave Detroit a 7-0 lead with 8:22 left in the first quarter on a 27-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Calvin Johnson running wide open through a zone and past cornerback Johnathan Joseph.
The lone bright spots on the offense were running back and Chris Perry (23 yards on seven carries) and wide receiver Marcus Maxwell getting his first start with three catches for 37 yards.
"We had some mistakes that obviously need to corrected," said head coach Marvin Lewis at the half. "But we did some things we came in here to do. We ran the football effectively, and I'm pretty pleased with that. We worked this week in the running game and wanted it to click early on."
Backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick saved the day for the Bengals when he drove them 99 yards in 5:30 on a 13-play drive that ended with wide receiver Glenn Holt's sliding 12-yard catch off a low laser from Fitzpatrick in the back of the end zone with 1:28 left in the half.
Fitzpatrick, working behind the Jurassic Line, hit five of six passes for 41 yards but he made another big play with his feet. On third-and-eight at the Detroit 48, Fitzpatrick got flushed to his left, pumped, wriggled away from two defenders, cut back up the middle, then read a seal block, and veered outside right for a 21-yard gain.
Bobbie Williams spurred the move to the Jurassic on the third series of the game when he moved from right guard to center. After Fitzpatrick's scramble, Williams came out and starter Eric Ghiaciuc checked back in.
Calvin Johnson had a field day early against both starting cornerbacks. On Detroit's first series, the 6-5 Johnson manhandled Leon Hall on what amounted to a jump ball on a 40-yard play.
The most disturbing aspect of the game had to be the offensive line's inability to protect Palmer. The first quarter ended with a three-and-out on a sack by linebacker Alex Lewis working against that Jurassic line of Williams at center, Stacy Andrews at right guard and Willie Anderson at right tackle. But Lewis whisked past Andrews for the sack, two snaps after left tackle Levi Jones got pushed back into Palmer on first down on a play Palmer underthrew Holt.
And on the high pass Johnson got hurt, Palmer was forced to hurry it when the Lions successfully worked a line stunt.
The passing game that has concerned them since the preseason started unraveled early in the second quarter. Working behind the Jurassics, Perry got dumped for a five-yard loss on a screen pass on first down, tight end Dan Coats dropped a ball in the flat on second down, and Palmer had to get rid of a quick ball to Chatman on an unsuccessful third-down play.
The Jurassic Line went back out for a third time in front of Fitzpatrick when he checked in for Palmer at the Bengals 1.
The defense rallied after the first couple of series. SAM linebacker Darryl Blackstock shot around the edge to sack backup quarterback Dan Orlovsky on third down to force a 47-yard field goal Rayner slid wide left. Blackstock had two tackles for a loss and Hall came back with a nice pass defense.
Rayner did hit a 48-yarder with 9:18 left in the third quarter to give the Lions a 10-7 lead.
The Bengals showed some life after Dorsey got goal-line stood. Rookie safety Corey Lynch blew up a pass with a hit in the back on first down and on third down a safety really should have been called on Orlovsky because Bengals linebacker Brandon Johnson had him locked in an embrace in the end zone and he threw it away.
Chatman then popped the ensuing punt with the help of rookie linebacker Angelo Craig's hellacious block that knocked cornerback Dovonte Edwards off his feet.
PRE-GAME NOTES: Running back Rudi Johnson has been scratched for the second straight game of the preseason, but for the first time Chris Perry gets the start Sunday night when the Bengals play the Lions at Paul Brown Stadium. < P>Pregame buzz on the field is that Johnson's hamstring tightened following a couple of practices last week and that he didn't work Friday during the club's last practice at Georgetown College. After Kenny Watson started in Johnson's place in Green Bay, Perry come off the bench and rung up a team-high 42 yards on 11 carries in his first game since a Nov. 30, 2006 dislocated ankle.
In another change from Green Bay, Marcus Maxwell got the start in place of wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh instead of Antonio Chatman as the Bengals continue to be far from pleased with the progress of the candidates for the No. 3 receiver job. Maxwell, a third-year player who came to the Bengals practice squad last year after getting cut by the 49ers, was the only wideout who had more than one catch with one of his two catches going for 19 yards on 3rd-nd-11 to keep alive the drive that resulted in Perry's six-yard touchdown run.
Rookie WILL linebacker Keith Rivers made his first NFL start. Jon Fanene drew his second straight start in place of the injured Antwan Odom at right end.
Houshmandzadeh went at it hard on the sidelines before Sunday's game. Houshmandzadeh, who hasn't practiced for more than two weeks with a tight hamstring, looked close as he jogged hard down the sideline a couple of times in between doing agility drills with associate strength coach Ray Oliver.
Maybe he'll be back to work Tuesday. That's the supposed timeline for safety Herana-Daze Jones and he went through pretty much the same drills as Houshmandzadeh.
In his first trip to PBS since his 46 starts as a Bengals quarterback, Lions quarterback Jon Kitna hooked up with the man that replaced him, Carson Palmer, for their ritual of seeing who can hit the crossbar of the goalposts the most from about 40 yards away. They seemed to be about even, but Kitna was needling Palmer about using a "soft," approach. As Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis hugged Kitna, Houshmandzadeh gave Kita some abuse that sounded like a video game bragging rights.
Also back for his first PBS visit was former Bengal punter Nick Harris, one of Shayne Graham's three holders, and greeted him with, "Opie."
Also out for the Bengals Sunday were fullback Jeremi Johnson (conditioning), safety Chinedum Ndukwe (knee), defensive end Eric Henderson (unknown), center Dan Santucci (ankle), tight end Matt Sherry (unknown) and linebacker Rashad Jeanty (leg).
For the Lions, kicker Jason Hanson was listed as not playing. Cornerback Leigh Bodden, the man the Browns traded to the Lions when the NFL invalidated the Bengals trade for Shaun Rogers, didn't start. Kevin Smith, the rookie from Central Florida, got the start at running back in place of Tatum Bell.
Alex Marvez, who has gone from Bengals beat man for the Dayton Daily News to president of the Pro Football Writers of America, made a presidential visit to PBS Sunday in his role as roving NFL writer for FoxSports.com. Marvez is writing Chad Johnson for a story that should appear in the wee hours Monday.
After canvassing the parking lots ringing PBS, Marvez emerged in the press box to observe, "Fans clearly have forgiven him for his off-season antics. As long as he continues playing at a high level, this issue is as dead as Chad wants it to be."
The Reds beat the Cardinals on the river earlier Sunday and Cincinnati's ubiquitous Associated Press correspondent Joe Kay is proof it doesn't happen very often. He figures it's only the third time he's done double duty since the Reds and Bengals started playing in separate buildings in 2000.
Head coach Marvin Lewis sent out the defense as a unit for the starting lineups and the captains were Robert Geathers, Dhani Jones, Levi Jones, Andrew Whitworth, and JIm Maxwell. Detroit won the toss and took the ball.
Lions ding Bengals
By GEOFF HOBSON
August 17, 2008
Updated: 10 p.m.
The first half of Sunday's preseason game with the Lions couldn't have been more miserable for the Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium headlined with wide receiver Chad Johnson's shoulder injury that is thought to be not serious.
And the second half wasn't much better when running back DeDe Dorsey got stuffed for a yard on a fourth down from the Detroit 2 as the Lions protected a 10-7 lead with 3:06 left in the third quarter and their two third-round picks, receiver Andre Caldwell and defensive tackle Pat Sims, left the game with foot injuries.
Special teams came to the rescue and forged a 10-10 tie on Shayne Graham's 50-yard field goal with 1:08 left in the third quarter on Antonio Chatman's 33-yard punt return.
The Lions answered with Dave Rayner's 23-yard field goal for a 13-10 lead with less than 11 minutes in the game when cornerback David Jones let John Standeford get behind him for a 45-yard completion.
In the dreadful first half they tied the Lions, 7-7, watched Johnson head to the locker room, had Shayne's Graham's 46-yard field goal blocked by right end Dewayne White, and saw their offense sputter by allowing quarterback Carson Palmer to get continually pounded as mustered a 24.5 passer rating (6-for-13, 50 yards, one interception) in his four series.
Johnson left the field hunched over with a shoulder injury when he fell to the turf as he tried to make a leaping catch on Palmer's third-and-nine pass during the Bengals' first drive. Although there was no official report, indications are the injury isn't serious.
Johnson didn't emerge from the locker room after cornerback Brian Kelly raked the ball from him as he fell for an interception at the Bengals 36. Seconds later Lions quarterback Jon Kitna gave Detroit a 7-0 lead with 8:22 left in the first quarter on a 27-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Calvin Johnson running wide open through a zone and past cornerback Johnathan Joseph.
The lone bright spots on the offense were running back and Chris Perry (23 yards on seven carries) and wide receiver Marcus Maxwell getting his first start with three catches for 37 yards.
"We had some mistakes that obviously need to corrected," said head coach Marvin Lewis at the half. "But we did some things we came in here to do. We ran the football effectively, and I'm pretty pleased with that. We worked this week in the running game and wanted it to click early on."
Backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick saved the day for the Bengals when he drove them 99 yards in 5:30 on a 13-play drive that ended with wide receiver Glenn Holt's sliding 12-yard catch off a low laser from Fitzpatrick in the back of the end zone with 1:28 left in the half.
Fitzpatrick, working behind the Jurassic Line, hit five of six passes for 41 yards but he made another big play with his feet. On third-and-eight at the Detroit 48, Fitzpatrick got flushed to his left, pumped, wriggled away from two defenders, cut back up the middle, then read a seal block, and veered outside right for a 21-yard gain.
Bobbie Williams spurred the move to the Jurassic on the third series of the game when he moved from right guard to center. After Fitzpatrick's scramble, Williams came out and starter Eric Ghiaciuc checked back in.
Calvin Johnson had a field day early against both starting cornerbacks. On Detroit's first series, the 6-5 Johnson manhandled Leon Hall on what amounted to a jump ball on a 40-yard play.
The most disturbing aspect of the game had to be the offensive line's inability to protect Palmer. The first quarter ended with a three-and-out on a sack by linebacker Alex Lewis working against that Jurassic line of Williams at center, Stacy Andrews at right guard and Willie Anderson at right tackle. But Lewis whisked past Andrews for the sack, two snaps after left tackle Levi Jones got pushed back into Palmer on first down on a play Palmer underthrew Holt.
And on the high pass Johnson got hurt, Palmer was forced to hurry it when the Lions successfully worked a line stunt.
The passing game that has concerned them since the preseason started unraveled early in the second quarter. Working behind the Jurassics, Perry got dumped for a five-yard loss on a screen pass on first down, tight end Dan Coats dropped a ball in the flat on second down, and Palmer had to get rid of a quick ball to Chatman on an unsuccessful third-down play.
The Jurassic Line went back out for a third time in front of Fitzpatrick when he checked in for Palmer at the Bengals 1.
The defense rallied after the first couple of series. SAM linebacker Darryl Blackstock shot around the edge to sack backup quarterback Dan Orlovsky on third down to force a 47-yard field goal Rayner slid wide left. Blackstock had two tackles for a loss and Hall came back with a nice pass defense.
Rayner did hit a 48-yarder with 9:18 left in the third quarter to give the Lions a 10-7 lead.
The Bengals showed some life after Dorsey got goal-line stood. Rookie safety Corey Lynch blew up a pass with a hit in the back on first down and on third down a safety really should have been called on Orlovsky because Bengals linebacker Brandon Johnson had him locked in an embrace in the end zone and he threw it away.
Chatman then popped the ensuing punt with the help of rookie linebacker Angelo Craig's hellacious block that knocked cornerback Dovonte Edwards off his feet.
PRE-GAME NOTES: Running back Rudi Johnson has been scratched for the second straight game of the preseason, but for the first time Chris Perry gets the start Sunday night when the Bengals play the Lions at Paul Brown Stadium. < P>Pregame buzz on the field is that Johnson's hamstring tightened following a couple of practices last week and that he didn't work Friday during the club's last practice at Georgetown College. After Kenny Watson started in Johnson's place in Green Bay, Perry come off the bench and rung up a team-high 42 yards on 11 carries in his first game since a Nov. 30, 2006 dislocated ankle.
In another change from Green Bay, Marcus Maxwell got the start in place of wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh instead of Antonio Chatman as the Bengals continue to be far from pleased with the progress of the candidates for the No. 3 receiver job. Maxwell, a third-year player who came to the Bengals practice squad last year after getting cut by the 49ers, was the only wideout who had more than one catch with one of his two catches going for 19 yards on 3rd-nd-11 to keep alive the drive that resulted in Perry's six-yard touchdown run.
Rookie WILL linebacker Keith Rivers made his first NFL start. Jon Fanene drew his second straight start in place of the injured Antwan Odom at right end.
Houshmandzadeh went at it hard on the sidelines before Sunday's game. Houshmandzadeh, who hasn't practiced for more than two weeks with a tight hamstring, looked close as he jogged hard down the sideline a couple of times in between doing agility drills with associate strength coach Ray Oliver.
Maybe he'll be back to work Tuesday. That's the supposed timeline for safety Herana-Daze Jones and he went through pretty much the same drills as Houshmandzadeh.
In his first trip to PBS since his 46 starts as a Bengals quarterback, Lions quarterback Jon Kitna hooked up with the man that replaced him, Carson Palmer, for their ritual of seeing who can hit the crossbar of the goalposts the most from about 40 yards away. They seemed to be about even, but Kitna was needling Palmer about using a "soft," approach. As Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis hugged Kitna, Houshmandzadeh gave Kita some abuse that sounded like a video game bragging rights.
Also back for his first PBS visit was former Bengal punter Nick Harris, one of Shayne Graham's three holders, and greeted him with, "Opie."
Also out for the Bengals Sunday were fullback Jeremi Johnson (conditioning), safety Chinedum Ndukwe (knee), defensive end Eric Henderson (unknown), center Dan Santucci (ankle), tight end Matt Sherry (unknown) and linebacker Rashad Jeanty (leg).
For the Lions, kicker Jason Hanson was listed as not playing. Cornerback Leigh Bodden, the man the Browns traded to the Lions when the NFL invalidated the Bengals trade for Shaun Rogers, didn't start. Kevin Smith, the rookie from Central Florida, got the start at running back in place of Tatum Bell.
Alex Marvez, who has gone from Bengals beat man for the Dayton Daily News to president of the Pro Football Writers of America, made a presidential visit to PBS Sunday in his role as roving NFL writer for FoxSports.com. Marvez is writing Chad Johnson for a story that should appear in the wee hours Monday.
After canvassing the parking lots ringing PBS, Marvez emerged in the press box to observe, "Fans clearly have forgiven him for his off-season antics. As long as he continues playing at a high level, this issue is as dead as Chad wants it to be."
The Reds beat the Cardinals on the river earlier Sunday and Cincinnati's ubiquitous Associated Press correspondent Joe Kay is proof it doesn't happen very often. He figures it's only the third time he's done double duty since the Reds and Bengals started playing in separate buildings in 2000.
Head coach Marvin Lewis sent out the defense as a unit for the starting lineups and the captains were Robert Geathers, Dhani Jones, Levi Jones, Andrew Whitworth, and JIm Maxwell. Detroit won the toss and took the ball.
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Chad Johnson, Tavarius Jackson (knee) and Miles Austin all hurt during this week. It is a shame when players get hurt during preseason.
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ninja;2198258 said:
What happened to Tarvarius, I guessed I missed that one. Is it serious from early reports?
I dont mean to sound heartless or anything, but it is really not that big of a loss for Minny. Tarvarius is about as accurate as Vince Young is (just doesnt have the speed of Young).
Sorry UT guys.
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ninja;2198258 said:
Yes, you are correct......it stinks