Do you believe in karma? If you do and you’re a Cincinnati Bengals fan, you may want to shield your eyes from the rest of the season. The Bengals have signed running back Larry Johnson as an “insurance” policy against injuries to their other running backs, including Cedric Benson who’s nursing a hip injury.
On the face of the deal, it’s a smart move. Johnson still has juice and could fill in nicely if he needs to. Getting him in now, when you don’t need him and he can learn the offense, is a great idea. But I just have this nagging feeling that prognosticators could look back at this six weeks from now and say this was somehow what sent the Bengals on a downward spiral.
The Bengals certainly have a favorable schedule to make the playoffs. Four of their final seven games come against teams with 2 or fewer wins. If they just win those, they will have a home playoff game. And don’t think part of this isn’t Larry Johnson eying the Bengals’ Dec. 27 game: at home against Kansas City.
on Nov 17th, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Was there any doubt he would be re-signed. And hell…his team stock just went up. Going from Kansas City to the winning Bengals is certainly movin on up. Lets just hope he can keep his mouth shut from now on.
on Nov 17th, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Gosh,I started payingattention to the Bengals, now it’s back in the dumper for thrm!
on Nov 18th, 2009 at 2:55 AM
Yeah he has a problem of saying stupid shit, but to me, the bigger negative is all his random assault charges against women. The guy is a character issue, but hey, who better than Marvin Lewis to take on a player with multiple arrests…dont the Bengals have the highest player arrest rate for a season from that redic 2006 year? That worked out so well for them that year…
on Nov 18th, 2009 at 6:46 PM
He will most likely will end up in prison one day, anyways I hear prison stripes are in this year, should not be long for him to get arrested for doing some guy in the stalls.