According to the Cincinnati Enquirer:
“Former Cincinnati Bengals wide receivers coach Hue Jackson, now Baltimore‘s quarterbacks coach, was interviewed over the weekend on Sirius NFL Radio. The topic of former Bengal lineman Shaun Smith’s comment came up: Smith, now with the Browns, told a meeting of Browns fans in Maryland that Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson was involved in an altercation during halftime of the Bengals’ playoff loss to the Steelers in January 2006 according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
“No, he’s not accurate,” Jackson said of Smith’s comments. “I’ve heard about it, obviously; someone called me yesterday to mention it to me. And if Shaun did say that I’m a little surprised because, first, Shaun doesn’t work in Cincinnati anymore. Shaun works for Cleveland, and I don’t know how that would come back up again when it has been dead now for a couple of years.
” To shed light on it I’ll say the same thing I said before. Chad Johnson never hit Marvin Lewis. Chad Johnson never hit me. Chad Johnson never put anybody in a headlock. Chad Johnson was very emotional at halftime of that game. The true story to all that was Chad had an IV in his arm and me, and him were talking about plans for the second half and he got emotional because he said, ‘Hey, coach, without Carson (Palmer) I’m not going to be able to get the ball.’”
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