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Shaun Smith could be returning to Cincinnati

Veteran defensive tackle Shaun Smith, whose biggest claim to fame came last December when he slugged Browns quarterback Brady Quinn during a weightlifting session, could be coming back to Cincinnati.

Smith says he had a tryout with the Bengals on Tuesday, and receiver Chad Ochocinco reports (via the OCNN) that Smith “returns to the Bengals to be a force once again just as he was in the past!”

Chad’s open-arm routine for Smith is a bit curious, since Smith at one point last year ratted out Ochocinco for the notorious halftime meltdown during the team’s playoff game to cap the 2005 season.

The Browns cut Smith in August.  He then signed with the Lions, and he chewed out then-G.M. George Kokinis after a preseason game.  Smith later was cut by the Lions, and suspended by the league for violating the steroids policy.  He resurfaced recently in the UFL.

The Bengals need bodies at the defensive tackle position, given that Domata Peko has had knee surgery and Tank Johnson has a back and foot problem.

UPDATE:  Smith will sign with the Bengals on Wednesday.

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8 Responses to “Shaun Smith could be returning to Cincinnati”
  1. BengalsDouche2 says: Dec 8, 2009 9:08 PM

    Here come all the Bengals haters talking shit saying we only pick up trouble. Let’s here it.

  2. BengalsDouche2 says: Dec 8, 2009 9:12 PM

    Sorry. Let’s hear it. lol

  3. silverreign says: Dec 8, 2009 9:17 PM

    i really hope peko is back for the playoffs. the only man bush i ever wanna see on the football field.

  4. BillBrasky09 says: Dec 8, 2009 9:20 PM

    I’ll use this as an opportunity to let you hear me calling Shaun Smith a coward via radio call.
    Smith’s response was what you’d expect from a coward being called out.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJWSAazQZSc

  5. joey365247 says: Dec 8, 2009 9:35 PM

    Cue Pervyharving commenting on how the vikings will beat the bengals in 3-2-1…

  6. HardcoreH1 says: Dec 8, 2009 9:42 PM

    There has to be a better guy out there than this douche.
    I’m a Chad fan, but I don’t remember Smith ever being a force. Child please.
    Also Chad may have told smith to let the meltdown be known. After all, Chad was on the outs with the Bengals last year.

  7. JoeSixPack1 says: Dec 8, 2009 9:54 PM

    BengalsDouche2 says:
    Here come all the Bengals haters talking shit saying we only pick up trouble. Let’s here it.
    I don’t hate the Bengals but I don’t care for people that can’t spell. HEAR what I’m saying? Smith is trouble though!

  8. WhoPlaysWhere says: Dec 8, 2009 10:27 PM

    @JoeSixPack,
    And I hate clowns who read one post at the top of the comments and start firing off some hatred. Check the second post down………….where he corrected it.
    Your response Merriam Webster?

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