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Marvin Lewis Says ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Was The Best Thing For Chad Ochocinco

Most head coaches would be upset if one of their best players decided to skip the offseason program and participate in ABC’s ‘Dancing With The Stars’.

Bengals’ Marvin Lewis is not one of those coaches.

“Remember what we said when he went to Dancing With The Stars?” Lewis asked. “It was the best thing. Stay the hell away from me and give other guys reps and snaps and he wouldn’t be in my ear all the time saying, ‘Why am I here? I’m not getting any reps.’

He’s of course talking about Chad Ochocinco who returned to Cincinnati this week.

Is it a good thing or a bad thing when your boss says it was good that you were gone for three months?

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