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Bengal’s Receiver’s Coach/Locker Room Pugilist Hue Jackson to become New Lion’s Offensive Coordinator?

It has been reported that Rod Marinelli is considering Bengal’s Receiver’s Coach Hue Jackson for the Lion’s Offensive Coordinator position. Jackson, who has some coordinating experience with the Redskins, has done an excellent job in Cincy coaching the team’s young receiving corps. Unfortunately, Jackson and WR Chad Johnson allegedly were engaged in some sort of halftime scrum in the Bengal’s playoff game against the “Stillers”.

Although many would probably like to see Jackson wring the necks of some of the members of the Lion’s young receiving corps, it remains to be seen what sort of offensive system Jackson would implement and how he would view entering the season with Joey Harrington on the roster. It would seem obvious that Marinelli is likely tapping Jackson to utilize a system similar to Bob Bratkowski’s in Cincy (hopefully?).

I also wonder if the Lion’s young receiving corps has kept up on former receiver’s coach Fred Graves regimen of catching bricks? It was so effective towards their success last season one would only hope that they defiantly stick to Graves’s plans.