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Chad Johnson Labrum Injury - Fantasy Impact

by Kori Ellis on August 25th, 2008

Chad Johnson of the Cincinnati Bengals finds his name in the lights once again. This time, the news is bad. According to a report, the Bengals have learned that Johnson has a partially torn labrum.

This type of shoulder injury could require season-ending surgery, however initial reports indicate that Johnson will instead try to play with a shoulder harness. Last season, Kellen Winslow of the Cleveland Browns suffered from a similar injury and was able to make it through the season with a harness.

In terms of fantasy football, this is bad news for Chad Johnson fantasy owners. Johnson is now a big injury risk and one bad hit and he could be out several weeks. Combine that with Johnson’s ankle surgeries and Ocho Cinco’s unhappiness with the Bengals, and Johnson now appears to be a wide receiver to avoid.

Unless Chad Johnson drops far in your fantasy football draft, go ahead and let another fantasy owner in your league deal with the headaches. Besides, we also had Chad Johnson as overrated even before this news.

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