Levi Jones Wants to Know What's Going On

Published: September 6, 2007, 8:00 am

Tags: marvin lewis, levi jones, cincinnati bengals, eric horowitz

by Eric Horowitz, ShakedownSportsIt's understandable that Levi Jones his upset. The Bengals left tackle signed a 6 year, $40 million contract extension before last season, but he missed the final ten games with a knee injury. Now the Bengals aren't giving him snaps in practice, they're playing him like a backup in pre-season games, and they won't tell him whether or not he's the starter at left tackle. After last week's game against Atlanta Jones finally lashed out. "I have been ready for a few weeks now ... I've been ready to play for two weeks but haven't got a lot of snaps in practice," Jones said. "I get minimal snaps in practice. I've been thrown into games without much preparation."It was then Marvin Lewis' turn to lash out---this time at Jones for voicing his frustration to the media."It concerns me because it's not about Levi, it's about the team, and he realizes that. I don't want the guys to vent their frustrations to you and I'm not going to change, I'm not going to

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