Bengals Beat: Chad Ochocinco Shows Up

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Published: June 10, 2009

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... Tuesday, a week earlier than expected.

He took a physical, then participated in his first voluntary workout with the team since 2007.

After being quiet for most of the offseason, the disgruntled wideout has been talking quite a bit over the past week.

Bengals.com reported that Ochocinco spoke briefly with head coach Marvin Lewis last week and Monday was the first time he spoke with starting quarterback Carson Palmer since the end of last season.

"I need the fans to embrace me. I know people are mad at me. I read the message boards, but I've apologized 85 times," Ochocinco said. "If they can embrace me, I can spread my wings and be myself. When they're mad at me, I don't know if I can be myself. I'm an emotional guy."

He admitted that he came into last season without doing much conditioning and that lead to him getting hurt and being unproductive.

This year he’s been working out much harder, including ta...

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