Lewis on Thurman: Don't call us

Coach Marvin Lewis answered a few media questions after practice today.

On what the message has been to linebacker Odell Thurman, suspended today for one year without pay by the NFL: "We’ve told him he’s not to be around here."

Thurman no longer has a locker.

"We cleaned out his locker," Lewis said. "Players don’t clean out their lockers. It’s not their job."

On the acquisition of linebacker Andre Frazier: "He really excelled on special teams in Pittsburgh last year. He did a good job in coverage. Unfortunately, he got hurt in the AFC Championship Game. They released him. We were looking for a guy to
come in and contribute on special teams and back up our linebackers. He fits the bill. We tried hard to sign him as a free agent after UC and weren’t able to
do it, and now we’ve got him."

On wide receiver Chris Henry: "He practiced. He had to go get some treatment."

Would Lewis discipline Henry for his latest trangression by not activating him Sunday against New England? "I’ll do the inactives when I do the inactives. I don’t
tell anybody whos’s going to be playing on Sunday. Why would I start now? It’s not to my advantage to tell anybody who’s playing."