Josh Norman reportedly disrespecting, clashing with coaches in Washington

When Josh Norman was benched on Monday night against the New Orleans Saints, it was widely assumed his demotion was performance based. However, based on a report from Kevin Sheehan, who is a longtime host of Washington’s pregame show, that isn’t what caused the benching at all. Sheehan divulged what he’d been told on his podcast Friday, per Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post. “The reason Josh Norman was benched for the start of the second half against the Saints had very little to do with him getting lost in coverage on the record breaker, where the defense just laid down. At halftime, according to my source, he put his headphones on while the coaches were addressing the team. Jay Gruden told him to take them off. He either didn’t hear Jay or ignored him, but with that, I was told, the headphones were removed. By whom? My source says that he believes it was Gruden who removed the headphones from Norman’s head.” That’s some serious disrespect shown by Norman toward Gruden and his coaching staff. What one wo

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