I live in the Cincy area and know some media guys and ex-players. The incident with the Bengals happened. After that game, Marvin Lewis was sputtering mad and made comments privately that this incident was going to the league office and would not be swept under the rug.
By Tuesday, it was swept under the rug & Lewis refused to discuss it with any of his buddies in the media or anybody.
Teams like the Bengals, Jags (& Cardinals?) don't have the juice to oppose Kraft and his little gang.