Chad Johnson says he's done in Cincy

I was almost sure he wouldnt get traded too but i dont see how they dont trade him now. He obviously wont play and they will be wasting money on the guy to sit at home. If you ask me, the bengals are being selfish by not trading him. They could get a guy like lito for him but instead insist on not trading him and having two number one recievers just like detroit. I think chad will be fine if he came here. I would like to see some trash talking because we dont have anyone on our team like that anymore. Who remembers the opening game of the season the year after we played in the superbowl when we huddled up and rallied on the falcons 50 yard line symbol? That was awesome.

Their capacity for stupidity is nearly infinite.

before the draft. It looks like the Bengals are going to stand by there line until it makes more sense. The Bengals will take an $8.03 million salary cap hit if they traded or release Johnson before June 1st. I don't how that number changes after June 1st but one can only assume it will go down. Plus Chad is only due to make 3 mil (base) this year, would you rather pay a guy 3 mil to sit or pay out 8 mil to watch him star somewhere else.

This is a ticking time bomb.

If they go for this, they must win the Superbowl in that first "honeymoon" year, because this is a TO-style implosion waiting to happen.

here's a post from a member from the bungles fan site.  i'm not sure about the accuracy but it sounds pretty good.

from cincyjungle:
"The only thing that matters...
...is the amortized signing bonus. Roster, workout, etc. bonuses, salary, all that will NOT matter.

Per the go-bengals numbers, there is still about $13 million worth of signing bonuses to be written off. If Chad were to be cut/traded, that $13 million would accelerate and hit the cap in 2008. UNLESS the Bengals designate Chad as a "June 1" cut, which would allow the hit to be spread out over two years, $6.5 million in 2008 and again in 2009.

Now...all that has to be considered in light of the cap hit if the Bengals KEEP Chad. His cap number next year, adding a little to the go-bengals number, will be around $8 million.

So...if the Bengals cut/trade Chad, worst-case scenario is a NET cap hit of about $5 million -- in a year when the Benals are coming into the free agency period with something on the order of $28 million in cap space.

If they split the hit over 2 years as a June 1 cut, the Bengals will actually GAIN something like $1.5 million in cap space in 2008."

Well what have we got to lose? We were 8-8 last year. Would you prefer the Cowboys to get him? Also, I look at Chad's situation and it reminds of Corey Dillon. He was also deemed a "malcontent". Turns out he was fantastic in New England. Chad and Corey are just ultra-competitive guys. They want to win and Cincinnati wasn't/isn't the place for them. I personally would love to see Johnson on our team.

i would love to have chad johnson on the team if he weren't going to be a pain in the ass, but what happens if we aren't winning?  we all said the same things about TO that it would be different in philly than it was in san francisco, but it wasn't.  granted this is the first time chad has been this big of a pain in the ass, but clearly he is capable of the same headaches that TO is.  i personally don't want another TO situation, and if we are to learn from our mistakes, the wise move here would have to be to stay away, in my opinion.