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**Professor** · 01-14-2008, 08:29 PM

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.d...T02/801130366/

Like players on a receiving team scrambling to get away from a punt rolling to the end zone, Bengals players on Saturday wanted nothing to do with Chad Johnson's comments made Friday on a national radio show.

"The only thing for me to do or say now is: If you guys, as a team and organization, want to further yourself in the playoffs, I think you need to get rid of what the problem was during the season," Johnson said on ESPN's "Mike & Mike in the Morning."

Johnson said fingers were pointed at him and he was labeled a cancer, a distraction and the reason the Bengals slumped to a 7-9 record.
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"No, no, I don't at all," right tackle Willie Anderson, the Bengals' senior player, said Saturday when reached on his cell phone and asked if he wanted to talk about the effect of Johnson's comments on the team. "I don't know, man. I don't have anything to say."

Anderson said he received a call Friday night from a Bengals teammate who asked if Anderson had heard Johnson's comments.

Neither of the team's captains - quarterback Carson Palmer and tackle John Thornton - returned messages seeking reaction Saturday.

But Palmer spoke a few days earlier on "Mike & Mike" about Johnson's apparent unhappiness and brewing frustration.

"The main thing, though, is he backs it up," Palmer told Sean Salisbury. "If he has a contract dispute - like he said, he is one of the top three or four guys in the NFL at his position - so you can see why he wants more money and that."

The Bengals, including head coach Marvin Lewis, have declined comment on Johnson's allegation.

Johnson is under contract through 2011 with the Bengals. He signed a $35.5 million extension in April 2006.

**Professor** · 01-14-2008, 08:33 PM

Johnson airs greivances:

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.d...T02/801120376/

The Chad Johnson trade-me-if-I'm-the-problem tour of sports radio hit the ground running Friday morning with his appearance on ESPN's "Mike & Mike in the Morning."

Asked what's going to happen in the future with the Bengals, the wide receiver said: "I'm not sure what's going to happen. ... I've been labeled as selfish, as the reason we're losing. I've been told I've been a cancer to my team."

Johnson's campaign, anticipated as he grew more sullen during the season, could be an attempt to get a new contract with another team. A message left Friday on Johnson's cell phone was not returned.

The Bengals finished 7-9. At midseason, when the team slumped to a 2-6 start, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported that the Bengals had discussed trading Johnson.

Johnson would not speak to the Cincinnati-based media for the remainder of the season.

Head coach Marvin Lewis and team president Mike Brown, in an early November interview requested by The Enquirer, both said the team would not trade Johnson and that his contributions were valued.

BengalBoy · 01-30-2008, 03:20 PM

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The end of Ocho Cinco in Cincy
Mark the day and time.....Jan. 30, 2008 on the Jim Rome show. I think Bengal fans will look back and remember this day for years to come.
If it wasn't obvious before, it is now......Chad Johnson has turned the page and his back on his Bengals career. This isn't cute....it isn't fun...and it's not an act. This is calculated and orchestrated. He and agent Drew Rosenhaus have put the wheels in motion to get out of town. They believe he's best served leaving Cincinnati. They view the field turf as greener any place else.
This is about money, losing, marketing and trust. Chad continues to believe he is being sabotaged by, not the fans or media...but the organization. This might be fixable if it was the media and fans. Anyone think this organization is good at making guys feel loved?
Chad pointed out two people in the organization that he believes have his back. That leaves 51 other players, a coach, his staff and owners on the outside of his world. Wonder how Marvin feels, considering he practically wrecked this lockerroom to be Chad's best buddy since halftime of the playoff game?
The worst case scenario now is that Chad returns. Anyone want that? Anyone think that would be productive for anyone? Chad won't mature. He's not capable, nor does he see a need. It was fun for a while. Now it's a real drag. And it's sad Chad chose this path.

Chad with Rome
Do you want to be traded?
"I'm going to leave that to the Shark (agent Drew Rosenhaus)"
Are you happy in Cincinnati?
"I'm not allowed to say. I get the blame......the so called best player....I'm the problem. Somebody in-house is spreading this. Maybe they want me to quiet down, stop being me. That is not going to happen. I can't function that way.
I tried it...I sucked. There was no excitement."
Can they make it right with you?
........long pause.......I think I could be here with you all season...on your show"
Is it blown up...not fixable?
"I'm leaving that to Drew. It's been bad (in Cincinnati)....I'm the scapegoat...alot of stuff in house is happening I'm not fond of. It doesn't sit well with me. I have fun. I'm a little outlandish. I produce. I do everything to help us win.
Who does have your back?
"TJ has my back.....Carson....that's it....that's really it"

Things look bleak

**ball in the baskett** · 01-30-2008, 03:29 PM

Hopefully he does leave cinci maybe come to the eagles.

BengalBoy · 01-30-2008, 03:32 PM

Only good thing that can come of this is that he is locked in to a long deal and hopefuly we get a 1st rounder + something in return. That would ease my pain.

BengalBoy · 01-30-2008, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ball in the baskett

Hopefully he does leave cinci maybe come to the eagles.

I think the eagles experienced enough in regards to pre-madona WR's last time round, think you're guys will give it another go ?

**ball in the baskett** · 01-30-2008, 03:51 PM

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I think the eagles experienced enough in regards to pre-madona WR's last time round, think you're guys will give it another go ?

Yes because chad isnt an ******* like TO is.

BengalBoy · 01-30-2008, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ball in the baskett

Yes because chad isnt an ******* like TO is.

Normaly im backing you up right away with something like that, But Chad is making it his buisness to get out of Cincy as if we are running him out of town, i mean cmon ..... This is starting to become T.O Gate all over again, i mean comments like

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"Is it blown up...not fixable?
"I'm leaving that to Drew. It's been bad (in Cincinnati)....I'm the scapegoat...alot of stuff in house is happening I'm not fond of. It doesn't sit well with me. I have fun. I'm a little outlandish. I produce. I do everything to help us win."

Yeh thats right Chad, everyone in Cincy is saying it's all you're fault, nobody has ever said that, the media have tried to make you the scapegoat for a bad season, nobody associated with Cincinnati Bengals.

Like i said i hope we can sort this sh1t out, but day by day he starts to bring that slimeball Rosenhaus in to the equation more and more. Its a well planned move by Drew and Chad to get more money elsewhere. I never thought i would hear myself say this, but he is looking more and more like T.O by the day.

P.S Chad dont go to the Dark side

BengalBoy · 01-30-2008, 04:14 PM

lol go to http://www.nfl.com/videos then go to NFL Network Tab and watch the 8min catch with Chad. Steve. Terrell and Rich are sitting there like ... Man why on earth do you want to leave Cincy. everyone knows its Chad working a way to a fat payday ....

**ball in the baskett** · 01-30-2008, 04:39 PM

If i were cinci i would pay him they will regret it if they dont.

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