Weeks of speculation end with Chad reporting to camp. Great!? Not so much. It seems like Chad wants to turn Bengals camp into a sideshow. Perhaps he figured that being a pain in the ass might be the best way to punch his ticket out of town or to force a renegotiation.
He pulled the shoot in the morning complaining of a sore back and watched from the sidelines. His agent, the infamous Drew Rosenhaus, subsequently produced a document indicating he has an ankle injury, an injury the Bengals were aware of and that surgery may be required. HMMMM… is it the back or the ankle? Should really have lined up the stories don’t you think?
Regarding the ankle injury, the Bengals did respond that they were aware of the existing issue and Chad had opted out of surgery last year. They further asserted that they have documented proof, from Rosenhaus, that Chad felt the ankle was fine last year and was not interested in the surgery which would clean out area.
Further to that, at mid-day the Bengals released a statement…
“Chad Johnson was given a physical this morning by one of the Bengals team doctors… He did not report any physical problems to the doctor, and he was cleared by the doctor for practice. Later, after the physical was concluded, Chad told our training staff that his back was sore. He refused to practice.”
Is this worth the effort? Is the team going to spend the entire year playing “We say, Ocho says”? If anyone was thinking this was going to end well, I am certain that hope is gone. I would tend to think that no matter how good a player is, they are not worth sacrificing the chemistry of your team. And if I was Lewis, I would be finding out what other teams are willing to give up for a shot at Chad Johnson. Should be fairly easy to move, he passed his physical…
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6 Responses to “Is Chad Pulling the Shoot? Or the Bengals Chain?”
Posted: 06/13/08 at 2:41 am
Chad is getting less and less entertaining to me, and more and more annoying. I can’t tell you how glad I am that my team doesn’t have any big “head case” distractions right now. They are stressful and they really hurt the team.
GET RID OF CHAD!!!!!
Posted: 06/13/08 at 2:34 pm
Wouldn’t it be great if Lewis welcomed Chad back only to let him earn his stripes so too speak with the inside routes that are usually relegated to rookies because of the potential to get blown up coming across the field.
This has to end and I for one feel the dance in Cincy between Lewis and Ocho has turned sour, I have the feeling that if he stays in Cincy Ocho will have a terrible year anayways and be a constant distraction to a rebuilding team with a collectively fragile physche.
As the saying goes you can’t stop the show because of one clown…
Posted: 06/13/08 at 7:56 pm
I think that if they don’t lose Chad, this will be a wasted year. No player should be above the team. This is going to get ugly, quickly mark my words… UG-LY!
Posted: 06/13/08 at 8:02 pm
You are correct if they keep Bozo Sinco around, they will be on the outside looking in come playoff time.
Posted: 06/14/08 at 8:28 am
Chris - I agree, honestly, I really want to see them make him sit all year if he continues to try to pull shit. Showing up at camp is Chad trying to leverage himself and show other teams that he wont be a distraction as he has been made out to be. He is like TO, trying to make people think differently of him…..look at TO and his latest disaster….the drug testing thing. A week before it all happened his phone was working fine when Jerry Jones had a contract extension for him but then all of a sudden he has cell phone issues……bullshit!!
Posted: 06/14/08 at 5:02 pm
Yikes Chris Espn and other sources posting stories saying Chad looked Rusty in Mini Camp, going through the motions but motions looked liked they needed work.
You kind of wonder if this team doesn’t wish it could take a mulligan and go back in time and take the Skins deal but hey there not the only one’s i’m sure in hindsight the Giant’s would gladly take that second rounder and a special teamer for Shockey deal that the Saints offered.