After a few months of insinuations, Chad Johnson has officially asked to be traded.
Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson left no room for doubt Wednesday: He wants out of Cincinnati as fast as possible and he doesn’t plan on reporting for any future Bengal function — mandatory or voluntary.
“Nothing has changed from what I’ve been saying for three months that I don’t want to play for the Bengals.”
Johnson made one of his strongest statements in saying he is not planning on reporting to any team functions because he wants to be traded.
“I want to be traded before the draft, and if that doesn’t happen, I want to be traded as soon as possible,” Johnson said. “I don’t intend on reporting to anything.”
As this was happening, I always got the feeling that he and the Bengals would repair the relationship and he’d be in Cincy this season. But it’s hard to go back from statements like these. (Though Kobe did it, so who knows.)
Possible suitors? The Raiders jump to mind, though they may not have the cap space after all their signings this summer. Wherever he lands, he’s the type of player that can shift the NFL landscape.
