Chad Johnson Wants Out of Cincy

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by GMScud

Ummm, he had 81 catches for nearly 1400 yards and 15 TDs in 15 games this year. He's showed no signs of slowing down, he's a physical freak, he knows the team and the offense and hasn't been a problem on or off the field this year.

I think Dallas needs to get younger at WR. Signing another 30+ year old WR with a big contract and a bigger ego would be dumb. Crayton is solid #2, Witten is all-world, and they have two good backs. Why throw another massive ego into the mix? They should look to draft a good WR prosepct to develop until TO hangs it up.

As I said, I think he's got 1 MORE year of being really good before he shows signs of age. That doesn't mean after 1 year he'll be worthless, just that he'll naturally slow down. He's shown no signs of slowing down yet, but he will, maybe even this weekend. You can't be a fast healer all your life, we'll see how this sprain affects him. It may not at all, but age eventually will. He may play out his career like Rice for 4-5 more years, but the years of him being a deep threat + dangerous over the middle & tough to tackle are numbered.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by freddyg12

As I said, I think he's got 1 MORE year of being really good before he shows signs of age. That doesn't mean after 1 year he'll be worthless, just that he'll naturally slow down. He's shown no signs of slowing down yet, but he will, maybe even this weekend. You can't be a fast healer all your life, we'll see how this sprain affects him. It may not at all, but age eventually will. He may play out his career like Rice for 4-5 more years, but the years of him being a deep threat + dangerous over the middle & tough to tackle are numbered.

I don't think he has 4 or 5 dominant years left either. But he is still putting up all world numbers. He's got 2 or 3 very good seasons left IMO. He is a total athletic/physical freak. Comparisons to Rice aren't really fair. Rice was never very physical or fast. He got by on finesse and second-to-none route running. TO is one of the best overall athletes in NFL history.

Remember how fast the Cowboys dumped Keyshawn when TO came into the fold? I know CJ is way better than Meshawn, but the point is you simply cannot have two personalities like that on the same team. I don't think Chad would be the problem of he became a Cowboy. I think TO would throw a fit though.