Chad Johnson wants to play

June 3, 2008 · Filed Under General News, Wide Receivers 

Chad Johnson has indicated that he wants to play for the Bengals despite his multiple comments to the contrary this off season.

 ”Am I coming back? Of course I am,” Johnson said in an interview with ESPN. “I told my coaches I’m going to California to act, but the truth is I may come back to the Bengals as early as June. I may be crazy but I’m not stupid.”

 This is just another interesting twist in the colorful career of Johnson, but does it increase his fantasy value.  Although he proclaims he wants to be a Bengal the fact that doesn’t change is that he is still under the contract that he does not like and will remain so until 2011.  Not to mention he shares the load with TJ Houshmanzadeh who scores big points for many fantasy owners whose leagues incoroprate receptions and TD’s as part of their scoring matrix.  TJ has become the prime target of Carson Palmer.

Johnson’s having a big year will be conditional to his staying happy  That will be either the promise to renegoitate if he has a monster season and with the amount of passes that come his direction.  In many respects he reminds me of another Johnson, Keyshawn, who never was really happy no matter what team he was a part of, and never quite lived up to the hype he attracted from the media and fans.

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