02-15-2016, 03:04 PM
(02-15-2016, 02:33 PM)fredtoast Wrote: There is not compaarison between a player leaving in free agency for another team and a player trying to break a contract by trashing his own team
Quote:On January 13, 2008, Johnson was a guest on ESPN's Mike & Mike radio show. During the interview, he addressed how the media and team treated him during the 2007 season, saying, "I was labeled selfish and a cancer, and it hurt...Fingers were pointed at me this year. If the team and the organization wants to further itself (make the playoffs), I think you need to get rid of the problem...It hurt me. To do me that way and not to have my back. Things were said, and nobody came to my defense." However, head coach Marvin Lewis commented on the issue by saying that the Bengals will not be trading Johnson. "He is a Cincinnati Bengal for quite a while," Lewis said
This is where the trade rumors got started. Where is he "trashing the team"?
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