Chad Johnson...
If you think about what he's saying, he actually is making a lot of sense. You can call him a nutjob, headcase, distraction, or whatever you want to but the last thing he said clarifies his whole situation.
There's no commitment in Cincinnati. You unload some of your top tier talent [Chris Henry & Odell Thurman] and you're going to inhibit your chances of winning. Sure, they had issues and I'm not condoning their actions; but, if you're going to look at it from a business point of view and they can help you, why not let them? We took a flier on who might be considered the worst player to have off-the-field problems and look at him now. He's made tremendous strides since he's came to Dallas.
Chad is one of those players that isn't going to let what the media thinks... or even what the front office thinks of him stand in the way of getting what he wants. I quote,
"I gotta win. That's it. That's all it's about. Regardless of what the people think. Regardless of my style of play. Regardless of whether I celebrate or talk too much. Whether you like, whether you love me. It always comes down to one thing; about the way I play. I'm here to win. Period."
If publicly bashing his team and then seemingly contradicting himself by showing up to a mandatory mini-camp makes him a problem, then everybody else who does it is just as bad as he is. Greg Ellis being one in particular. But you think the world of him.
What makes Greg and Chad so different? Greg bends to the media while Chad doesn't.
Chad the Player is complaining. Chad the Person is not.
