Wouldn't be surprised to hear that a few vet WRs will get cut either because of cap consideration or because the young WR is doing better then expected so why keep the vet around. Happened last year and will happen again this year. The only thing that will matter is what it will cost us against the cap & whether the vet WR is an improvement on what we already have.
Chad Johnson will have difficult time shaking free of the Bengals. He's under contract & will face steep fines if he fails to participate in TC, etc. Suggest he seek guidance from Corey Dillion on how he finally got away from the Bengals. I'd recommend Johnson show up at all Bengal functions as required, but (depending on Dillion's advice) continue to speak out re failure of Bengal organization to do "due diligence" in improving the team. Lay the blame squarely on owner Mike Brown. Believe Dillion finally got free after he criticized Brown's daughter's work as PR chief of Bengals.
On the other hand, I got little sympathy for Johnson. He signed a contract; doesn't matter if WRs now getting outrageous money. So I got no sympathy for him. Now if I really thought it was about the failure of Bengal organization to make any effort to improve the team and so Johnson wants out because he wants end his career with a winner, that is different story.