BENGALS SAY NO OFFER HAS BEEN MADE FOR JOHNSON

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On Tuesday morning, Chris Mortensen of ESPN reported that the Washington Redskins have offered the Cincinnati Bengals a first-round pick in 2008 and a conditional pick in 2009 that could escalate to a first-rounder for receiver Chad Johnson. Bengals coach Marvin Lewis says that it never happened. “Mike Brown has not received a phone call,” Lewis said [...] [link]

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UPDATE II: Confirmed. Trade Offer Was Made.
Published 4/22/2008 by Kirkendall at Cincy Jungle: Front Page Posts
... Let's go back to that known $21 million guarantee figure in the Washington Post. The Pro Football Talk guys conclude that "the Redskins apparently are doing is 1000 times worse than the conduct that formed the basis for the Bears tampering allegations against the 49ers.  In our opinion, the Bengals should file tampering charges against the Redskins today, if for no reason other than to get the Redskins to back off." ...

Florio: Redskins may have tampered
Published 4/22/2008 by Skin Patrol at Hogs Haven: Front Page Posts
... believed by some league observers that Chad’s campaign to be traded arose not from his zeal to wear a new uniform but from his desire to stuff more money into his pockets.  Thus, if the Redskins were willing to make such a strong and specific offer for Johnson, it’s hard not to think that they have an idea as to the contract extension that Johnson (via Rosenhaus) would accept. And that, of course, would be tampering. And now: And we continue to be (more) concerned that tampering might be ...

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