Trading Chad Johnson Fantasy

By Adam Kiefaber

In a world where fantasy football owners root just as hard for their fake teams as they do for their favorite NFL teams, is it wrong to fantasize about being the general manager (GM) of the your favorite team.

Currently, I act as the GM for the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFFL. The AFFL is a league that allows the fan to be their favorite team’s GM.

After Chad Johnson’s appearance on NFL Network’s Total Access, I had to trade him.

I decided that I was going to eat his guaranteed money and move on.

So, I placed Chad Johnson on the trading block at 1:03 p.m. ET.

I immediately received offers. The Miami Dolphins offered a second-round pick and a fourth-round pick or wide receiver Matt Jones. The Kansas City Chiefs, St. Louis Rams and Green Bay Packers were all discussing deals within 20 minutes of the trade rumor.

Then 45 minutes after I put Ocho Cinco on the block, I was able to trade him to Green Bay for running back Edgerrin James, wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh (traded away last season for defensive help) and a third-round pick (San Francisco) in the 2008 NFL Draft.

I’m not saying Cincinnati would be able to get all that in return (in real life), but I would think that they would be able to get something. Hell, I would take a bag a chips for Chad Johnson right now.

In fact, in the fantasy league, the New York Giants offered a roll of duct-tape.

I say the Bengals should take it.

Real Bengal News: Stacy Andrews signs one-year tender

Bengal fans were shocked that the team would name backup offensive lineman Stacy Andrews as its franchise player, however to no one’s surprise Andrews decided to sign his one-year tender today. The deal is for one year and is worth $7.5 million

With injuries and aging concerns at tackle, the Bengals are looking to sign their OT (Andrews) of the future to a long-term deal. Cincinnati would have to sign him long-term by July 15th to lessen the salary cap hit in 2008.

I know it sounds crazy to give Andrews that much money, but let’s take a look at that fake league again for an example of how Andrews would do on the open market - right now we are in the middle of our free-agency period and Andrews is one of the hottest unrestricted free agents in the league right now.

I didn’t offer him the franchise tag, instead I offered it to Robert Geathers, who didn’t get that extension he got in real life until after I became the GM.

Anyways, the highest bid on Andrews is a five-year deal (again this is in the fantasy world) with the Dallas Cowboys worth $35 million ($6 million a year and a $5 million signing bonus). However, that amount is expected to increase as the Baltimore Ravens seem ready to offer any amount of money to acquire him. In this fake world, the Bengals figure to be out of the Andrews sweepstakes.

All that being said, let’s hope the real Bengals can lock up Andrews for the long term and get rid of Chad Johnson.