Cincy Jungle: An SB Nation Community

Navigation: Jump to content areas:


Pro Quality. Fan Perspective.
Around SBN: The Record of Wrongs: Vanderbilt Commodores

Drew Rosenhaus claims Chad Johnson on trading block

First of all, I wanted to thank Chris for his awesome work Thursday while I was "indisposed". Apparently the people at work expect me to get paid for some things. The nerve, I know. One thing that Chris touched on was Drew Rosenhaus. I wanted to provide my take on it too.

It's pretty evident that super-agent Drew Rosenhaus will lay foundations that are partly (if not completely) untrue driving the market towards his interests. That is, after all, what an agent does. However, Rosenhaus (who we've nicknamed Oil Slick for a long time now) isn't without probable damage to his clients. Last year, we believed that it was Rosenhaus that masterminded Chad Johnson's character suicide campaign. That was evident when Oil Slick left Cincinnati to negotiate Plaxico Burress' two-year contact extension (which came to five years, $35 million) and surprisingly Chad Johnson returned to the fold; with such good behavior that he seemed sedated. From then to now, Johnson is viewed as an incredibly selfish player, challenging Terrell Owens' for most annoying wide receiver even though the 30-plus year old receiver produced the worst season of his career.

This week Rosenhaus sent a letter to all 32 teams, Mike Garafolo of the Star-Ledger reported, promoting that Plaxico Burress, Anquan Boldin and Chad Johnson are available via trade. At first we wondered why 32 teams, considering that the 32nd team would be the team that the wide receiver is playing for. Then we realized that the letter would likely have the most effect, therefore causing teams to focus on Rosenhaus' clients, if not working out extensions that directly inflate Oil Slick's banks.

Rosenhaus responds to that:

“Let me clarify the rules.  Teams cannot talk to an agent about a player who is under contract, but there’s no limits on what an agent can try and do to help his client,” Rosenhaus explained.  “You know, the bottom line is that I get paid by my clients to advance their agenda, not the teams’ agendas.  And there’s no rule that prohibits me from talking to teams about any of my clients.”

Oil Slick also said, “Let me just say in general that as an agent I can do whatever I want."

So what about Chad Johnson? After all, it seemed that he was cool being in Cincinnati now, and that all the disgruntled BS that he promoted last year was behind us. Joe Reedy grabs a Rosenhaus quote about that:

“You know, here’s the deal with Chad. Last year we were very outspoken about what we wanted. This year we are going to operate behind the scenes. The bottom line is that’s a communication thing that is going to take place completely between myself and the Bengals organization.”

What's there to communicate? Even if there's a trade to be worked out, Johnson's no longer valuable enough to give us any type of return. A trade would only reduce the selfishness in the team's lockerroom that he's characterized as. Furthermore, which team out there would offer the extension that Oil Slick believes that Johnson is worth?

In the end, I'm more inclined to be soft on Johnson with this, because we've seen when Oil Slick becomes active in Johnson's affairs, that's when we begin hating on Johnson.

0 recs  |  Comment 1 comment |

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

Display:

Rosenhaus Contracts

What makes this guy dangerous to owners is by representing so many, especially receivers, he can somewhat control the market value of a NFL receiver. Owens back fired on him as well as Ocho last year, but had he been successful in renegotiating the cost of Boldin right now would be considerably higher. He is riding a fine line of ethical behavior that is in someways unchecked by the league. He has manipulated other situations as well without straight up breaking rules. Look at how he was able to use perception to move Willie Maghee’s draft status. Interesting now how he is now trying to soften his clients reputations, (IE Owen’s tears) to gain favor & alter public opinion to improve future negotiations. This man knows what he is doing and will almost single handedly drive up player salaries & put teams like the Bengals out of contention for big name free agents. I would think the NFL has a few investigators dedicated to watching Drew Rosenhaus looking for an opportunity to nutralize his influence on owner pocketbooks. These athletes are not smart enough to walk & chew gum at the same time let alone manipulate owners. Rosenhaus has all of them on strings. The fun thing to watch is when one of them screws up & does something without consulting their puppet master & he has to do damage control (Owens again). Rosenhaus is sucking many teams dry & the fans are paying the price. All of these players are his stooges who in 10-15 years will be at card shows trying to sell their autograghs to little kids for $20 wonder why no one likes them and faced with a selfish legacy of greed. Wake up Chad, why you were a plump grape of potential & ability 5 years ago, you are now a dried up raisen that Drew Rosenhaus has eaten to stay regular…Yes you’re a terd!

by Vman in Germany on Feb 16, 2009 5:14 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Comments For This Post Are Closed


User Tools

Welcome to the SB Nation blog about the Cincinnati Bengals.
Start posting about the Bengals »

Join SB Nation and dive into communities focused on all your favorite teams.

FanPosts

Community blog posts and discussion.

Recent FanPosts

Tiger_joe_small
Prospect Watch: Demaryius Thomas
Small
Bengal 2010 Draft
Small
What Might Ruin the NFL Next Year
Palmer_small
Pointless debate of the week
Tiger_joe_small
Prospect Watch: Brandon Graham
Tiger_joe_small
Andre Caldwell vs Rookie WR
Tiger_joe_small
Bengals and Senior Bowl
C1fc33125ca7_small
Bengals Mock Draft
Helmet_small
Ocho Cinco our new kicker? seriously
Helmet_small
Maualuga arrested!!!! Man 2010 starting off bad!!!

+ New FanPost All FanPosts >

Latest NFL Headlines from SB Nation

Acme Packing Company
Replay: Tracy Porter's Super Bowl INT Return
Mocking The Draft
Morgan Burnett NFL Draft scouting report
The Phinsider
A quick look at free agent tight ends

Managers

Atari_small Kirkendall

Twitter_profile_pic_small A Pragmatic Bengals Fan

Authors

Small Vman in Germany

Oso-bengalslogo-animation_small Jay McDonnell

Henry152_small IFChris

Huber090426_440_small jsl413

Infighting_small Mojokong