Sunday, August 12, 2012

Chad Johnson (Yes, Johnson) Released by the Dolphins

The artist formerly known as Ochocinco was signed by the Dolphins earlier this off season after a terrible one year stint with the New England Patriots. Chad Johnson was seeking a fresh start as was the Miami Dolphins with the team in rebuilding mode. That relationship is already over.

Chad's personal life has never seemingly gotten himself in trouble with the league or any of his former teams (on field antics have quite a bit). But now something in his life has cost him his job. Johnson was arrested over the weekend for domestic battery after his wife accused him of headbutting her during an argument in front of their home. Chad and his wife, Evelyn Lozada, were apparently just married about a month ago. Chad was released earlier today on $2500 bail. More bad news came later for the Pro Bowler as he was released from the Dolphins as a result of the arrest.

And so Chad Johnson's time with the Dolphins was over before he caught one ball, even in preseason play. Johnson's world has turned upside down with the legal trouble ahead that has a possibility of going to jail. As for his NFL career, I'm not sure any team wants to touch him at the present time. Maybe at some point during the season itself when some of this has blown over but not right now. I'm still not sure if the Dolphins made the right choice cutting Johnson but I get that they needed a fresh start and didn't want something like this preventing that. Makes me wonder why they hired Chad Johnson to begin with.

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