Rarely when a player says he won’t play for a team does the team actually keep him and not consider any trades, but the Bengals seem to be doing just that. According to ESPN, the Redskins offered the Bengals their first round pick this year, a third round pick next year that could turn into a first round pick if Johnson hits certain numbers, in exchange for Ocho-Cinco.

“I’ve stated our case with Chad,” Lewis said. “He has a contract through 2011. He’s stated without an opportunity to go to a different team and a new contract, he wasn’t going to play. I think he’s a man of his word and says he’s not going to play, so don’t play.”

You’d think with a first round draft pick thrown out there — and possibly two — that the Bengals would take that deal and be happy. Unfortunately, Marvin Lewis doesn’t seem to be budging. Super unfortunately, Chad Johnson is signed through 2011. It’s not like he’d just have to sit out one year; he’d have to sit out three years. There’s a part of me that wants to see Chad on an offense where he can make an impact, and another part of me that really wants to see a professional NFL player actually live out hte contract they said they would.