Posted by SCOTT GIDDINGS | Aug. 14 at 03:40 PM

Give me a break! I hope Carson throws it high over the middle alot this year! I wish Chad would shut up and play! I have had enough of his look at me crap. Can we just get back to football!

Posted by John Mack | Aug. 14 at 09:13 PM

Ocho Cinco wouldn't win even if he had a shark chasing him and Michael Phelps had his feet tied. His gold mouth piece tells us all we need to know about him.

Posted by justin howe | Aug. 15 at 12:37 AM

People. You're HONESTLY taking him seriously? The guy who said with a straight face that he planned to take out Carson Palmer's bad knee? Chad was joking, as he always, always is.

Posted by SCOTT GIDDINGS | Aug. 15 at 10:53 AM

No justin, no one takes Chad seriously! We are just sick of his mouth! He is whats wrong with football! The hall of fame jacket made me sick, along with his bashing of his team, and the fans in cinci. I would just like to see him get a mouthful of grass like Keyshawn Johnson did to end his career!

Posted by IAN ALLAN | Aug. 15 at 10:54 AM

Johnson is a windbag, no doubt. And it's ridiculous to suggest that there are guys at the Charles Hadley pool who could beat Michael Phelps. I do agree, however, that there is a vast demographic of untapped swimming talent in this country – guys who potentially could beat Phelps if exposed to the adequate training and facilities. Swimming is a money sport. Only a small portion of the country is ever given the chance to even compete in swimming. In the Seattle area, for example, every competitive swimmer – every potential Michael Phelps – comes from the small minority of families that are willing to pony up the $1,000 per year to be a member of a pool that has a swimming team and coach. And then, the swimmers who show potential and want to get more serious about swimming need to make a much bigger time and money commitment. Nobody becomes a good competitive swimmer simply by splashing around with their friends at the neighborhood public pool. You need coaching and reps; lanes need to be set up so you can motor up and down the pool. And you need good coaching. You also want to have some natural talent. In swimming, if you want to be one of the best in the world, you need to have a body type similar to a shooting guard or small forward in basketball – guys who are 6-foot-2 to 6-foot-7. You don’t see any 5-foot-10 guys swimming at the Olympics (at least in free, fly or back – breaststroke, with the kick playing a bigger role, is a little different). So I agree (while it’s not exactly the point Johnson made) that if swimming was a more popular, widespread sport, you would see a huge impact from parts of the country (like Liberty City) that currently aren’t set up to send guys to the Olympics in swimming. Some of these guys who are clawing their way to the top in basketball and as NFL wide receivers potentially would be very good in swimming.

Posted by L DALE GANDER | Aug. 15 at 05:22 PM

I agree with Ian that the Olympics tend to be dominated by those families who had thousands of dollars to spend on childhood training, although the same argument can be said in nearly every walk of life. There are plenty of people with the mental capacity to be great scientists if they had the education available to them. There are people who would be great leaders if they ever had the opportunity to lead and to develop the additional skills (such as speaking) necessary to be a leader. And nearly every top athlete could be a top athlete in a dozen other sports - it all depends which sport they spend their life mastering. So while you can say opportunity is a big part of it, too many people squander good opportunities. Therefore, I think those who have the opportunity and work hard to take advantage of it should be celebrated. The political debate should be completely seperate. Chad Johnson should just be glad Phelps spent his life in a pool - he would probably take Chad's job right now if he'd grown up playing WR.