When anything fun happens with the Redskins, one of our first stops is Extreme Skins, a Redskins message board populated by - to put it mildly, the lunatic fringe. They are a different breed of fan over yonder - passionate is a terrific understatement. If you’ve read this story, you know what we’re talking about. And thus, we are bewildered by how calm things are over there in the wake of this befuddling Jim Zorn coaching hire. As Tony Kornheiser put it - emphatically, we should add - Zorn has never called a timeout (!).

Zorn’s maroon and black kerfuffle was about as clumsy as the clowns trying to usher Kanye West off stage at the Grammys with music while he was talking about his mom (two-minute mark). But hey, good news is on the way, Redskins fans! Chad Johnson is coming to town! Maybe. With Chad, 19-0 is a lock! All the Bengals have to do is a) swallow $8 million (ha!) or b) get Dan Snyder to cough up $8 million. And, of course, put together some kind of package that would entice the Bengals.

What’s Ocho Cinco worth? Despite a career-high in yards, we were unimpressed with Johnson this season. Might his best years be behind him? He’s 30, and the same might have been said about Randy Moss last year when he hit 30 … except he went on to set NFL records on the best regular season NFL team in league history. We used to enjoy CJ immensely; however, we soured on him this season when he refused to show up in important games - 12 games with no scores, and he only scored in two of the five games against teams with winning records - and if we were running the Bengals, we would pull the trigger in a heartbeat for an impact defensive player (7th worst pass defense, 12th worst rush defense, league-low 22 sacks). Here’s the Skins roster and what each player makes - who should the Bengals ask for?

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