The Cincinnati Bengals have cut running back Rudi Johnson, thus bringing to an end the seven-year relationship. Johnson had been hampered by injuries and was performing so poorly in the pre-season that it didn’t take sophisticated budgeting software to figure out that his projected yards-per-carry wouldn’t be worth the money he would cost the team.
I don’t know how desperate other teams are, so it’s hard to figure out if Johnson will land with another squad for the ‘08 season. He used to be such a solid performer and such a big part of the Bengals offense that put up tons of points a couple seasons ago. Now it looks like his career might very well be over.