Former Bengals Chad Johnson Declines XFL Kicker Tryout

After much hoopla and fanfare. Former Cincinnati Bengals Pro Bowl Wide Receiver Chad ‘OchoCinco’ Johnson passed on an XFL tryout at kicker.

According to ESPN’s Kevin Seifert;

“Johnson informed the league Sunday that he had decided against participating. He has not commented publicly about the decision. “

Johnson was supposed to be part of a pool of kickers trying out for the XFL this past Monday. Reports had Johnson in Miami at the time of his tryout.

After stalking Ochocinco’s Twitter, I feel far more confident that he skipped out on his XFL kicking tryout today. https://t.co/BojGHd9mfY

— Konnor Fulk (@XFLKonnor) January 21, 2020

No word on if the DC Defenders decided to sign PFTCommenter to a contract at kicker.

We saw some kicks. We saw the one-bar helmet and the goggles.

How do we feel about @PFTCommenter’s chances? ??? https://t.co/LOA4OQqjNb

— XFL (@xfl2020) January 17, 2020

PFTCommenter did throw some shade Chad Johnson’s way on Twitter after learning Ocho Cinco skipped out on his tryout with the XFL.

Chad =virgin
PFT = Chad https://t.co/MWsM3QXQ9c

— PFTCommenter (@PFTCommenter) January 21, 2020