Chad Said, Bill Said

Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson on Wednesday told the New England media what he had planned for the Patriots this weekend in Cincinnati.

"Mr. Belichick, I love him to death, but he wouldn't (single cover) me. He wouldn't do it," said Johnson. "Tell him, please if he feels free, just give me a little one-on-one. I won't score. I'll stop at the one, and go out of bounds or something."

Johnson then made a request of the media during his conference call: "Can I talk trash to you guys, so you guys can relay the message?"

Told yes, Johnson launched.

"Okay good. You tell 37 (Rodney Harrison), I'm going to knock his helmet off. You tell Asante (Samuel) to make sure that he continues to have help all four quarters or his 22 is going to be 55. Is that what it looks like upside down? Wait a minute, I'm not finished. You tell Junior (Seau) when I'm done with him … never mind I'm not going to pick on Junior. That is not a good one. I could get hurt there. You tell Eugene Wilson, if he hits me across the middle, we are probably going to have to fight and get thrown out of the game right there on the spot. My last hit I'm going to take this year was in Cleveland and if anyone hits me like that again it is going down."

Today, Belichick was apprised of the comments.

"Chad is a good guy," said Belichick. " He's a good guy. I've spent some time with him. He's really an entertaining kid. He has a good sense of humor. It sounds like he was poking fun at us. That's okay."

Belichick was asked whether Johnson could play for the buttoned-down Patriots.

"I think he'd be productive for any team in the league," he said. " I can't imagine that he wouldn't be. When I went and worked him out, he was working out in LA, so I worked him out on the USC campus. Of course he came up there with his car and he had his Oregon State magnetic flag on his car on the USC campus. That kind of stuff. He's a good kid. I've spent time with him a couple of times in the offseason. He's a good guy to be around. I'm sure he meant all of those things real seriously."

Belichick was pressed on why people didn't get madder at him.

"He's not even serious," explained Belichick. "I could throw the same stuff back at him if that's really what we wanted to do."

"Tell him we'd cover him one-on-one all the time, but he pushes off more than any receiver in the league. He must be paying off the officials not to call it. We're going to have to double cover him some, not that he can get open…as much as he pushes off, we have to do something to protect ourselves. No, he's a great player. We know that."