It wasn't just the arrest, as Joe Philbin alluded to in so many weasel words. ("It's where we are as a program, and where you are, and where we're headed. I just don't see the mesh right now." It's like dumping someone in public, choosing your words carefully to avoid making a scene. It's not you, it's me.) Johnson has struggled to learn the offense, dropped passes in practice, and, above all, is 34 years old. Once a superstar, there are now plenty of players who are younger, hungrier, better, and don't come with off-the-field headaches. If the Dolphins are in a rebuild, the only veterans who have a place need to be leaders and character guys. Johnson's not cut out to be either.
