Lewis: Chad won't be traded

The Bengals had a news conference at 11 this morning to introduce Mike Zimmer as defensive coordinator, but the most telling answer was head coach Marvin Lewis' take on Chad Johnson's radio-broadcast trade demand.

"There will be no trade of Chad Johnson," Lewis said after he and Zimmer both discussed the team's defense. "He felt he was unduly chastised, ridiculed, we defended him then. ... He is a professional football player. He is a Cincinnati Bengal for quite a while."

Lewis also left open the possibility of more changes on his coaching staff. Quarterbacks coach Ken Zampese has interviewed for the Rams offensive coordinator job. Falcons offensive coordinator Hue Jackson, who coached Bengals wide receivers for three seasons, is rumored to be coming back to Cincinnati but is in the race for coordinator jobs in St. Louis and Washington.

"It is not an imminent possibility now," Lewis said of a potential Jackson reunion.

In Zimmer, 51, the Bengals have a coach with eight years NFL experience as a defensive coordinator. He is Lewis' third, a position, Lewis said, "I haven't got this right once before."

Lewis and Zimmer said they are philosophically aligned defensively, but that's what Lewis said three years ago about Chuck Bresnahan when he replaced Leslie Frazier.

Lewis said Zimmer's primary job is to create an identity with the defense. Lewis wants a tough, physical defense.

"To be tough, you have to be coached tough," Zimmer said. "I'm an aggressive coach, a tough coach. ... Typically, I can (holler) and (be a) screamer. I'm a stickler for doing things right -- big on technique, play hard all the time, (have) hands in the right place, feet in the right place."