Following up with T.J. is sour post

by Kirkendall on Apr 30, 2008 10:57 AM EDT Comment 9 comments

Just a quick follow up to the T.J. Houshmandzadeh post we wrote. We figured his comments were a bit sour after the team drafted three wide receivers in a Geoff Hobson piece. The poll associated with the post, for the most part, didn't think that T.J. was being sour and that we were just simply reading into it way too much. Thanks, Chad for our heightened suspicion of things.

This NFL Network interview with T.J. reflecting on the draft made note that Marvin Lewis came to Houshmandzadeh before the draft to let him know that the team was drafting a few receivers. Of all things, however, it doesn't seem that T.J. is anything but T.J. He doesn't appear frustrated that contract talks are slowing or how the Bengals are dealing with Chad Johnson -- though T.J. did say that Chad isn't a leader. Which we kinda knew already.

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Yeah, well...

...sour or not, he can think and say whatever he wants as long as he produces on the field and doesn’t poison the locker room. Last time I checked, OchoStinkoPsychoTardoJingleheimerschmidt didn’t satisfy either of those criteria.

by TheWalrus1971 on Apr 30, 2008 1:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Rude awakening

TJ may be in for a rude awakening, assuming that Blocho is either traded or sitting, when he takes the field as number one receiver. I’m not sure he’s fast enough to get separation, especially when he’s doubled, jammed at the line, or both. He may find himself counting on one of the new guys to step up just to take the pressure off-as he did for Chad. Ideally, we’ll have Simpson and Caldwell rotating at 3, probably with Gabriel at 2. It would be really cool if Urrutia finds his focus and health because he’s a wideout in the body of a beast.

by IgnatiusJReilly on May 1, 2008 1:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Gabriel

Dude was out of the league last year. How could he be running 2? I’d almost be more excited to have Simpson AND Caldwell at 2 and 3 with Holt and Gabriel running in and out of there. As suggested by Kirk, we’re likely not making the playoffs this year. Let’s get those young guys up to speed. I think after having TJ on the field all the time, the guys should be in a rotation beginning with Simpson and Caldwell and including Holt or Gabriel. Urrutia would be a nice surprise but it sounds like he’s not up to speed. We all could do without Chatman. We know nothing about Maxwell.

by mp45242 on May 1, 2008 10:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I guess I meant

initially, Gabriel being the most experienced and at least an improvement on Holt, Maxwell, or the perpetually hamstrung Chatman. Hell, considering this may be TJ’s last year, I wouldn’t mind seeing all three draftees out there as the receiver corps.~~Only a moron would allow Chad~~...crap, as I said it, I remembered who’s running the show. So, chances are the moron will allow the poisonous Blocho back into camp. God, that would be such a mistake. Get him out of here now or at least after June 1st. Talk about moving on and rebuilding, he’s the first rubbish to be good riddance’d. I know, it’s not a word, whatever.

by IgnatiusJReilly on May 1, 2008 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Chad

I still think that there is a good possibility that Chad will be there to start the season. He’s too unstable to be able to sit out while the season’s going, and I don’t think Mike Brown is going to budge. If this happens, he will be a ticking bomb. If we start out winning some game , maybe 3 of 4(Bal, Tenn, NYG, Clev), he will change is attitude, at least for the season. Otherwise, it will ugly quickly and there will be ‘conduct detrimental to the team’ and he will be held out like TO and Keyshawn.

by R.F. Mehl on May 1, 2008 10:36 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, Chad will be there

Sitting out isn’t a realistic option. At some point in the coming months, probably between the end of camp and the start of the season, Chad will show up. He and the Bengals will paper over their differences behind the scenes—Chad will promise to behave, the Bengals will promise to let Rosenhaus work out a trade in 2009. I agree that things could break down if the Bengals struggle early, and that if they are winning Chad will turn back into “old Chad.”

by BeerRun on May 1, 2008 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

But...

As much as you expect him to be there - which I agree, once the paychecks start rolling, he’ll be more inclined to “joining the team” - you also have to plan for the worst. And god knows, we’re experts at that. We just don’t plan well. :)

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by Kirkendall on May 1, 2008 11:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Chad...

To me…you trade him post-June 1 or you let him hold out/bench him. If he comes back, sit his ass on the bench. What he’s done is irreparable.

by mp45242 on May 1, 2008 12:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

irreparable

Agreed. But I don’t even want him on the bench or in the locker room contaminating everything he comes in contact wit. Malaise can be catching, particularly in Mike Brown’s petri dish. Plus, I’d really rather not have him sitting at home doing guest shots on sports channels, calling even more attention to himself.

by IgnatiusJReilly on May 1, 2008 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs