Houshmandzadeh: Bengals should trade Johnson

Links (6)

Johnson, T.J. flap comes with WR territory
Published 4/17/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas Chad Johnson wants out of Cincinnati and T.J. Houshmandzadeh is showing him the door. This is nothing new. They're just wide receivers being ... well, wide receivers. "The wide receiver is a very special human being. He shares many features with actors and movie stars. He is narcissistic and vain and basically a loner." That's a quote from a story I wrote a few years back while I was working for The Charlotte Observer. It comes from Dr. Arnold J. Mandell, who, long ago, was employed as a ...

Chad, You’re Not The Only One That Wants You Out Of Cincinnati
Published 4/17/2008 by Dave at Sports Blog - football, basketball, and baseball
... Chad Johnson, for as much as he’s begged and pleaded, isn’t the only one that wants himself out of a Bengals uniform. TJ Houshmanzadeh, maybe the best No. 2 receiver in the league, is saying if he wants out, then trade him. ...

T.J. CHIMES IN ON CHAD
Published 4/17/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
As the Bengals remain resolute in their refusal to trade receiver Chad Johnson, receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh is now getting in on the act, claiming that it would be better for the team to trade him.“ If he’s not traded it’s going to be a problem ,” Houshmandzadeh told Bob Holtzman of ESPN. Um, T.J.?  That’s not for you to decide.  And, actually, we’ve heard that Bengals players are unfazed by Chad’s ongoing attack of public verbal diarrhea because they have grown accustomed to his constant stream of private verbal diarrhea. As one league source explained it to us today, the ...

What's Next for #85?
Published 4/18/2008 by Stan M. at The Ghosts of Wayne Fontes
The impending saga and sloppy divorce between Chad Johnson and the Bengals now seems inevitable. Whatever happened in the past, the showmanship, the celebrations, the dominance, the swagger, the bond between young promising QB and talented, yet flashy WR...IS OVER. We're talking about irreconcilable differences. And everything we saw coming was confirmed by T.J Housmendwhathisname yesterday. Apparently, Chad, T,J and Carson aren't as buddy-buddy as we thought. ...

Why not bring Ocho-Cinco to Buffalo?
Published 4/18/2008 by Dan Goldman at Circling the Wagons
... In case you haven’t paid attention to football in the past few months, Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson wants out of Cincinnati. He hasn’t been quiet about it either, publicly demanding a trade on the radio, ESPN and whatever medium he can find. Even teammate and close friend T.J. Houshmandzadeh said yesterday that: ...

Chad Johnson Is Just Sticking Up For Himself
Published 4/18/2008 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... Something akin to this picture at right likely won’t happen next season, as Chad Johnson has finally said he will not show up at any functions of the Cincinnati Bengals, which means he’ll likely sit out if they don’t trade him. As this made its way through ESPN’s opinion cycle (and many others), it finally got Johnson the complete “T.O.” treatment as another selfish, prima-donna wide receiver who ought to just shut up and play; he’s hurting the team’s chemistry and chances by being so public. ...