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As if the Cincinnati Bunglers needed any more bad publicity.

The Cincinnati Bengals receiver has legally changed his name to Chad Javon Ocho Cinco in Broward County, Fla., a switch that became official this week. Johnson, who lives in Miami, didn’t return a message left on his cell phone Friday night.

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It appears the decision is not too popular.

Two years ago, Johnson gave himself the moniker — a reference in Spanish to his No. 85 — and put it on the back of his uniform before a game. Quarterback Carson Palmer ripped it off before the kickoff. After the season, coach Marvin Lewis — who dislikes Johnson’s attention-getting stunts — referred to the receiver as “Ocho Psycho.”

Is Ocho Cinco wacked out or what?

While Cincinnati may not quite have the talent for the Super Bowl, Ocho is not helping things any. He recently held out to be traded and since then has had injury problems.

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Chad Johnson may be out of uniform until the NFL regular season begins

Chad Johnson went out for the pass and ended up on his left shoulder. Brian Kelly, of the Lions, intercepted the pass.

Chad was hurt. They called it a sprained shoulder.

“We’ll be able to treat it conservatively, and he’ll have to get his strength back in it,” Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis. “It came out and went right back in on the field.”

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The Bengals have even more problems as shown in the loss to the Lions.

Starter Carson Palmer was sacked once and hit four other times in the first quarter alone.

“We were a little bit out of sync in the passing game early,” Lewis said.

Palmer ended up with one of his worst lines – preseason or regular season – 6-for-13 passing for 50 yards, one interception – and a passer rating of 24.5.
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A little out of sync?

The Bengals have a lot of work to do or this season will be a season of failure.

Cinci got bigger on the offensive line and hopes this will help Rudi run and Carson have more time to throw. It did not work in this game. Rudi was out with hamstring problems and Carson got knocked around.

The Bengals unveiled the much-anticipated huge “Jurassic Line,” with starting right guard Bobbie Williams moving to center in place of starter Eric Ghiaciuc. Stacy Andrews slid from right tackle to right guard, and Willie Anderson was inserted as the right tackle. The left side remained the same: Levi Jones at tackle, Andrew Whitworth at guard.

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Just where will Chad Johnson be when it comes time to get down to business?

That is the question, now, isn’t it?

Hmm, Carson Palmer seems to know and that kind of bothers Chad Johnson.

Palmer this morning told reporters in the Bengals’ Paul Brown Stadium locker room that he had spoken via phone with the disgruntled wide receiver, who assured Palmer that “he’ll be there when he has to,” Palmer said.

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Chad Johnson - the Bengals will never find me under here

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Chad Johnson heard about this on the web and had this response.

“I want to make this very clear,” Johnson told Clayton in a story now posted on the ESPN website. “I don’t know where he got that. I made no assertion to Carson that I would do that. Nothing has changed from what I’ve been saying for three months that I don’t want to play for the Bengals. … I want to be traded before the draft, and if that doesn’t happen, I want to be traded as soon as possible. I don’t intend on reporting to anything.”

Now that the Bengals have lost third receiver Chris Henry, keeping Chad Johnson becomes more important.

Is it just me or is Carson Palmer surrounded by a bunch of nut jobs in Cincinnati?

NFL Football special comment The Bengals and Chad Johnson deserve each other.

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Hey, you’re a Bengal.

5 arrests.

What is the big deal?

Chris Henry Cincinnati Bengals or used to be anyway

Evidently, Chris Henry forgot about the Bengal 5 and out policy.

Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry lost his job while in jail awaiting arraignment on assault charges on Thursday.

The Bengals cut him after his fifth arrest since 2005.

An attorney for Henry, 24, entered not guilty pleas for him after Henry was accused of punching an 18-year-old man in the face and breaking his car window with a beer bottle.

Municipal Court Judge Bernie Bouchard set bond at $51,000 on charges of misdemeanor assault and criminal damaging. Noting Henry’s previous arrests involving drugs, guns and alcohol, the judge called Henry “a one-man crime wave.” He ordered electronic monitoring if Henry makes bail.

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Seems like Chris was just one of the club.

Under the NFL’s tough new policy, Henry could face further suspensions even if he is not convicted of the latest charges. The Bengals were among the worst offenders in recent years, with 10 players arrested in a 14-month span from April 2006 and June 2007.

Guess Carson Palmer will have to just throw to the other two talented receivers, Chad Johnson and T.J. Houshmandzadeh.

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Chad Johnson busy not talking to you

And who would not want out?

And who would start an article with the word “And”?

Cincinnati is a zoo of a team with arrests, unrest, and underperformance.

Oh, and you have to carry Chad Johnson’s ego around, too.

Johnson became indignant last season after a local newspaper columnist suggested his look-at-me antics were hurting the team.

Fans also criticized his approach as the season careened to a 7-9 finish.

He stopped talking to the local media last season, but went on national interview shows before the Super Bowl and again last week reiterating that he feels unappreciated. Johnson has said repeatedly that he’d like to play for another team.

The Bengals would take a huge hit to their salary cap if they traded him. Johnson has four years left on his contract, which was extended in April 2006. He will make $3 million in base salary next season, and can make $18.5 million over the rest of the deal.

He caught 93 passes for a club-record 1,440 yards and eight touchdowns last season, when he became the Bengals’ career leader in catches and yards. source

It would be typical NFL as teams would swarm like bees to honey if Chad Johnson became available.

Man, the Bengals are just wasting Carson Palmer.

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Ok, where is the Top Ten?

Sorry, Squibster is a little under the weather and in danger of being fired by the wife after a tough Valentines evening.

She took it well, but who knows.

Anyway, the USA Today Sports Staff in their Sports Scope article highlighted 6 coaches on the hot seat.

Ok, where is the Top Seven?

Your gallivanting author added the seventh. My comments will be in italics.

1. Brad Childress:

A five-game winning streak down the stretch may have saved him from the ax this offseason. But Childress must hope that stud RB Adrian Peterson can propel this team to the postseason or that his investment in Tarvaris Jackson as the starting QB doesn’t becoming his undoing. source

Jackson has a lot to show to become a good enough QB to take the Vikings to victory. Peterson is awesome, but so was Barry Sanders. Can a running back carry a team to anything more than a .500 record in today’s pass happy league?

2. Jon Gruden:

The win in Super Bowl XXXVII seems like so long ago. Gruden led the Bucs through the weak NFC South this season, but their playoff flop to the Giants exposed the team as a pretender. The heat will turn up significantly if this team doesn’t look like a Super Bowl contender next season.

Gruden’s job seems a little safer, because they did reach the playoffs with a weak team in a weak division, but so much more was expected out of Gruden when he came to Tampa Bay.

3. John Fox

The USA Today writers mention a weakening team needing a good draft and maybe a replacement for Delhomme at QB.

Fox is in big trouble, with only a very weak division to save him. North Carolina competes with the Saints, Bucs, and Falcons.

4. Mike Nolan

The USA Today writers mention that Nolan lost control of the team and the respect of his QB, Alex Smith.

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