The Cincinnati Bengals announced today they had signed wide receiver Chris Henry just months after they had released him due to numerous off-field issues. Basically Henry went to jail so many times over the last year that even the convict infested Bengals said it was time to cut their ties. It was only a month ago that the media brought the topic up with Marvin Lewis of bringing back Henry and he ruled the possibility out immediately calling it inappropriate. What changed in one month? Why do you want this scumbag back on the team when you have been trying to clean up your image? If I was a Bungle fan I would be very very upset about this acquisition.

I’m sure you remember when Chad Johnson wore the jesey two years ago with ‘Ocho Cinco’ written across the back of it and was quickly fined by the NFL after the game which ended Johnson’s fun in the interim. Well, Johnson has continuously stated he really wants that on the back of his jersey and has decided to take another route to make this happen. Chad has taken steps to legally change his last name to Ocho Cinco so it can be written out above his #85 jersey with the Cincinnati Bengals. If this does happen it will put the NFL in a pickle to allow him to display the new name on his jersey, but if it is allowed he is set to make a wad of cash from the move. Johnson’s jersey would immediately become one of the most popular purchases with fans and NFL players get a cut of the transaction form these sales. In the end I don’t see this happening for many reasons, but Chad continues to show off his self-promotion skills.

Chad Johnson announced today that he wants to be traded from the Bengals as soon as possible and will not attend any Bengals functions whatsoever. The rumors have swirled for months and Johnson has alluded before he wants to be traded, but today’s statements were quite damning. “I want to make this very clear,'’ Johnson stated. “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,'’ Johnson said. “I don’t intend on reporting to anything.'’

Well well. This is going to be a very interesting offseason for the Bengals.

The Cincinnati Bengals are now officially back to their normal name over the last few years of the Bungles. They dropped to 1-4 today after losing to the offensively challenged Kansas City Chiefs. KC was able to throw up 27 points against the pourous Bungles defense that is currently allowing 31.2 points a game. The one thing I can’t figure out is that the Bungles head coach Marvin Lewis used to be a highly touted defensive coordinator. Things that make you go hmmmmmm.

How can you bet against the Patriots right now based on the way they have started this season? We don’t think you can so take the Patriots -7.5 at the Bengals tonight. Maroney and Rudi Johnson are out so the running back problems become a wash.

Chad Johnson has promised to ‘bring his sexy back’ this year and he had an opporunity early on in the Monday Night Football game against the Ravens last night to strut his stuff. Carson Palmer threw a 39-yard bomb to Ocho Cinco leading to CJ walking to the sidelines and puttin on a coat that mimics the ones Hall of Famers wear. I love Johnson’s antics, but I thought with all the hype this was a bit of a let down. Agree?

Cincinnati covers -2.5 at home against Ravens
San Francisco covers -3 at home against Cardinals

Overall Record:

NFL 18-6-1
College Football: 13-13
MLB 1-0
College Basketball 48-37-2
NBA 6-4

Things just haven’t been right recently in Cincinnati since there hasn’t been a Bengal arrested in the last few months. Well, A.J. Nicholson picked up the slack for the team Friday by getting arrested for domestic violence. A young woman called 911 and reported she has been assaulted and when police arrived on the scene the woman did have an injury around her eye. Nicholson wasn’t at the scene, but later showed up at the police station. Nicholson was one of the nine Bungles players arrested during a nine-month span recently and appears to be in a contest with teammate Chris Henry for who can get arrested the most. This locker room has more thugs and is shadier than ‘Oz’ and I just wonder when things will change.

My name is Chris Henry and I am an extremely talented wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals.  I just got out of a two day stint in jail because I gave minors alcohol in my hotel room sometime last spring.  I should have served a lot more time, but the judge suspended 88 of my 90 day conviction because I make loot.  There is no need to become alarmed though because I will be back in jail in no time at all.  I live life hard and fast baby!

Very tough game to call, but I will take the Colts -3 at home against Cincinnati

OVERALL RECORD:

College Basketball 12-4-1

College Football: 6-7

NFL 7-3-1

NBA 1-1