Chad Johnson predicts big day against Cowboy secondary
Ocho Cinco, or as he's called in fantasy football circles, "Ocho Stinko," is trying to get the townsfolk riled up.
You're gonna put on a show, huh?"I don't have a choice. I don't have a choice," he said. "Somebody tell Pacman or Adam or whatever the hell he wants to be called -- he is going to get it. Anthony Henry, he's going to get it."
"I expect him to have the same horrible games [as] the first four weeks," Pacman said, moments after claiming he wouldn't engage in a trash-talk exchange. "He hasn't done nothing so far, so hopefully we can keep it like that."

Does our defense lack intensity?

FOXSports.com's Alex Marvez has an interesting thought. What if a team that finishes with a good record -- possibly 10 wins yet finishes in third-place in the NFC East -- misses the playoffs and some mediocore team from the NFC West gets in? Wouldn't that be a travesty? (Yeah. If it's the Cowboys. But I don't think it will be).
IRVING, Texas - As the NFL trade deadline approaches, someone desperately needs to make a deal.NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
We're not talking players here. We're talking franchises.
Swap an NFC East club with another from the NFC West. It doesn't matter which ones.
Because as it stands now, an NFC East team will get shafted while a lesser NFC West team heads to the postseason based on the league's playoff format.
The NFC West doesn't have any members with a winning record. The three squads that played Sunday — Arizona, St. Louis and San Francisco — lost by a combined margin of 118-66. The Cardinals fell to the Redskins last Sunday; Philadelphia and the New York Giants already have trounced the winless Rams.

The 'Boys are well-stacked headed into next year's draft.
The Cowboys are in such an enviable position because of their draft-day maneuverings in April.
They picked up Cleveland's 2009 third-round selection for giving up a fourth-rounder in '08. They got Detroit's fourth-round pick for a third-rounder in '08. They got Miami's sixth-round selection to reunite nose tackle Jason Ferguson with Bill Parcells.
Plus, the Cowboys could receive compensatory picks for losing running back Julius Jones and cornerback Jacques Reeves to Seattle and Houston via free agency.

Last time I went to Texas Stadium I was too nervous about the game to tailgate. But I'll tell you I was jealous. Those guys were kickin' it BIG TIME. It looked so fun.
Now there's new rules to the game though.
Tailgating in the eight blue lots – those just outside the VIP lots – is now allowed only in perimeter parking spots. Interior spots are reserved for fans who want to park and head directly into the stadium.
Fans parking in the green, gold and red lots, which are all farther from the stadium, can still tailgate wherever they want. So, too, can VIP parkers.
Those who take up more than one blue lot space to set up grills, televisions, tents and tables are expected to buy an extra parking pass for that spot. Tailgaters are also expected to keep their parties within blue lines painted at the end of parking spaces.

There's a lot of bells and whistles on this new stadium. Jerry Jones lights up like a Christmas tree everytime he talks about it.
You have to admit though. It should be pretty impressive.
On the center-hung video screen, the players are 72 feet tall.
An entire wall of each field-level suite is a screen that, thanks to special in-house cameras, replicates the view the coach sees from the sideline.
The building has 3 million square feet of air-conditioned space -- three times as much as the soon-to-be-mothballed Texas Stadium -- and can be configured to seat 125,000 spectators, almost twice as much as a typical NFL stadium.
There are other new venues cropping up around the league -- most notably the $1.3-billion stadium being constructed for the New York Giants and Jets at the Meadowlands parking lot -- but the home of the Cowboys makes most others look like guest quarters.
Jones says his is the world's largest indoor stadium, and it also has bumped up the bar for the next generation of NFL venues. The gigantic video board, for instance, could become a standard feature for this type of mega-project. At least the proposed stadium concepts in the Los Angeles area -- the latest being Ed Roski's venture in Industry -- don't require air conditioning throughout.
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The mailbag guys crack me up.
So, according to Josh and Rob, playing off makes it easier to get interceptions? The Cowboys have zero, but man to man teams have had them against us, with a guy who is supposed to be one of the best QBs in the league. Does that mean we have one of the worst secondaries in the league? Every idiot knows that you get interceptions by forcing the QB to make bad throws, by either pressuring him or confusing him, zone or man to man. We’re not getting enough pressure, since it all comes from one guy, and we play the same zone every down. A predictable defense that can’t apply pressure and does not have any big hitters is not going to create turnovers. I love that Mickey said that you can’t coach turnovers, but certain teams always seem to excel, and every coach I ever had in Pee Wee, Junior High, and High School always coached us to put our helmets or hands on the ball to force turnovers, and to play the ball, not the man in coverage. Those guys are clueless.
Nick has actually been giving good, honest answers the past few days. Either he didn’t get the weekly excuses memo, or he’s due for extra shock therapy so he falls back in line.
by Baked Potato Soup on
Oct 1, 2008 3:20 PM CDT
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Here's some more:
Nick: The Cowboys don’t lack intensity, they just don’t have killer instinct and can’t take control in the second half.
Rob: They said how grueling training camp was, so they can’t be soft.
Josh: There’s no reason to be concerned about the Cowboys D not getting turnovers, because they have way too much talent to not be getting turovers, and there’s no reason to be concerned about not getting turnovers, because they aren’t doing it even though they are in a scheme that is supposedly designed to get more turnovers.
Rob: There’s no reason to be concerned about the Cowboys not getting turnovers this year, because they played the same scheme last year and were doing much better at this point of the season.
by Baked Potato Soup on
Oct 1, 2008 3:48 PM CDT
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If JuJo continues to put up big numbers
Do we get a 3rd rounder?
by quincyyyyy on
Oct 1, 2008 3:26 PM CDT
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the 3rd place team in the NFC East
will not get shafted from making the playoffs, it will be the 4th place team that gets the shaft as all 4 teams could easily finish with at least 10 wins this year.
I see the 2 WC teams in the NFC coming out of the East, no question about it.
In Romo we Trust
by Terry on
Oct 1, 2008 3:30 PM CDT
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that was my thoughts
but NO and Car could have good seasons and the NFC south could have 2.
"If you see me up in the mountains with a lion, I ain't lyin
don't help me, help the mountain lion"
by Wmillion on
Oct 1, 2008 4:59 PM CDT
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tailgating
the best place to tailgate at Texas Stadium is the Corral, those Hooters girls are awesome and they usually have a good band.
I hope the new Stadium has the same thing.
In Romo we Trust
by Terry on
Oct 1, 2008 3:33 PM CDT
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Good ol' Ocho Cinco
Thanks for taking the grief off of T.O. and his supposedly big mouth. You, however, do have quite the large yapper and you’re not even the best receiver on your team…Everybody who’s not mildly retarded knows that Hou’sYourMama is light years ahead of you and he has the class not to tell you to shut up whenever you open your mouth. I’M HOPING our corners see this as a slap in the face rather than Pac and 85 joking b/c they know each other. I honestly do not remember the last time we played truly fired up and inspired ball…
by AikmanNailedMySis on
Oct 1, 2008 3:47 PM CDT
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I agree in part
Thank u for Yapping Chad, fuel to the fire, but I do think he is the best WR on the team..
"If you see me up in the mountains with a lion, I ain't lyin
don't help me, help the mountain lion"
by Wmillion on
Oct 1, 2008 5:00 PM CDT
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I hate to use the stat argument...
I feel very ESPNy doing so, but Housh has twice as many catches for twice as many yards this year. Both have one TD. If I were picking today, I’m taking Housh…don’t get me wrong, 85 is hilarious, but he shouldn’t of opened his mouth this week…as for kissing the star, where’s Teague when you need him?
by AikmanNailedMySis on
Oct 2, 2008 10:46 AM CDT
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But you know
he’s actually not that bad. In his own way, he gave the Cowboys propos as well. I really have trouble disliking this guy, showboat though he may be.
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.
by dunkman on
Oct 1, 2008 6:18 PM CDT
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I would love it
if Wade just unleashed the hounds this Sunday and had our D blitz more than usual against Cincinnati.
most teams know that their passing game is their strength, so why not?
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by silverblue5 on
Oct 1, 2008 4:08 PM CDT
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+1
Against a weak offensive line like Cincy’s, there is no excuse not to pull out all the stops. And I don’t care if it’s Fitzpatrick or Palmer (who has a bad elbow on this throwing arm) this defense better get some INT’s.
This is getting ridiculous, 4 games and no INT’s or recovered fumbles, I expected more from this defense.
T-New, shutting down WR's for Dallas since 2003
by APerfectStar on
Oct 1, 2008 5:43 PM CDT
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Chad is openly saying he wants to play for the Cowboys.
Espn might have to make NFL Live into Cowboys Live if Chad came to us. It would be quite the circus. Its going to get real ugly in Cincy pretty soon and they will have no choice but to trade him. I would only hope Romo could handle T.O. and Ocho both chirpin in his ear.
by houseofprime on
Oct 1, 2008 8:26 PM CDT
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Here it is
Early in the 2008 offseason, Bengals receiver Chad Johnson embarked on an attempt to be traded to any other NFL team (and also the Raiders). He made it clear that he wants out of Cincinnati, and then he later made it clear that he never wanted to leave.
With the Bengals mired in an 0-4 funk and facing one of the best teams in the league at Dallas on Sunday, Johnson seems to be renewing his effort to leave Ohio.
"I tried," Johnson said during a Wednesday conference call with reporters. "I talked to 81 almost every day, man. I love 81. We talk all the time. That would’ve been a circus.
"Let me tell you, I don’t mean to be funny . . . . I’m not tried to be rude or piss anybody off, but if I was in Dallas, they would have to change all of our damn games to pay-per-view because you need to pay to see that [bleep]. I’m serious. I’m so serious. They would have to put all the games on pay-per-view. Because you can’t just watch a show like that for free; 81 and 85? Come on, now. Please."
And Johnson then made it pretty clear that he’s still interested in making it happen.
"Tell Jerry Jones I said hello, and give me a call some time," Johnson said at the end of the conference call.
The Bengals reportedly told Johnson once he re-embraced the team that, if he behaves for all of the 2008 season, they might look into giving him a new deal next year. It’s pretty safe to say that his new deal is now in jeopardy
http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/01/chad-renews-his-pitch-to-play-in-dallas/
Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!
by Boyzfan94 on
Oct 2, 2008 12:59 AM CDT
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Maybe thats his master plan.
Put up mediocre stats until the Bengals get fed up and trade him.
by houseofprime on
Oct 2, 2008 1:13 AM CDT
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Do you think anybody actually reads this?
And by that, I mean Wade, Red, and Stewart? They should let BTB coach a game…see how that works…
ps. if we don’t get AT LEAST 4 sacks this game ima be FURIOUS! The more I look, the more I see that Cincy’s line is busted. We should have a field day…
by AikmanNailedMySis on
Oct 2, 2008 7:22 AM CDT
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If BTB coached the game,
it would be like that game where Buddy Ryan punched Kevin Gilbride on the sidelines.
by Baked Potato Soup on
Oct 2, 2008 2:08 PM CDT
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