i mean, this is ridiculous. matt berry has chad ochocinco ranked as, wait for it, his 37th (!!!!!!?!?!?!?) wide receiver, just behind the likes of football gods domenick hixon and steve breaston. eric karabell in a comment on his busts post today noted that “ochocinco will get his 60 catches…” but that chris henry was poised to become the bengals new WR1.
HOW DO THESE PEOPLE GET PAID TO DO WHAT THEYRE DOING????????
is he serious? 37th best wide receiver? the best is, when talking about braylon edwards berry notes “in the case of elite receivers, its best to have a long term memory of their greatness and overlook one bad season,” a reasonable argument which he uses to promote braylon as a top 20 wideout with elite potential. now, tell me what about these statistics stands out:
| YEAR | TEAM | G | REC | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | FD | FUM | LOST |
| 2001 | CIN | 12 | 28 | 329 | 11.8 | 28 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | CIN | 16 | 69 | 1166 | 16.9 | 72 | 5 | 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | CIN | 16 | 90 | 1355 | 15.1 | 82 | 10 | 66 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | CIN | 16 | 95 | 1274 | 13.4 | 53 | 9 | 63 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | CIN | 16 | 97 | 1432 | 14.8 | 70 | 9 | 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | CIN | 16 | 87 | 1369 | 15.7 | 74 | 7 | 66 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | CIN | 16 | 93 | 1440 | 15.5 | 70 | 8 | 74 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | CIN | 13 | 53 | 540 | 10.2 | 26 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
if we use the principle of ignorance on the most recent season, as berry already did with edwards and i dont think is unreasonable considering we’re also going from ryan fitzpatrick to carson palmer, chad ochoerstwhilejohnson HAS NOT CAUGHT 60 OR FEWER BALLS SINCE HIS ROOKIE SEASON WHEN HE DIDNT F’ING PLAY. his WORST year before last year when he played a season was 1166 yards!!! you’re telling me domenick hixon is getting 1200 yards receiving this season? not to mention, look at the number of catches he has in his 5 year BEST F’ING WR IN THE AFC (he led the afc in receiving yards 4 years in a row 2003-2006) except moss in 2007 run!!!! 90, 95, 97, 87, 93. thats a significant number of targets.
next, anyone who has followed the bengals AT ALL this offseason knows chad has looked phenomenal throughout the offseason and camp. he has made big plays in each of the preseason games. he is, without a doubt, the clear cut number 1. i love chris henry and all, BUT HES RUNNING WITH THE SECOND TEAM. not to mention, they only throw him bombs, he has no short routes. i get that coles stinks, ive said it from day 1, but even if henry starts over him – which by the way he is NOT going to do anytime soon bc he does not block or do anything other than catch deep balls – hes not getting 2/3 of the targets they are giving to chad.
sigh. im sorry, its just so ridiculous to read what these idiots put in print. they are not analysts, theyre f’ing morons. barring injury to he or carson palmer, if chad ochocinco does not have 80 catches this season and 1100 yards MINIMUM i will burn my number 85 jersey and send a formal letter of apology to espn also stating pittsburgh as the best franchise ever. if we’re saying that injury risk is why hes down there? fine. i will go ahead and guarantee a MINIMUM of 75 catches and 1000 yards NO MATTER WHO IS THE F’ING QUARTERBACK.
that is all
Wow. I am amused. Great read, great blog and great blog theme!