February 27th, 2009 
Matt Loede 
Posted in Despite a visit to Seattle, free agent WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh is still in talks with the Bengals according to teams official website: Even as wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh and his wife and children visited the Seahawks on Friday on what one Seattle media observer called “a chamber of commerce day,” it’s believed the Bengals are [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Bengals Bring Back Crocker and Dorsey
The Bengals are bringing back a couple of their own, as the team has come to deals with safety Chris Crocker and running back DeDe Dorsey. Crocker was brought in midway through last season, and played well over the last eight games. He put up 48 tackles, 1 1/2 sacks, one interception and a forced [...]
Tags: Ward Set to Visit Bengals Saturday
The first free agent to visit the Bengals will be Giants free agent running back Derrick Ward. NFL.com is reporting that Ward will be in the Queen City on Saturday to sit down with Marvin Lewis and the teams officials and talk about coming to Cincy. Ward rushed for 1,025 yards and two touchdowns and [...]
Bengals Give Tenders to Jeanty and Johnson
Linebackers Rashad Jeanty and Brandon Johnson received qualifying tender offers from the Bengals on Thursday. The moves allow the Bengals to retain the right to match any contract offers made to the restricted free agents. Cincinnati would receive a second-round draft choice if it failed to match an offer made to either player. Jeanty started [...]
Bengals Close to Signing WR Houshmandzadeh?
Our friends over at the National Football Post are reporting that free-agent wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh and the Cincinnati Bengals are close to reaching an agreement on a new contract. The site states that it’s believed there’s 70-percent chance Houshmandzadeh returns to Cincinnati next season, sources said. An eight-year veteran, Houshmandzadeh caught 92 passes for [...]
Bengals Put Franchise Tag on Kicker Shayne Graham
The Bengals today put the franchise tag on kicker Shayne Graham, basically meaning that he’ll be back as their kicker in 2009, and that if he isn’t inked to a long-term deal he’ll sign a one-year deal for a salary equal to the average of the five highest-paid kickers from last season. The move also [...]
Bengals Likley Won’t Tag WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh
It’s getting closer to the start of free agency, and it looks as if the Bengals best wide out – T.J. Houshmandzadeh is going to bail on the team and head for a big payday and probably more wins. Today’s Dayton Daily News says that the team probably won’t tag T.J., making it even more [...]
Houshmandzadeh Thinks Cincy Doesn’t Want Him Back
T.J. Houshmandzadeh has been all over the place already talking about free agency and moving on, and it looks like he’s as good as gone. Today’s Cincy Enquirer says that T.J. thinks the Bengals don’t want him back. From T.J. Houshmandzadeh’s perspective, it sounds like his days in Cincinnati might be drawing near a close. [...]
