Bengals Gab

As the offseason activity dies down and we roll towards the promise of football again under the summer sun, let us look to the future! Bengals Gab will be looking at each of the individual position groups on the team over the next several days, providing readers with a grade on each and a primer [...]

As the offseason activity dies down and we roll towards the promise of football again under the approaching summer heat, let us look to the future. Bengals Gab will be looking at each of the individual position groups on the team over the next several days, providing readers with a grade on each and a [...]

In celebration of the league’s 75th college draft coming in April, the NFL has announced 320 all-time draft choices (10 from each franchise).
Here are the 10 All-Time Bengal draft picks:

OT Willie Anderson
OT Anthony Munoz
QB Ken Anderson
QB Boomer Esiason
DB Ken Riley
DB Lamar Parrish
LB Bill Bergey
OG Max Montoya
TE Bob Trumpy
WR Chad Ochocinco

Notables excluded from the list include WRs [...]

This time, it seems the Bengals played it the right way.
I think it’s hard to discern the facts from the speculation when examining a situation like that of T.J. Houshmandzadeh’s frantic weekend. Many things were reported, and all three teams in the steeple chase for Housh at one time seemed like favorites, [...]

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 904 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Our friends over at SportsRadioInterviews.com is talking about T.J. and his talk about checking out the free agent market. Here is the story from their site.
TJ Houshmandzadeh is the number one free agent wide receiver out there. The Bengals can still franchise him, but I’m sure he wants out. [...]

From: SF Chronicle
The Raiders need a No. 1 wide receiver who can go deep for JaMarcus Russell, taking pressure off the run game and letting the other receivers go against lesser cornerbacks. They are more likely to sign an upper-tier free-agent receiver such as T.J. Houshmandzadeh or Antonio Bryant than draft one No. 7 overall. [...]

From: Cincinnati Enquirer
T.J. Houshmandzadeh, the Bengals’ highest profile potential free agent this offseason, missed what could be his final game with the team. A back injury he said he sustained against the Eagles in November held him out of the game. “I kind of had a feeling about how I felt (Saturday),” Houshmandzadeh said. Next [...]