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Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:51 pm EDT

Houshmandzadeh guarantees Cincy will not go winless

By Joe Zedalis

T.J. Houshmandzadeh

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T.J. Houshmandzadeh has guaranteed victory, well, sort of anyway. What the wide receiver of the Cincinnati Bengals guaranteed was his team wouldn't lose all 16 games. So Houshmandzadeh predicts victory ... at some point.

"If the season ends and we don't win a game," Houshmandzadeh said, per Adam Schefter of NFL Network. "I will walk from my house to the NFL Network studios."

According to Schefter, Houshmandzadeh was referring to his house in Cerritos, California, 27 miles from the NFL Network studios in Culver City, and not his in-season home in Cincinnati. So that walk is doable, although he would have to do most of it along the 405 Freeway. (Of course, given the traffic on the 405, Houshmandzadeh could probably walk that trip faster than he could drive it.)

Houshmandzadeh also said that 0-16 hadn't occurred to him.
"I never thought about if we will go 0-16," he said. "It never crossed my mind until you said it and asked me the question."

The Bengals are eight-point underdogs Sunday against the Jaguars and will likely be underdogs in each game until the season finale, at home against the Chiefs.

Umm, T.J.? Will you be making that walk in sneakers or cleats?

Source: ProFootballTalk.comNew Window

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  1. BlackPanther
    1. Posted by BlackPanther Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:59 pm EDT

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    Hous your moma
  2. BlackPanther
    2. Posted by BlackPanther Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:59 pm EDT

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    i am sure at somepoint they will win a game.
  3. Jen
    3. Posted by Jen Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:32 pm EDT

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    LOL I think Detroit will win before Cinn
  4. brian b
    4. Posted by brian b Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:03 pm EDT

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    What if they beat the chiefs on the last game.
  5. BlackPanther
    5. Posted by BlackPanther Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:59 pm EDT

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    27 mile walk isnt bad.
  6. BlackPanther
    6. Posted by BlackPanther Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:59 pm EDT

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    27 mile walk isnt bad.
  7. brian b
    7. Posted by brian b Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:03 pm EDT

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    I bet they beat the chiefs the last game of the year.
  8. griffin_5426
    8. Posted by griffin_5426 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:13 pm EDT

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    Well, the Cheifs should be their win. 1-15.
  9. appalachian state university
    9. Posted by appalachian state university Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:53 pm EDT

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    I guarantee they won't.
  10. J-E-T-S
    10. Posted by J-E-T-S Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:53 pm EDT

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    Time to get rid of Marvin. Why not make it a 4th NFL coach to lose a job mid-season?
  11. pb619
    11. Posted by pb619 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:20 pm EDT

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    They are done
  12. Josh D
    12. Posted by Josh D Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:31 pm EDT

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    Bengals should have kept rudie johnson cause there running game is terrible and with fitzpatrick at QB hard to rely on the passing game Chad Johnson and Houshmandzadeh are both very good recievers but with no one to throw to them its hard to do much i think bengals if palmer comes back this year could finish decent with fitzpatrick at QB id be surprised to see them win one game
  13. Raw
    13. Posted by Raw Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:10 pm EDT

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    Yeah I'm pretty sure thats why the Bengals suck so bad, the abscence of Rudi "3 ypc" Johnson
  14. Prince Clairvoyance
    14. Posted by Prince Clairvoyance Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:33 pm EDT

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    um...whomever wrote this is an idiot. Cerritos and Culver City aren't connected by the 405. Look at a map before you open your mouth, nimrod.
  15. BLACK and GOLD
    15. Posted by BLACK and GOLD Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:01 pm EDT

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    The Bungals are a bunch p\/ssies who like to talk and mug for the camera rather than go out and play and punch a team in the mouth. Marvin is dead man walking, except that with owner Mike Brown won't flip the switch because it will cost him money to eat Marvin's contract. Therefore, unless Marvin resigns, look for more of the same next year (only the player names will change). Knowing the Bungals and their miserable fans, not finishing with a winless season would be a moral victory - and no one can appreciate a moral victory like the Bungals and their fans!!!
    Here we go Steelers, here we go!!!
    B&G
  16. Wes W
    16. Posted by Wes W Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:58 pm EDT

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    Oh I'm pretty sure the Cincinnati Felons will go 0-16 with Ryan Fitzpatrick at the helm,
    Does anybody have KiJana Carter and Akili Smith on speed dial?
  17. A Yahoo! User
    17. Posted by A Yahoo! User Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:31 pm EDT

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    Hi, my name is Michael and I am a Bengals fan. Ouch! There I said it. The luck the Bengal's has they will win 2 games and leave the #1 pick to the Chiefs. They need a complete housecleaning. Bring Boomer out of the studio and Ickey from the car wash!!!!!!!!!!
  18. BlackPanther
    18. Posted by BlackPanther Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:59 pm EDT

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    Sure thing black and gold. Kind of like the time you walked out on the field and hit a bungle in the mouth. Real tuff talk man.
  19. Kevin R
    19. Posted by Kevin R Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:28 pm EDT

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    he better start walking
  20. gone
    20. Posted by gone Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:58 pm EDT

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    Gawd! how horrible would it be to go winless. I can't imagine.Ouh!
  21. Wes W
    21. Posted by Wes W Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:58 pm EDT

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    Number 18....The Steelosers are a bunch of classless dirty playing cheats.......Hines Ward blind side block on Keith Rivers was just plain cruel.....ol Rooney must of paid the refs off so they wouldn't flag Hines or fine Hines.....Kimo Von Olhoffen going for the knees of Carson Palmer (the Bengals only good season).....dirty playing has been the history of the Steelosers.....
    The Bengals lack a consistent D and a special teams unit that can pick up good field position....offensively it all depends on the health of Carson Palmer and the attitudes of TJ and Ocho....The running game has sucked greatly......there's no other options than TJ and Ocho......maybe they could use Utecht or an RB more.....
  22. david s
    22. Posted by david s Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:45 pm EDT

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    Hey Black and Gold, WTF!
    Whats wrong with Cincinnati fans? The Nati supports their teams no matter what. Mike Brown needs to step down! Pissburgh isn't all that either. Who was it that just got caught with dope? THUGS!
  23. Thelonious
    23. Posted by Thelonious Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:47 pm EDT

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    One of the few players on the team with a backbone.....Marvin has lost the team and Mike Brown is squandering what little is left of the goodwill his father built in Cincy. Atleast TJ has some guts to say this. The Bengals should have traded Chad before the start of the season. I don't think it will matter where the Bengals will draft as they have so many holes, anyone could help. O-line, D-line, RB, WR, etc......the have been a poorly run team with very little luck.....and the injury bug keeps hitting. It's time to blow up the team, for the most part, and start again.
  24. Wrok
    24. Posted by Wrok Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:51 pm EDT

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    Feelin` ya there Lady M, even we arent THAT bad lol
  25. Robert C
    25. Posted by Robert C Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:45 pm EDT

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    What more evidence is needed to fire Marvin Lewis? Long overdue.

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