Ocho Cinco!

[sachmo71]

Johnson, Bengals getting more zany?

August 28, 2008 7:47 PM

Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker
Johnson

If the Cincinnati Bengals' offseason couldn't get any more strange, Pro Bowl receiver Chad Johnson may have added a new chapter just before the regular season.

According to Miami radio station 790 The Ticket, which is in Johnson's hometown, the receiver has legally changed his last name to "Ocho Cinco." Johnson's -- sorry -- Ocho Cinco's reported name change has been rumored in NFL circles for weeks, and according to the station today, it's official.

Johnson forewarned the public that a major surprise was coming during a recent interview with Chris McKendry on ESPN's SportsCenter.

"A lot of people look at Chad Johnson and say he's crazy and he does a lot of stuff, but I don't think people really understand how smart I really am," Johnson said. "So come Sept. 7, I believe when we play the Baltimore Ravens, I think that's the game, there's a surprise for everybody -- for everybody. When I say something, it is what it is, just enjoy it. Because it's going to last 16 weeks, plus some more."

Could this be it? If the report is correct he should be able to wear his nickname on the back of his jersey without penalty, which he's wanted to do for quite some time.

The media also would have to refer to him as Chad Ocho Cinco from this point on.

Sounds a little strange, but nothing is too outlandish for No. 85 or the Bengals these days.

Stay tuned.


ESPN - Johnson, Bengals getting more zany? - NFL Nation (http://myespn.go.com/blogs/nflnation/0-1-431/Johnson--Bengals-getting-more-zany-.html)


LOL. What a genius.

[MikeVic]

Hahaha.

[bulletsponge]

the only way tou can get a nickname on the back of your jersey, change your name!

[Fidatelo]

That's great. What would happen if someone legally changed their name to Joe Fuckface? Would the NFL have to allow 'Fuckface' on the jersey?

[QuikSand]

ping Billy Ripken

[DanGarion]

That's great. What would happen if someone legally changed their name to Joe Fuckface? Would the NFL have to allow 'Fuckface' on the jersey?

If that's the name that's the name. Just like people named Dickasson.

[Passacaglia]

So what happens if he ends up on a team that already has an 85?

[MikeVic]

WR # 84, Ocho Cinco.

[Racer]

That's awesome, haha.

[Eaglesfan27]

That is brilliant.

[lighthousekeeper]

ping Billy Ripken

lol

[Flasch186]

at least it wasn't War Machine....that was taken.

[Julio Riddols]

Hahahaha.. Thats awesome. I'm looking forward to Bengals games more than usual this year.

[EagleFan]

What a moron, but I guess I am stating the obvious.

[Raiders Army]

I'm waiting for Calvin Johnson to go to Megatron.

[Lorena]

WR # 84, Ocho Cinco.

lol

this guy's somethin' else

[Maple Leafs]

Somewhere, Rod Smart is kicking himself.

[RendeR]

Somewhere, Rod Smart is kicking himself.


Wouldn't it be more like..."I hate me"?

[Rizon]

Super Duper!!

[TCY Junkie]

If this brings more moments like the sideline interview a couple weeks ago than great.

[tarcone]

Very nice. He is great.

[Chubby]

In Mexico that would make him Senor Ocho Cinco?

[RomaGoth]

"A lot of people look at Chad Johnson and say he's crazy and he does a lot of stuff, but I don't think people really understand how smart I really am," Johnson said

If you have to tell people how smart you are, then you are not very smart at all. Just sayin'....

[korme]

Fucking stupid

[MikeVic]

Fucking stupid

You like it.

[Deattribution]

If you have to tell people how smart you are, then you are not very smart at all. Just sayin'....

He's banking (literally) on millions of jerseys being sold with the name on it. If nothing else, Chad's fans have to buy new jerseys which means more money for him. Could be worse.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Bengals just announce a jersey change... They are going "Old School" with nameless jerseys.











(kidding!)

[boberot]

I'm amused by Chad Johnson.

Beyond the self-aggrandizement is somebody who genuinely seems to want to have fun with his life and be a little unconventional.

No harm, no foul.

[Cringer]

This whole thing is funny, I just still hate the nickname. I think it is dumb. It's just two numbers for crying out loud. Maybe I am alone on this one.

[Big Fo]

It is dumb, but if it pisses off one of the suits in charge of the No Fun League then I approve.

[damnMikeBrown]

86 85...Give him #7, make him a punter and release his "too stupid for prime time" self aggrandizing ass elsewhere.

[RendeR]

This whole thing is funny, I just still hate the nickname. I think it is dumb. It's just two numbers for crying out loud. Maybe I am alone on this one.


yer not alone at all. I love what Chad can bring to the field, I just tihnk he's too wrapped up in the extra-curriculars to really do his job to the level he professes that he can.

He's always talked about a 2000 yard recieving year, well he'd best start actually catching the rock and stop running his yap.

If the players on the Bengals all played the way Houshmanzadeh has they'd be freaking incredible. Sometimes I think they just do "enough" and not "everything it takes"

[DanGarion]

I'm amused by Chad Johnson.

Beyond the self-aggrandizement is somebody who genuinely seems to want to have fun with his life and be a little unconventional.

No harm, no foul.

He's a lot like Manny Ramirez. He loves the game he plays and wants to keep it fun. Suck it Boston fans. :)

[RendeR]

He's a lot like Manny Ramirez. He loves the game he plays and wants to keep it fun. Suck it Boston fans. :)


Its fine to love the game AND to make it fun, try DOING your JOB first though ;)

Johnson's antics generally come at times when he's either not producing or is being criticized for something he did or didn't do on the field. As much as I know and believe he's one of the best, I've still yet to see him totally dominate a single football game.

[SFL Cat]

Bengals just announce a jersey change... They are going "Old School" with nameless jerseys.


I'd love it, but you know the players' union would probably raise holy hell.

[SFL Cat]

Somewhere, Rod Smart is kicking himself.

Any chance Smart and Johnson are related somehow?

I'm trying to remember...where there any other players in the XFL other than Smart who put a nickname on their jersey back?

[JPhillips]

Its fine to love the game AND to make it fun, try DOING your JOB first though ;)

Johnson's antics generally come at times when he's either not producing or is being criticized for something he did or didn't do on the field. As much as I know and believe he's one of the best, I've still yet to see him totally dominate a single football game.

He's had multiple 200 yd games. How else would you like him to dominate?

[M GO BLUE!!!]

He's a lot like Manny Ramirez. He loves the game he plays and wants to keep it fun. Suck it Boston fans. :)

...and neither plays defense! ;)

[RendeR]

He's had multiple 200 yd games. How else would you like him to dominate?


He's had 2 200+ yard games, the Bengals lost both. I guess what I mean by dominant game is one where he simply takes over and turns it into a win. When the other team simply can't keep up with what he's doing.

I know he's played great, but far more often it seems like he plays...good, when he COULD be playing great. Not that he's taking plays off or dogging it, but when you really expect him to make THAT catch, the one that really turns the game around, it just doesn't seem to happen.

Maybe its just me, but I always come away from the games dissapointed with OCHO DORKO.

[SFL Cat]

I heard one former player say that the "great ones make everyone around them better."

Johnson, and for that matter T.O., are good to great players, but their style is more "me-first" rather than helping to lift a team to the next level. I'm sure part of that stems from ego problems in the locker room that affects team chemistry.

[RendeR]

Thats quite true, and added to that the fact that the truly GREAT players make the plays that need to be made when the team needs them.

Rice in Super Bowl 23 made a huge catch and run in the final drive that probably saved that game for the niners. Michael Irvan made numerous catches that saved Dallas' ass during his career, Carter for the Vikings, Andre Reed for those Bills teams that dominated most of a decade. These guys made everyone ar0ound them better and when it came to crunch time they made THE play that helped the team win games.

I haven't seen that yet from Chad. I WANT to, I desperately want to see him be that guy. I think he can be.

[B & B]

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[JPhillips]

I'll give you that he hasn't always played well in big games, but that's different from saying he's never dominated a game. There isn't much more a receiver can do than a couple TDs and over 200 yds.

[rowech]

I'd just like to see him show up in a game that matters.

[Maple Leafs]

Johnson, and for that matter T.O., are good to great players, but their style is more "me-first" rather than helping to lift a team to the next level. I'm sure part of that stems from ego problems in the locker room that affects team chemistry.
I'm not sure how much a WR can really make everyone around them better. But for whatever its worth, keep in mind that T.J. Houshmandzadeh, a poorly-regarded seventh round pick, has become a superstar playing opposite Johnson.

[Greyroofoo]

I'd just like to see him show up in a game that matters.

When was the last time the Bengals were actually in a game that mattered?

[rowech]

When was the last time the Bengals were actually in a game that mattered?

Fair point.....I'd like him to show up when they play a good team.

[korme]

I heard one former player say that the "great ones make everyone around them better."

Johnson, and for that matter T.O., are good to great players, but their style is more "me-first" rather than helping to lift a team to the next level. I'm sure part of that stems from ego problems in the locker room that affects team chemistry.

This is some of the dumbest shit I've heard. He's a god damn receiver, how do you expect him to make his team better any more or less than Marques Colston?

He hears the snap, runs a route and turns to see if he's open and the ball is coming. How is that any different than any other WR in the game? He's so me-first, he demands Carson throw him the ball even if other receivers are more open? :rolleyes:

[miami_fan]

Am I the only one who is reading this and interchanging Ocho Cinco for Corey Dillon? Good player that is/was not worth the trouble that the Bengals would be better off without?

[Crapshoot]

I like him. The fact that he pisses of a bunch of middle-aged farts and has a good time while doing it is just gravy.

[RendeR]

I'll give you that he hasn't always played well in big games, but that's different from saying he's never dominated a game. There isn't much more a receiver can do than a couple TDs and over 200 yds.


I agree thre isn't much more they can do, but whatever those things are, he apparently wasn't doing them because the Bengals lost both those games.

[Big Fo]

This might have become more trouble than it was worth for Ocho Cinco.

It'll cost mucho dinero for Chad Ocho Cinco to switch jerseys (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/It-ll-cost-mucho-dinero-for-Chad-Ochocinco-to-sw?urn=nfl,106605)

[MikeVic]

What the hell. What about when players get traded. Those jerseys become useless too.

[Glengoyne]

This might have become more trouble than it was worth for Ocho Cinco.

It'll cost mucho dinero for Chad Ocho Cinco to switch jerseys (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/It-ll-cost-mucho-dinero-for-Chad-Ochocinco-to-sw?urn=nfl,106605)


This is my favorite line of that story.

the NFL is so blatant in their attempts to block Johnson from donning his new name on the back of his Bengals jersey that it almost seems beneath them. Sure, it's inane and self-serving and could set a bad precedent, but shouldn't the league be focusing on more important issues, like stopping players from celebrating touchdowns?

[Suburban Rhythm]

Can they ship all of the jerseys to some third world country with all those PATRIOTS 19-0 t-shirts they got rid of in February?

[cougarfreak]

If I'm Johnson, I approach Nike, and ask them to make my college jersey, but make it in Orange and black, and put Ocho Cinco on the back.

[Dutch]

I really don't see how this is different than Brett Favre. Did Brett Favre have to pay EA Sports for all the Madden Covers that were screwed up when he came out of retirement to play with the Jets?

[SFL Cat]

Be interesting to see how this plays out. I've heard there are over $800K worth of unsold jersies with his old name.

[chesapeake]

This is all a big marketing ploy to sell more jerseys. Nobody moves the product quite like C. Ocho Cinco.

[Logan]

I really don't see how this is different than Brett Favre.

That's because it's not. The NFL doesn't want this to happen, so they are inventing bullshit to not make it happen. Traded players, guys who change their names for religious/family reasons (not asshole reasons), or change their numbers (Hello, Kobe, and your new #1 selling jersey) don't ever deal with this.

[gstelmack]

I think the difference here is that he went and did it on a whim right before the season without really warning anybody, which left folks with a bunch of unsold merchandise. In most other cases, folks know about it upfront and it can be dealt with, or it's not the player's fault (like trades). If he had worked with the NFL and shirt-makers upfront, this would be a non-issue.

[cthomer5000]

I think the difference here is that he went and did it on a whim right before the season without really warning anybody, which left folks with a bunch of unsold merchandise. In most other cases, folks know about it upfront and it can be dealt with, or it's not the player's fault (like trades). If he had worked with the NFL and shirt-makers upfront, this would be a non-issue.

Why the hell should he have to keep the league in the know about what he's doing with his legal name?

[MikeVic]

What if he changed religions to something that made him change his name the day before the season started. Would they prevent him from changing his name on the jersey?

[Pumpy Tudors]

So let me get this straight...

1. Chad Johnson wants to wear "Ocho Cinco" on his jersey.
2. The NFL says no because a player must wear his legal name on his jersey.
3. Chad Johnson changes his name to Chad Ocho Cinco.
4. The NFL says that Chad Ocho Cinco must wear "Johnson" on his jersey.

According to the NFL, in event #2, a player must wear his own legal name. In event #4, the NFL forces a player to wear a name that isn't his own legal name. Could they possibly get any more hypocritical? Regardless of his reasons, a guy changes his name to meet their strict rule, and then they make an exception to that strict rule. Can the NFL explain how he is even allowed to wear "Johnson" on his back? Even if he owes Reebok the money, the NFL said that a player has to wear his legal name. The on-field jersey issue and the Reebok issue should be two completely different things.

Bad NFL. Bad bad NFL.

[cougarfreak]

I think the difference here is that he went and did it on a whim right before the season without really warning anybody, which left folks with a bunch of unsold merchandise. In most other cases, folks know about it upfront and it can be dealt with, or it's not the player's fault (like trades). If he had worked with the NFL and shirt-makers upfront, this would be a non-issue.

It's not like it's a free country or anything.

[gstelmack]

Why the hell should he have to keep the league in the know about what he's doing with his legal name?

Because he's partly in the business of selling his jerseys (players get a cut, do they not?) and he's an employee of the league. If you're going to make a change that affects those sales, you tell them long enough before the season, or you let them sell out their stock before they make the jersey change. Or you buy out the stock that you just messed up for them. This is courtesy on both sides. You don't make the change, thereby obsoleting the existing merchandise, then demand your jersey change.

Or you do it early enough that everyone knows it's coming, and they don't make all those jerseys in the first place. Change your name in May and immediately request the jersey change, we're not having this conversation.

That said, I liked the point made in the comments that $4 million / 100,000 jerseys = $40/apiece, which just goes to show how much a ripoff those jerseys are, and that yes they'll make back their money fairly quickly on all those Ocho Cinco jerseys.

But if he'd just cooperated and worked with the NFL, he could have avoided this.

(Note that the article mentions that Keith Rivers had to do the exact same thing because he wanted his number changed, but he just has fewer jerseys out there)

[larrymcg421]

How can people say they're inventing a reason to stop him from wearing the jersey when they've already enforced the same exact reasoning against another player? Keith Rivers had to do the same thing when he switched his number.

[gstelmack]

It's not like it's a free country or anything.

He's got a job and contracts. You can't do anything you want at your job without consequences, can you? And he makes a boatload of money off those contracts.

[Atocep]

How can people say they're inventing a reason to stop him from wearing the jersey when they've already enforced the same exact reasoning against another player? Keith Rivers had to do the same thing when he switched his number.

I think there's a big difference between switching jersey numbers and wanting your legal name on the back of your jersey. The NFL specifically told him that he had to have his legal name on the back of his jersey. Now they're telling him to put a name on the back of his jersey that isn't his legal name either a.) so their bottom line doesn't take a hit b.) because they're simply tired of his shit and they're going to stick it to him in any way they can or c.) a combination of the two.

What it comes down to is he informed the league well in advance that he'd like to wear a different name on the back of his jersey. The NFL told him what it would take for that to happen. He went and did it when the NFL probably thought there was no chance for him to do it and now they're going against what they previously told him.

[cougarfreak]

He's got a job and contracts. You can't do anything you want at your job without consequences, can you? And he makes a boatload of money off those contracts.

I was going to change my board name on here a while back, but my employer said I couldn't, so I didn't. I guess Chad and I are in the same boat. I think it's hilarious the NFL can keep the legal name of a player off of a jersey, but on the other hand, make other players put legal names on their jersey. It's absurd. I wonder what would happen if a player was gay, and came back from a weekend in Vegas, and had gotten married, and changed his legal name?

[DanGarion]

I wonder what would happen if a player was gay, and came back from a weekend in Vegas, and had gotten married, and changed his legal name?
Or lets take it a step that has happened in the past, how about if a player legally changes his name because of his religion. I don't see how this would stand up in court.

[cougarfreak]

Or lets take it a step that has happened in the past, how about if a player legally changes his name because of his religion. I don't see how this would stand up in court.

Hell no it wouldn't, because it's ridiculous. Would the Bengals have been forced to pick up the tab if they'd have traded Johnson? That was a distinct possibility in the offseason, and Reebok kept cranking out jerseys.

[larrymcg421]

I think there's a big difference between switching jersey numbers and wanting your legal name on the back of your jersey. The NFL specifically told him that he had to have his legal name on the back of his jersey. Now they're telling him to put a name on the back of his jersey that isn't his legal name either a.) so their bottom line doesn't take a hit b.) because they're simply tired of his shit and they're going to stick it to him in any way they can or c.) a combination of the two.

What it comes down to is he informed the league well in advance that he'd like to wear a different name on the back of his jersey. The NFL told him what it would take for that to happen. He went and did it when the NFL probably thought there was no chance for him to do it and now they're going against what they previously told him.

Okay, but that's a little different than "making up a new rule". It sounds like they're being assholes about how they're applying existing rules.

Now, what I'd like to know is how many jerseys had been printed when he made his initial request to the NFL. I could see them making him buy those jerseys, but not any that were made since.

[DanGarion]

TO me it seems like the company making the jerseys should have to eat the cost, since it was the risk they take to making the jerseys. Come on companies take risks all the time. Johnson could have died or got injured and sucked the rest of his life, they wouldn't be charging him them.

[Anthony]

why should he buy the jerseys back? he doesn't have a contract with Reebok to make his jerseys. would he have to buy the jerseys back if he got the trade he demanded? what if he gets traded to a team this season? for that matter - what if a player retires unexpectedly (like what Vince Young wanted to do last season). they owe nothing to Reebok. why are they even in this equation? would Favre had to have bought all those Jets Favre jerseys that were prematurely made the night his trade to the Jets broke if he decided he didn't feel like playing afterall? no, he wouldn't. he didn't have a contract with Reebok and he didn't tell anyone to start making Jets jerseys with his name on them.

if i were Chad, i would just take this all the way - sit out, demand to be traded, and then when the new jerseys are printed up they'll have his legal name on them.

[JPhillips]

It isn't just jerseys. Look at the official NFL box scores and he's still Chad Johnson. The NFL is just refusing to accept the name change in any form.

[gstelmack]

It isn't just jerseys. Look at the official NFL box scores and he's still Chad Johnson. The NFL is just refusing to accept the name change in any form.

Now that's pretty bad.

[Pumpy Tudors]

I guess the NFL can just call the players whatever they want to. If Tatum Bell hooks up with another team, I think the NFL ought to make the boxscores say "THIEF" instead of "BELL".

[Kodos]

This whole thing is beyond retarded. I applaud the NFL for not letting him get away with his tomfoolery.

[MikeVic]

I guess the NFL can just call the players whatever they want to. If Tatum Bell hooks up with another team, I think the NFL ought to make the boxscores say "THIEF" instead of "BELL".

What about Thief Bell?

[MikeVic]

This whole thing is beyond retarded. I applaud the NFL for not letting him get away with his tomfoolery.

He's followed the rules that they laid out, and now they still want to prevent it. Those are shenanigans on the NFL's part.

[gstelmack]

He's followed the rules that they laid out, and now they still want to prevent it. Those are shenanigans on the NFL's part.

Took him too long to get his name changed. They'll have a hard time justifying it for next season, though. Or if he gets a Pro Bowl jersey.

Maybe the Bengals should unveil a new alternate uniform. Again, no excuse not to have his legal name on that.

[BrianD]

He may be making the NFL look silly by giving them a choice of two things they don't want to do, but he is still a jackass for creating this situation. He is fully within his rights to do it, but I think he is a jackass nonetheless.

[Lathum]

Chad Johnson is getting exactly what he wanted out of this, more attention.

he probably couldn't be happier about the NFL's resistance. It drags this out even longer keeping him in the spotlight.

The best thing the NFL could do is let him change the name on his jersey so we can all call him an idiot and forget about it in a few days.

[Kodos]

He is a total jackass. He wanted to put something stupid on his jersey. The NFL didn't want him to. He went to stupid lengths to get his way, rather than just accepting it like others. Pretty much any job comes with conditions for staying employed. One in the NFL is that you don't put stupid names on your jersey. I fully support the NFL's stance. Screw attention-whore Johnson.

[Suburban Rhythm]

It isn't just jerseys. Look at the official NFL box scores and he's still Chad Johnson. The NFL is just refusing to accept the name change in any form.

With the way he plays when he's more concerned with his other shit (dancing, jerseys, whatever)...maybe his name won't need to appear in the box score very often.

[Atocep]

Pretty much any job comes with conditions for staying employed. One in the NFL is that you don't put stupid names on your jersey.

Except that's not the NFL's conditions. I don't like the fact that he changed his name to get his way, but under the NFL's guidelines he has every right to put his new name on his jersey. The fact that they're not allowing him to and they refuse to put his new name in box scores is stooping down to his levels.

[RendeR]

I don't much give a fuck what name is on the jersey, he needs to perform this weekend or the only name I need to see is "no-show ocho-cinco"

[Suburban Rhythm]

if i were Chad, i would just take this all the way - sit out, demand to be traded.

He already tried that, earlier this year, before he changed his name. It didn't work out really well.

[EagleFan]

He's an asshole.

I am glad the NFL is telling him to screw off. Iwould also love to see him traded, to a team with an already established 85 who also tells him to screw off forcing him to be another number. Of course then the NFL should allow him to wear his new idiotic name basically telling him again to screw off.

[RendeR]

Thats just it though EF, he's not an asshole, he's a child and a pretty stupid one sometimes for not realizing how moronic he makes himself look, but he's genuinely passionate about winning at football.

If he were an asshole I'd be even more vocal about all this.

[Suburban Rhythm]

Thats just it though EF, he's not an asshole, he's a child and a pretty stupid one sometimes for not realizing how moronic he makes himself look, but he's genuinely passionate about getting attention at football games.



Fixed

When things were going well for the Bengals, he was all over the place. Since they won the division in 2005, then lost to Pittsburgh in the playoffs, he's pouted, demanded a trade, and continued to put more effort into stupid shit off the field-- dancing, HOF jackets, name changes -- than he does towards bettering his game, and his team. If anything, let TJ Houshmanzadeh change his name to Ocho Quattro, he'd been a better WR since 2005.

[RendeR]

Fixed

When things were going well for the Bengals, he was all over the place. Since they won the division in 2005, then lost to Pittsburgh in the playoffs, he's pouted, demanded a trade, and continued to put more effort into stupid shit off the field-- dancing, HOF jackets, name changes -- than he does towards bettering his game, and his team. If anything, let TJ Houshmanzadeh change his name to Ocho Quattro, he'd been a better WR since 2005.


You make valid points, but it still doesn't make him an asshole ;)

just a self centered infantile egomaniac.

[Suburban Rhythm]

You make valid points, but it still doesn't make him an asshole ;)

just a self centered infantile egomaniac.

But it also doesn't make him passionate about winning football games either.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Maybe the NFL ought to just come out and say that they don't want to put "Ochocinco" on his jersey because they think he's being childish. At least that's somewhat defensible. The shit they're doing doesn't make any sense, though, at least not to me.

[TCY Junkie]

I think the NFL should screw around with his stats. Take them down to zero, then restore them, and then make them harder to find.

[Lathum]

Thats just it though EF, he's not an asshole, he's a child and a pretty stupid one sometimes for not realizing how moronic he makes himself look, but he's genuinely passionate about winning at football.

If he were an asshole I'd be even more vocal about all this.

I couldn't disagree more.

Every second he spends on this nonsense is time he could be spending on football. Watching film, gameplanning, talking with other receivers or Palmer. It distracts him from his job.

Also every question Marvin or his teammates have to answer about him not only takes time from their preperation, but it sucks the life out of them.

You can tell, they used to think his act was funny, but now they are all tired of it.

[Pumpy Tudors]

I couldn't disagree more.

Every second he spends on this nonsense is time he could be spending on football. Watching film, gameplanning, talking with other receivers or Palmer. It distracts him from his job.

Also every question Marvin or his teammates have to answer about him not only takes time from their preperation, but it sucks the life out of them.

You can tell, they used to think his act was funny, but now they are all tired of it.
I'll give you the point about how it's distracting his coach and teammates, because they shouldn't have to answer for his actions.

As far as the amount of time he spends on this, though: There are players out there who spend hours a week playing video games in the locker room. On off days, some players like to go out to a bar or a club and have a good time. As far as how it affects him on the football field, it wouldn't matter if he spends three hours a week talking about himself or three hours playing a pinball machine. Every player has time away from football, even during the season. This guy just happens to spend it by being an attention whore.

[Lathum]

This guy just happens to spend it by being an attention whore.

which in turn creates huge distractions for his team.

Maybe instead of finding ways to annoy everyone he should be finding ways to make them a more coheisive unit

[Suburban Rhythm]

which in turn creates huge distractions for his team.

Maybe instead of finding ways to annoy everyone he should be finding ways to make them a more coheisive unit

Like HOF jackets for the entire WR group

[JPhillips]

I've been following the gamecast on NFL.com and this week he's listed as C. Ocho Cinco.