Chad Ocho Cinco Is Delusional, Thinks the Bengals Could Finish 8-8

You can't teach speed. Or crazy. And Chad Ocho Cinco has both, although he's mostly flashed the latter through 2008. But apparently, he believes that he can get back on track to being a superstar (although he may want to shoot for just "relevant" first).

Oh, and he also believes that the Bengals -- who, mind you, are winless -- can finish 8-8 this season.

"I don't know about people watching this, but I feel we've got a chance to go 8-8," Ocho Cinco said before Wednesday's practice. "We get a good win. We get rolling and Fitzy (quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick) getting better week in and week out. Y'all don't get to see it and might not understand it, but watching film he's getting better. He's getting a lot more comfortable."

Now, as MDS noted in his power rankings today, the sensible thing would be to let Fitzy get loose. But not because he's improving; any more time behind that offensive line for Carson Palmer is going to result in Marvin Lewis getting charged with manslaughter.

And while it's fantastic that Ocho believes in Fitzy and his team, it's also kind of sad to see him flailing about, trying to make noise to justify his relevance and gain media attention, simply because people stopped caring.

Update: Hey, look! More ... how do you say it ... cookytalk from Ocho Cinco. It appears that he has zero plans to actually pay Reebok for jersey sales lost and will be rocking out "Johnson" on the back of his uni for the rest of the season ("We've just left it alone," he said, in an interview. "I'll just wait and do it next year.") For shame, Chad. For shame.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

10-23-2008 @ 3:48PM

Sean said...

Take a look at this schedule and tell me where he figures they get 8 wins!! Craziness...

8 10/26/2008 @ Houston
9 11/2/2008 Jacksonville
10 - BYE - -
11 11/16/2008 Philadelphia
12 11/20/2008 @ Pittsburgh *
13 11/30/2008 Baltimore *
14 12/7/2008 @ Indianapolis
15 12/14/2008 Washington
16 12/21/2008 @ Cleveland *
17 12/28/2008 Kansas City

Maybe 2 at the most...if you can count the BYE as a win!

10-23-2008 @ 5:07PM

George B Vieto said...

As they would say in south Louisiana if the Bengals go 8-8 this season then Popeye is a sissy.

10-23-2008 @ 5:21PM

SportsRoidS said...

You never know with this explosive team. I will be honest with the change at halfback and The possibility of Ocho enhacing his level of play this team could do almost anything. They are like the ravens of last year. They have all the talent and they just can't seem to put it togather. This is a team that no matter it's record could go out and win on any sunday.

10-23-2008 @ 5:20PM

Sandy said...

Two years ago, the Titans started 0-5 and ended up 8-8, beating decent teams we weren't supposed to beat, including Jax, Indy, and the Giants, with a rookie quarterback, a fat RB, no receivers, and our best defender was a guy serving a 5 game suspension

Anythings possible, but if I were Ocho, I'd wait until I won one game before I started predicting winning eight. Until they show they know how to win, it is unbelievable.

10-23-2008 @ 7:35PM

Ryan C said...

He keeps running his mouth, it's not going to make those wins happen.

The Bengals have 3, but really 2 chances to win a game this season. Their best shots are this week vs the Texans and week 17 against the Chiefs. They might be able to beat the Browns, but the Browns have improved and I think they will beat the Bengals.

10-25-2008 @ 12:59PM

TONY D said...

WHO DEY? THINK CAN BEAT THE BENGALS ALL SEASON......

10-24-2008 @ 9:16AM

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