Ocho Cinco?

[Phishfan]

Bess was one of the few players I heard Tony Sparano call out. Apparently he was not any kind of a homework guy and Tony said Bess really needed to step up his preparation for games. I think he had fallen out of favor a little bit.

[Phishfan]

Chad is getting married in 9 days to that lunatic reality star girlfriend of his. Expect to see his name alot between now and then in every tabloid, TMZ type website, and gossip column.

It's gonna be Ochocinco overload these next couple weeks.

If those are the news sources, I won't hear any of it. I really think we have found your guilty pleasure Mike. You seem to be up to date on all the happenings in the Basketball Wives as well as tabloids. 

[Diehard_Dolfan]

Bess was one of the few players I heard Tony Sparano call out. Apparently he was not any kind of a homework guy and Tony said Bess really needed to step up his preparation for games. I think he had fallen out of favor a little bit.

If this was the case... I still have a bit of a problem with that!  Bess was almost impossible to cover in the  slot..this used properly could have made the running lanes even larger for Reggie Bush.  Since we didn't use a FB anyway.. Bush would have had a lot more wiggle room and open field to catch passes out of the backfield.

[Diehard_Dolfan]

Got to really thinking about the New England Pat's and their real need or lack there of for a #1 receiver.  I for one just don't see their need for a number 1.  With Welker and Gronk they have two guys that defenses can't match up with... You add Hernandez and there's only so many balls to go around!   You could put Megatron on that team and he'd be hard pressed to pull catches away from Welker and Gronk!   You can roll coverage to help take away a #1 but Gronk and Welker have too much room underneath to stretch a defense both horizontally and vertically...

[Brian Fein]

^^ good point here, but I gotta believe that if you add someone the caliber of Calvin Johnson, or even Andre Johnson or Larry Fitzgerald, it would just be a 50+ TD season for Brady.  They'd give him 4-5 balls a game, all over 20 yards, many over 50 yards.  You'd see their offense adjust to account for the talent.

[Diehard_Dolfan]

^^ good point here, but I gotta believe that if you add someone the caliber of Calvin Johnson, or even Andre Johnson or Larry Fitzgerald, it would just be a 50+ TD season for Brady.  They'd give him 4-5 balls a game, all over 20 yards, many over 50 yards.  You'd see their offense adjust to account for the talent.

I'm sure they would also... I was just pointing out that they really don't need a Moss or Ocho-Cinco!   Belichick is always going to look into upgrading his talent... he's just not going to overpay for it!  He could have kept Chad or Moss..  I think it was more age related than they don't have anything to offer!  Just my opinion though...   

[Brian Fein]

I agree, seems like they just didn't have space for those guys in their plans.  I get the feeling that they will want to keep the talent young.

[suck for luck]

Chad Ochocinco's new wife had no interest in taking a numerical last name, so the outspoken Miami Dolphins wideout is back to being just Chad Johnson.

"I'm refocused and locked in. Time to get back to the old me," he told ESPN.com by phone Monday, adding that his uniform will say 'Johnson.' "I'm just doing it for the marriage. It has nothing to do with football. Ochocinco is still in me. It's just my middle name."

So is Ochocinco his middle name now? LOL

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8191660/chad-ochocinco-miami-dolphins-says-last-name-johnson-again

[Pappy13]

I'll do the same if he doesn't lead the team in two out of the three categories- receiving TDs, receptions and yards, how's that? -EK

By the way EK, should we wait till the end of the season or get this out of the way right now?

[EKnight]

I was 100% absolutely wrong. Chad's poor play on the field and stupidity off the field prevented him from even getting to play one game. Good call! -EK

[Pappy13]

^^I was gonna let you slide on this, but thought you needed a slice of humble pie today. 

[EKnight]

As well you should have. -EK