Chad Johnson seems a bit perturbed by the media

June 17th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanR

This is why I like to blog.

Via.

Chris Mottram and I share a lot of things

April 3rd, 2008 | Posted by PostmanE

Our preferences in blogs. Love for that scene in The Wire where all McNulty and Bunk say is “fuck.” Saliva. Oh, and one more thing: A giant, throbbing man-love for Chad Johnson, borne from the hope that he will save either of our mediocre NFL franchises from total boredom. At least, that’s how I feel about Chad. The Redskins aren’t nearly as boring as the Bears. (Though we do have Brandon Lloyd now.)

Anyway, this is what I’m talking about:

See what I mean? It’s a total train wreck, and it’s very confusing, and I feel bad for Brian Kenny. But I want that in Chicago as quickly as possible.

Jay Mariotti’s head would explode.*

(*Or, knowing Mariotti’s schtick, he’d smile maniacally to himself before he sat down at his computer, knowing full well that he doesn’t hate Chad Johnson but happy to tear the dude to pieces for all the cliched reasons anyway. Same deal, really.)

Chad Johnson’s celebration didn’t work well

September 11th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanR

Back when this site was in its infancy and well, not good, (which I suppose still might be the case) I wrote a post about how soul-crushing the NFL’s decision to penalize post-touchdown celebrations was. To take away something so fun, so entertaining to us as fans just didn’t seem right.

But leave it to Chad Johnson to find the tax loophole and pull a stunt after he corralled in a Carson Palmer touchdown pass last evening in Cincinnati’s win against the Ravens. As the above video displays, Johnson came over to the sideline, a teammate dumped out a HOF-inspired gold jacket (green jacket, who give a shit?) with “FUTURE H.O.F 20??” on the back and Johnson donned it for all to see.

Problem being, ESPN had to cut away at the climax of the celebration (story of my life) to show us the Bengals’ blocked extra point. Which, I suppose isn’t the worst thing in the world, but it certainly stole a little of CJ’s thunder. Not to mention, his buildup for this thing made it less spontaneous and thus less entertaining.

But hey, it’s only Week 1. CJ will get it right in time. I hope.

{Video HT: AA.}

NFL looking to take fun out of game

March 28th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanR

The NFL’s competition committee announced today that they may crack down on over-the-top and excessive end zone celebrations for the upcoming season.

Boo. Boo. And boo.

The Chad Johnson touchdown show was a weekly source of entertainment for fans last year and in no way did it take away from the sanctity of the game or any of that other crap committee chair and Tennessee Titan coach Jeff Fischer wants to use in defense of the proposal.

And it’s not like every single receiver on every single team is pulling these stunts. There are still plenty of classy receivers such as Marvin Harrison who aren’t going all out after they score six.

So we say, ‘Who cares?’

We want more CPR to the football, pylon putting and Chad busting out the Riverdance. It’s what makes the game fun.

Mr. Johnson doesn’t seem fazed. Just look at these golden statements he gave the Cincinnati Enquirer.

“Of course you cannot stop someone as creative as me. How can this bother someone as creative as me?”

“Tell the competition committee that Chad said you can’t cover 85, and there’s no way you can stop him from entertaining.”

Keep doing your thang, Chad.

Chad, Rules can’t stop me

NFL might vote to rein in TD celebrations