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Ochocinco and T.O. Would Love To Play For Rex Ryan
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Ben Yakas
Published Jan 26, 2011
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We've moved past the charred remains of the Jets' prematurely completed season (though we're still not over Boogergate), and have begun to look forward to next season. But there are a lot of question marks hanging over the team due to nearly half the squad facing free agency. And while the Jets need to decide whether to shell out big money for star receivers Santonio Holmes and Braylon Edwards, two controversy-friendly players with nightmare egos have throw their hats into the Jets ring for consideration.
On Tuesday night’s episode of “The T.Ocho Show,” Bengals receivers Chad Ochocinco and Terrell Owens said they would love to play for Rex Ryan and the Jets. "They will make it to this point every year. I’d do anything to play for someone like Rex Ryan or anyone who has that type of mentality," Ochocinco said. Owens agreed: “I’m jumping on that bandwagon, too. I was thinking the exact same thing, Chad.” But how could Ochocinco and Darielle Revis co-exist on the same team? Isn't the team enough of a three-ring circus without adding two overpaid, overhyped players? As bad an idea as it sounds, maybe Ochocinco is serious about turning over a new leaf; he announced today that he will be changing his name back to his given name, Chad Javon Johnson.
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