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September 27, 2006

Chad Johnson will be here all week... enjoy the veal!

Hey all --

The weekly conference calls with the opposing team are happening now, and Bengals ever-entertaining receiver Chad Johnson is on the line. Johnson just said that he spoke to Terrell Owens on Monday night during the New Orleans-Atlanta game and spoke to someone close to Owens today and that Owens is fine.

"T is fine. He just took the pain medication on an empty stomach. That's all," Johnson said. "Can I ask a question? How did a few pills become 35? If you take 35 pain pills, you know you're dead."

Johnson also made sure to relay a few messages to the Patriots secondary, calling out Asante Samuel, Rodney Harrison and Eugene Wilson. He said he didn't know Ellis Hobbs enough to pick on him before the game "but I'll pick on him when I get on the field." He started to call out Junior Seau as well, but said that he wouldn't.

To Harrison, Johnson said, "Tell 37 I'm gonna knock his helmet off."

To Samuel, who is on his "hit list" that he keeps in his locker, "Tell him he should continue to have help for all four quarters or 22 will look like 55. Isn't that what 22 looks like upside down?"

He warned Wilson not to hit him over the middle like Cleveland's Brian Russell did or the two would be dropping the gloves right then and there. Russell gave Johnson a mild concussion and a gash on his chin after a week two hit.

After his jokes though, Johnson said Harrison has given him a lot of good advice, telling him to keep his head on right and "If your name's going to be in the headlines, make sure it's for something good." Johnson said he has relayed that advice to teammate Chris Henry, who has been arrested four times this calendar year.

"I have Chris under my wing. He'll be fine," Johnson assured us.

More later.

shalise

Posted by Shalise Manza Young  at 12:11 PM | Permalink