Finally The Ocho Does Something Else Dank Game Worthy

At long last! The king of the NFL circus returns with something interesting. In this case it's not particularly interesting, but it did allow me to do some ridiculous Photoshopping, so I won't complain.

As I noted in an earlier post, Chad Ochocinco has been lobbying his team to get pending free agent wide receiver Terrell Owens to Cincinnati next season. This went as far as TO "promising" to change his name to Ocho Uno if he winds up a Bengal since he wears number 81. It sounded like mostly a joke, so the story pretty much left the minds of the media.

But perhaps you're forgetting that now that he has a Twitter account, Ochocinco thinks he is a member of the media as the OCNN. And he was not going to let the issue die, as much as the Bengals front office probably wishes it would.

And then ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter entered the ring with his own Twitter account. Schefter tweeted that "OCNN missed on T.O. to Bengals. Not Happening. Hey, get in line, Ocho. It has happened to all of us." Schefter was probably kind in actually implying OCNN was a media network and not a way for a player to try to force his hand, but the Ocho considered it a slam nonetheless.

So naturally he responded via a tweet. Directed at Schefter, Ocho believes the two "can settle this all ESPN analyst to all OCNN analyst in PAINTBALL WAR." The image featured depicts what I believe this would look like.

His arms probably wouldn't be white, but I got a little lazy about it. The ridiculous looking helmet was part of the original image.

Channel Ocho

Chad Ochocinco has taken on a new role: sportscaster.

In retrospect, this isn't a surprising development. Ocho started his own "TV Show" on uStream a while back as I detailed in our first Ochocinco post. He claimed when he started it that we don't even need ESPN anymore, now that Chad found a way to broadcast himself continuously (and he does, almost every time I've checked his uStream he's been on - amazing he hasn't got tired of doing it by now!).

Now I assumed that Chad's insane egotism led him to believe that people only watch ESPN to see occasional clips and interviews of him. Apparently I was wrong, as he thinks he can do it himself.



Background:

For those that haven't been keeping up with the NFL preseason, the Bengals have one of only two unsigned draft picks remaining, and from the sound of things, negotiations between number 6 pick Andre Smith and Bengals owner/general manager Mike Brown have not been going smoothly.

So it was quite surprising when Chad tweeted yesterday that Smith had signed. Furthermore, he went on to say "the new source = Ocho Cinco, not ESPN, thank you, stay tuned for more info." So apparently Ocho thinks he can compete with ESPN now.

Hurting Chad's journalistic credibility a little, Smith hasn't signed yet. But information emerging from this situation are that the two sides are indeed close, possibly within 24 hours of a deal.

Meanwhile, Chad has not given us any updates.



UPDATE:

Check out this photo Chad posted to his Twitter account.