| Height: 6-1
Weight: 197
Born: Sep 26, 1977, Victor Valley, CA | |
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| Year | Team | G | Rec | RecYds | RecAvg | RecTDs | 100YG | RuAtt | RuYds | RuAvg | RuTDs | 100YG | | 2001 | CIN | 5 | 21 | 228 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | 2002 | CIN | 15 | 41 | 492 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | 2004 | CIN | 15 | 73 | 978 | 13.3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | | 2005 | CIN | 14 | 78 | 956 | 12.2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 62 | 7.7 | 1 | 0 | | 2006 | CIN | 14 | 90 | 1081 | 12.0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | | 2007 | CIN | 16 | 112 | 1143 | 10.2 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Newsbreakers |
April 4, 2008
Cincinnati offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski points to tight end Ben Utecht, as a player who could pick up the slack following the release of receiver Chris Henry, according to Bengals.com. Bratkowski, who used to have the NFL's deepest pool of wide receivers at his fingertips, suddenly has just 40 career catches in his system behind T.J. Houshmandzadeh and Chad Johnson on the wide receiver depth chart. This lack of experience will likely result in the Bengals' implementing more double tight-end sets in place of the three-receiver formations. Utecht has caught 68 balls the past two seasons in Indianapolis, while sharing time with Dallas Clark, so he's definitely a young player to keep an eye on in 2008.
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April 1, 2008
The Cincinnati Bengals would like to sign receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh to a contract extension, according to Pro Football Weekly. The two sides have been talking since the third week in February about a contract extension. Houshmandzadeh, who is scheduled to make $2.252 million in 2008, compiled 112 receptions last year and his value may never be higher, considering his production in recent seasons.
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March 26, 2008
The Cincinnati Bengals want to run the ball effectively in 2008 in order to set up their deep passing game, according to Bengals.com. "I've talked to Marvin Lewis and he wants to run the ball," Rudi Johnson said this week. "He wants to get it back to when we ran at will and then threw it over people's heads. That's just another reason I'm excited at getting back into my grind. We've gotten away from that." Johnson's pulled hamstring in the third week of last season became the symbol of the Bengals offense coming up lame. The Bengals might have put up gaudy passing numbers with T.J. Houshmandzadeh leading the NFL in catches and Carson Palmer and Chad Johnson setting franchise records for passing and receiving yards, but they couldn't score when they needed points and they couldn't take over games for a depleted defense. Johnson, 28, is entering the trailing edge of his prime, but was one of the most consistent backs in fantasy football from 2003-2006. If Johnson can stay healthy throughout the offseason program, he could be an undervalued selection in this year's fantasy drafts.
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