Quarterback Carson Palmer has turned into Tom Daschale without the limos and is lobbying Houshmandzadeh hard. He called Houshmandzadeh on Thursday while he was working out.
"He just said, 'Don't forget us,' and I told him the same thing I'm telling you," Houshmandzadeh said Thursday night. "If they're fair, we'll make history. If not, we can still hang out and be friends."
Houshmandzadeh said he wants to be on a team by Saturday night.
"I don't want it to go into Sunday," he said.
He said the Bengals and agent Kennard McGuire have talked and there is a sense that both sides would like to reach a resolution that keeps him in Cincinnati.
But the Bengals have a thing about age (he turns 32 in September) and Houshmandzadeh has a thing about how good he is among NFL receivers (in the top five for catches the last five seasons) and while there may be a legit argument on both sides there is also a gap.
"They'll see when I play five more years," Houshmandzadeh said again Thursday.
But the debate isn't only at the negotiating table.
Pete Prisco of CBSSportsline.com refused to put any free agent 30 or older in his top 10, and he rated Houshmandzadeh 15th overall.
"The top 10 is filled with players who fit the target age of 26," Prisco writes. "Some are a little older, some younger but they're all in their prime. Spend money on those players. That's how you get value." But on most boards, Houshmandzadeh is the top receiver available
And, like Houshmandzadeh says, "I read the Internet. I see all the bad stuff, but ESPN has me rated No. 2 out of all the free agents. Right behind Albert Haynesworth. And they're the top dog."
whoever ends up with him is going to regret it by midseason....Peerless Price type bust coming hereConsidering TJ was Cincy's number 1 receiver this year and had a really good season to go with Ocho Stinko being a no show, there's absolutely no comparison to that clown Peerless Price. Price was one of those loser receivers who has a good season due to riding the coattails of a stud number 1 receiver, Housh has actually shown he can produce riding nobody.
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