He was traded to the New England Patriots in But Johnson never played for the team as he had a run-in with the law owing to suspected domestic violence. In , Ochocinco retired from professional football.
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Alongside future Bengals teammate T. Houshmandzadeh , he led his team to an season and a victory over Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl that year. He also broke a school record for the longest touchdown reception with a yard reception in a game against Stanford University.
Johnson saw moderate playing time as a rookie, catching 28 passes for yards and one touchdown. In , he set a Bengals franchise record by recording 1, receiving yards. In , he had 95 receptions for 9 touchdowns and 1, yards, including receiving yards in a win against the Cleveland Browns. He later surpassed the record in , recording 1, yards. He has led the AFC in receiving yards for four consecutive seasons, and he has made the Pro Bowl 5 straight times from [2].
In the first game of the season, on Monday Night Football against the Baltimore Ravens , Johnson scored the game's first score on a yard touchdown pass from Carson Palmer. Following the touchdown, he grabbed a jacket that resembles the Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees' jacket that said, "Future H.
Johnson finished the game with 5 receptions for 95 yards and a touchdown. In the next game against the Cleveland Browns , he racked up yards on 11 catches for 2 touchdowns in the loss. This gave him a career total of 7, receiving yards, breaking the Bengals franchise record previously held by Isaac Curtis. The very next game against the Seattle Seahawks , Johnson totaled nine receptions for yards as the Bengals lost again.
Against the New York Jets , in which the Bengals won , he had 3 receptions for yards and a rush for 15 yards. In the fourth quarter of the Bengals Week 9 loss to the Buffalo Bills , Johnson was rolled off the field on a stretcher, with a reported head injury. He had dove out for a pass, with under a minute left in the loss, and then was sandwiched by Donte Whitner and Coy Wire.
Johnson was reported to be moving at the hospital. A CT scan performed to detect nerve damage came back negative, and he did not miss any games due to the injury. Over his next two games, Johnson did not score any touchdowns or gain more than 86 yards. But he had a breakout performance in a November 25 win over the Tennessee Titans , catching a career high 12 passes for yards and 3 touchdowns.
This gave him over 1, receiving yards for the sixth consecutive season. He also surpassed Carl Pickens as the Bengals all-time leader in receptions.
By week 15, Johnson and Houshmandzadeh both gained over 1, receiving yards for the second year in a row. However, a loss to the San Francisco 49ers that week ensured the team would finish the year with their first losing season since Ocho Cinco finished the season with 4 catches for yards and 2 touchdowns in a win over the Miami Dolphins , giving him 93 receptions for 1, yards and 8 touchdowns on the season.
His 1, yards set a new Bengals franchise record, breaking his own record of 1, in It was the third time that he had finished a season with a new Bengals record for receiving yards. His yardage was third most in the NFL, his receptions were 12th most, and his touchdowns were tied for 15th most in the league.
However, he was passed up on for the Pro Bowl team, which instead selected his teammate T. During the interview, he addressed how the media and team treated him during the season, saying, "I was labeled selfish and a cancer, and it hurt In a matter of their first two picks of the NFL Draft, all of that changed and the future of the franchise will rest largely on the production of rookies A. Green and Andy Dalton, who in all likelihood will assume starting positions at wide receiver and quarterback, respectively.
Palmer and Ochocinco have been the faces of the Bengals franchise for years. While they have posted impressive numbers for several seasons, it hasn't always translated into victories. When the Bengals drafted Palmer out of USC with the first overall pick in the draft, he inherited a duo of promising young receivers in Ochocinco then known as Chad Johnson and T. Furthermore, the Bengals already had a seasoned veteran quarterback—Jon Kitna—on board under whom the organization could groom Palmer and ready him for the following season.
When a new collective bargaining agreement is reached and the season begins, Dalton—drafted 35th overall out of TCU—will enter training camp with no veteran quarterback to learn under, but a very formidable supporting cast.
Fellow rookie Green came out of Georgia as one of the finest pro prospects at the receiver position in years. Alongside Green, Dalton will get to work with three young, up-and-coming receivers—Jerome Simpson, Andre Caldwell and Jordan Shipley—and a great second-year tight end with a ton of upside in Jermaine Gresham.
Should the Bengals re-sign pending free agent Cedric Benson, he and speedster Bernard Scott will provide Dalton with a respectable running game.
Both Palmer and Ochocinco are still under contract in Cincinnati, but neither are expected back next season. There have been whispers around the league for months that he will be released once the season gets underway. As for Palmer, his standoff with Cincinnati has been well-documented for several months now.
He wishes to be traded and is prepared to retire should the Bengals not grant his demand. Rookies Dalton and Green will have big shoes to fill in the Queen City, however, as they replace Palmer and Ochocinco—arguably two of the most talented offensive skill-position players in Bengals history.
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