Why ochocinco rarely plays

The Chargers were the first team to host him, they signed him as an undrafted free agent and the rest is history.

Nash grew up playing soccer and he has said several times he could have played it professionally if he pursued it more. Terrell Owens is not only making his mark as one of the greatest wide receivers to play the game, but he also has decent ability on the court. I'm serious. You're supposed to be done in two and I took three. Nobody wanted to touch me back then. No college. That's when I realized, I gotta get serious about this s He didn't care, he just said come play up here, do your thing.

So I did. I spent four months up there in Corvallis, Oregon. Nothing to do up there. I mean, nothing. I just played football and that was it. I think I went to class the first week and then I was done. Made sure I was there for attendance, whatever.

I did enough to get myself to the Senior Bowl that year and that helped me get drafted. I should have been a first-round pick. That was ridiculous that I wasn't a first-rounder. But the reason was that teams couldn't trust me. You know what I'm saying? It was my fault that I didn't get drafted higher, because the teams couldn't trust me.

Even so, I've spent my entire career proving to them how wrong they were for not taking me. I can't be stopped in this game. Nobody can stop me. No cornerback can touch me. S, I don't even see cornerbacks. It's like they don't even exist when I'm out there. I talk to them just so I can keep them sharp, keep them on top of their game, because that keeps me going.

That's why I talk so much trash. Never stop. Never let up. Even before the game, I'm talking to the guys on the other team. You see, everybody works hard to get to the NFL, to get those things they want. You have to. I don't talk about how hard I work out or how much I run or how much I lift or how much film I watch. I don't want to hear about it and I don't want to talk about it, because that's what everybody does.

You can't survive in this business if you don't work, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, maybe you're some freak of an athlete, like Lawrence Taylor or something, and you can make it for a while. But even when LT played, it was different. Guys didn't train year-round like they do now. We got all these minicamps and workouts and everything. We're basically training 11 months a year. If you don't work, you're going to be gone. First, you're not going to survive the punishment.

Can't do it, especially if you're one of them big dudes playing inside. You gotta be ready. Second, the coach ain't going to have it if you're not working out, if you're not ready. They're going to cut your ass in a heartbeat if you don't want to do it their way.

No question about that. That's why I say, don't tell me about working hard. I see all these players talking about how they run up and down hills, lift weights all day, do cardio 52 hours a day. Come on, you don't have a choice in this game. The choice you make is way back when, when you're growing up. That's where all those guys make the choice about whether they want to make it in sports or if they want to do something else.

Of course, there's been a lot of dudes to go through Cincinnati that have a ton of talent, but they have a hard time making it on the team, being successful. I'm not talking about Chris Henry. He's going to figure it out, man.

He's good, he's super talented, no question. And he's learned. I really believe that. He saw that they ain't playin'. Commissioner Goodell, he's not playing anymore. All that s that guys used to get away with, you can't do it. Most of the guys in the league, they're smart enough to figure it out.

You don't have to be some genius to know that you have to follow the rules. Chris can figure that out. He's not going to mess it up again.

There are some guys who just can't do it. It's sad, really sad. Really talented guys, but their lives are so messed up, they can't handle it. I'll get into my own story later, but it's like Odell Thurman.

He's a linebacker we had on the team. His whole family life was messed up. He was drinking, using drugs, and he was angry.

He was fighting. He couldn't get it under control. The worst part is he could play. He was a second-round pick in The dude had five interceptions his rookie year. I don't know anything about playing linebacker. All I can tell you is that if it's Ray Lewis at linebacker, he's good. But you know if a guy is a good athlete, and Odell Thurman was serious. A great athlete. Tough, he could run, come up and hit you in the mouth, chase you down. I heard he returned an interception 99 yards for a touchdown in college.

I know it's college, but that's serious for a linebacker. He could be great. But he was the kind of dude who couldn't stay out of trouble.

I know Marvin Lewis tried to get through to Odell. They tried again and again, but he couldn't do it. By his second year, he got suspended by the league for four games.

Then he got arrested and he was suspended for the whole season. He got suspended again in and again in The dude is a wreck, it's just really sad. That's a guy who doesn't have the skills to see the big picture. I'm not ripping him, I'm explaining what happens to so many guys, like the guys I grew up with who could have been great athletes. They could have been Michael Phelps. Coaches would instruct Ochocinco on how to run a route, only to have him forget minutes later.

And that's definitely something that's unique about our offense. Ochocinco was hampered by last year's lockout and forced to absorb former coordinator Bill O'Brien's system on the fly. He made strides late in the year, but with Josh McDaniels taking over for O'Brien, Ochocinco was behind the curve again this offseason. This is not the Cincinnati Bengals. Much is asked of Patriots wideouts , both on the field and in weekly preparation for the opponent.

One week, you're at the center of the game plan; the next you're a decoy. They've proven they can roll with the system and Tom Brady feels comfortable with them.

Ochocinco never developed that connection with his quarterback. RT Holyfieldtrey : ochocinco how did you get over ankle sprains the fastest? I'm good now, I soaked my ankle in warm urine for 15 minutes. RT simonphilibert1 : How's the injury ochocinco? Hope it's not too serious..

Soak it in warm urine, that's what I did instead of ice, next day you'll be fine. My grandma always made me soak my ankle in warm urine RT veronicaromm : ochocinco I sprained my ankle today. Soak your feet in warm urine RT KplusKplusV : ochocinco I've had a migraine for the past 2 days, any suggestions or home remedies?

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