Jungle Noise: Fifth Editition of Cincinnati Bengals News and Notes

OchoCinco Arrives in Cincinnati

Chad OchoCinco showed up to Cincinnati on Tuesday. Chad was not expected to show up until next week’s minicamp in Georgetown, KY.

Chad showed up with tattoos on his cheek bones, on the right side he has two crosses, on the left the state of Florida.

It was later revealed that it was a gag that the receiver was pulling on the media and later told them they were not real tattoos.  

It seems if Chad has mended fences early with Head Coach Marvin Lewis, after practice Chad was seen with his arm around his head coach.

Chris Henry on ESPN’s First Take

Chris Henry appeared on ESPN’s First Take, in the interview he discussed the transformation of who he was, to who he is now.

In his own words, he said I am a completely different person than in the past, I am concentrating on being a professional athlete and working as hard as I can.

Let’s all hope that this is the start of a new Chris Henry, with his old talent for stretching the field and finding the ball.

Sanchez Sets the Stage for Smith Deal

Everyone thought the Bengals were going to run into problems signing Andre Smith because of quarterback Mark Sanchez being selected fifth in this year’s NFL draft.

Everyone was thinking that Sanchez would want No. 2 or No. 3 money, and thus give Smith’s agent more bargaining power.

However the power seems to have transferred back to the Bengals with the Sanchez signing.

Now the Bengals have the Sanchez deal, and last year’s sixth pick Vernon Ghloston’s deal serving as a nice place to start talking realistic numbers.

Hall’s DUI Dropped to Reckless Operation

As reported in the last edition of Jungle Noise, Leon Hall had his charge of DUI dropped to a lesser charge of reckless op.

With the judge’s ruling in, I can only speculate on the punishment from the NFL.

Now even if this was a DUI, the NFL does not usually suspend first-time offenders, usually players are ordered to counseling for first-time alcohol offences.

With that in mind and his charges being reduced, I do not see Commissioner Roger Goodell suspending Hall for any games this season.