Cincinnati Bengals: Carson Palmer, Chad Ochocinco and Other Bengal Stories

The Cincinnati Bengals ditched Bob Bratkowski in favor of Jay Gruden, whose new offense will catapult the Bengals into the Super Bowl in 2012.

As interesting as that is, the focus here is on the other stories that don't get as much coverage.

No need to surf the web for those Cincinnati Bengals stories.

They're all right here.

1. Carson Palmer Will Retire

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CINCINNATI - DECEMBER 26: Carson Palmer #9 of the Cincinnati Bengals throws a pass during the NFL game against the San Diego Chargers at Paul Brown Stadium on December 26, 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Bengals 34-20. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

Carson Palmer is still on track to retire. His house in Cincinnati is up for sale.

This article pretty much sums it up. Palmer has earned plenty of money and is not coming back to the Bengals.

The off-season should be interesting.

2. Carson Palmer Stats

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BALTIMORE, MD - JANUARY 2: Carson Palmer #9 of the Cincinnati Bengals passes against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium on January 2, 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens lead the Bengals 6-0 at the half. (Photo by Larry French/Getty Images)

CBSSports.com has a pretty informative web site called rapid reports where you can find interesting nuggets like this:

Carson Palmer "threw the most passes in Bengals history this season (586), but 3.4 percent were intercepted (20). Seven QBs with at least 250 attempts endured a higher percentage. He also ranked 21st in passer rating on third down (72.6)."

These facts won't save the world, but they will help quench your thirst for Bengals news.

3. Madieu Williams

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN - DECEMBER 05: Madieu Williams #20 of the Minnesota Vikings against the Buffalo Bills at the Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome on December 5, 2010 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)

Former Bengal Madieu Williams was named Walter Payton Man of the Year before the Super Bowl.

You can read more about Williams' charitable works here.

Way back in 2004, the Cincinnati Bengals drafted Williams in the second round. He finished the 2004 season with 103 tackles. He was hurt for most of 2005, but came back in 2006 with 90 tackles and 74 in 2007.

Williams then went on to the Minnesota Vikings.

Williams is a guy the Bengals should have kept around.

4. Chad Ochocinco And The OCNN

Chad Ochocinco

This isn't news or anything, but Chad Ochocinco has his own social media network with Motorola called OCNN (Ocho Cinco News Network).

Ochocinco attended commissioner Roger Goodell's press conference as a reporter for the OCNN.

Here is how it turned out.

5. Revis Wants Ochocinco To Join The Jets

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ARLINGTON, TX - FEBRUARY 01: NFL player Chad Johnson on the field during Super Bowl XLV Media Day ahead of Super Bowl XLV at Cowboys Stadium on February 1, 2011 in Arlington, Texas. The Pittsburgh Steelers will play the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XL

New York Jets star cornerback Darrelle Revis says here that he would like Chad Ochocinco to join his team.

If anyone knows about receivers, it would be a cornerback.Especially one of the best cornerbacks in the league like Revis.

On the other hand, this could be a publicity stunt.

Like Ochocinco, Revis is sponsored by Motorola and is part of the OCNN.

6. Crook Pretends To Be a Bengal

Bengals cheerleader

According to this, some dude pretended to be a Cincinnati Bengals football player at a nightclub. He was able to steal $500 from a woman in a scam.

He probably chose the Bengals for his scam because nobody would believe he played for any other team.