Out of bounds kicks and kicks that fall short of the yard line will result in an illegal procedure penalty, which will take the ball all the way out to the kicking team's yard line You can read more about all the weird new rules in the XFL by clicking here. If Johnson has a good tryout, the league should think about signing him, even if he's not necessarily the best kicking option available.
Johnson would bring in a lot of free publicity for the first-year league, which is exactly what the XFL should be shooting for, especially since the league only lasted a single season during its first go-around in By John Breech. Jan 14, at pm ET 3 min read. Johnson tweeted out on Tuesday that he's got a tryout scheduled in Houston on Jan. View this post on Instagram. Our Latest Stories Raiders vs.
When Johnson, who'd already nicknamed himself "Ocho Cinco," actually changed his legal name to "Chad Javon Ochocinco" in , it was on the eve of his worst season as a professional.
With Palmer out due to injury, Johnson only mustered 53 catches for a paltry yards. That didn't stop Johnson from throwing himself into his Twitter account in , or from immediately bouncing back to Pro Bowl form.
Still, even as his professional career seemed to be back on track, distractions continued to weigh him down. There was the lawsuit from a car dealer after, Johnson claimed, he co-signed on a loan for a relative who failed to make the payments. In , Johnson and fellow controversialist Terrell Owens fulfilled their mutual dream of starring in their own reality show, but The T.
Ocho Show was a massive bust. Worse yet, as Johnson spent more time working on his stardom, his on-field game suffered. His once-tight bond with Palmer had been publicly unraveling since when the two had a visible on-field disagreement over a critical interception.
Johnson, not for the first or last time, ran a poor or wrong route and was slow to take responsibility. Though his performance wasn't worthy of a contract, Johnson was named an "honorary" member of the squad, per Randy Covitz of The Kansas City Star. Turns out Johnson wouldn't be a real Cincinnati Bengal for long, either.
Watch: Demario Davis gets his Saints teammates hyped up before Titans kickoff. Saints announce uniform combo for Week 10 vs. Titans Saints announce uniform combo for Week 10 vs. Taysom Hill's concussion in Week 5 may still be shaping Saints' decisions. Taysom Hill says he has a minute memory gap after scary concussion Taysom Hill says he has a minute memory gap after scary concussion. Still, the Dolphins were interested enough in him to bring him in for a tryout.
The Fins would be wise to pass on Ochocinco altogether and work on developing the guys they have on the roster currently. There's no reason for them to add a year-old like Ochocinco with diminishing skills who probably can't contribute much in the way of statistics.
Ochocinco was supposed to be a key piece that would help the New England Patriots over the hump and back to championship form.
He wasn't anything close to that.
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