It’s not exactly Barack Obama raising his right hand in front of 2 million on the Capitol steps. But when T.J. Houshmandzadeh does it, the entire nation of Bengaldom has nothing to fear but fear itself.
“Right hand to God. You know I’d tell you the truth,” Houshmandzadeh says. “I didn’t know the Bengals had so many good players. I was shocked. I was genuinely shocked with the amount of players on this team that can play. It’s really unbelievable.”
After helping coach his old team during six practices in the last two weeks as an intern, Houshmandzadeh approaches sacrilegious grounds when he says this offense can surpass the numbers of his 2005 group that pulled off a brazen assault on the club record book.