Whether its from racing a horse, putting a football with a pylon, grabbing a sign from the stands that says, "Dear NFL, Please don't fine me again!", or simply the fact that he actually changed his name from Chad Johnson to Chad OchoCinco...legally.
The point is, OchoCinco loves having fun and the fans love it too...under one stipulation:
He lights it up on the gridiron.
In the 2009 season, he has done just that. But it has not always been that way.
In the 2008 season, OchoCinco was practically non-existent. After being deemed as a "cancer" to the Cincinnati Bengals organization, it seemed as if his team had given up on him. Talks of trade loomed large and it seemed as if OchoCinco would soon be a Bengal no more.
OchoCinco himself even declared he wanted to be traded before the 2008 NFL Draft. It turned out that he was not traded and soon after the Bengals started their season 0-8. OchoCinco ended the 2008 season with just 53 catches and 540 yards, an absolutely terrible season for the star wide receiver. Suddenly, his comedic antics on and off the field didn't seem to amuse the team and the fans anymore.
But that was 2008.
This 2009 season is a complete turn around for OchoCinco and his Cincinnati Bengals.
He has already amassed more yards and touchdowns than in 2008 and is only a few catches behind. Along with his turnaround the Bengals are off to a shocking 7-2 start and a 5-0 record in their division, which also gives them first place in the AFC North. Their highlights of the season so far are two strong wins over the defending Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers.
With all this winning the Bengals are doing, it is only fitting for OchoCinco's antics to surface once again. So far this season, he has done such things as:
-paying for a group of Bengals fans to fly to Lambeau Field in Green Bay an sit in the front row so when he scores a touchdown in the game he can perform the "Lambeau Leap" into them.
-sending deodorant to the Baltimore Raven's.
-wanting to send the Pittsburgh Steelers mustard.
-and most recently he jokingly tried to "bribe" an NFL referee $1.00 to call a catch in his favor, which he later was fined $20,000 for.
The point is, when the Bengals are winning and OchoCinco is lighting it up on the field, not only are his antics amusing but they bring a whole new aspect to the NFL: ENTERTAINMENT.
NFL, leave OchoCinco alone, your only making the unwanted nickname of the "No Fun League" more plausible.
Child please.
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