[Bengals] Marvin Lewis Dispels Any T.J. Houshmandzadeh Trade Rumors

Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis dumped a bucket of ice water on a hot topic: the possible trade of wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh. A story that surfaced on Tuesday, Oct. 7 — that the San Francisco 49ers could have interest in acquiring Houshmandzadeh from the Bengals before the Oct. 14 NFL trade deadline — got derailed before it gained any more steam. "Boy, that's a bad rumor, huh?" Lewis said on Wednesday. "Number one, you're going to get a club in trouble for tampering. That club has already been penalized once this year, very harshly. (The 49ers forfeited their fifth-round draft pick in an NFL sanction for tampering with Chicago linebacker Lance Briggs.) Number two, what club in its right mind would trade for a player that's going to be an unrestricted free agent? Again, if you're going to start a rumor, make it a good one. OK? Make it something that makes some sense to people inside the NFL. It's unfortunate."

Source: Dayton Daily News

[ketbuckfan]

Hopefully Cincinnati can re-sign him in the off season. Lewis says they wont trade him but hell Mike Brown may have something working behind the scenes kind of like the re-signing of Chris Henry.