CP3 pep talk spurred UC Riverside buzzer beater

T.J. Houshmandzadeh has been in recent Bengals-related news for the work he has done with John Ross this offseason. He obviously is best known as the team’s former star wide receiver from 2001-08. Houshmandzadeh was part of one of the best new millennium Bengals’ teams in 2005 that was cut short due to a Carson Palmer injury. However, not even five years before that, the Bengals’ franchise was in a much different state, according to Houshmandzadeh. In an interview with Colin Cowherd, Houshmandzadeh opened up about how horrific the conditions were early in his career with the Bengals, which doesn’t come as much of a surprise when you remember who owns the team and other similar stories we’ve heard