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It’s not quite Joe Namath guaranteeing victory before Super Bowl III, but these days, whenever anyone associated with the Cincinnati Bengals promises anything positive, it’s newsworthy.
Bengals wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh told Adam Schefter of NFL Network that his team, currently 0-8, will not finish this season 0-16.
“If the season ends and we don’t win a game,” Houshmandzadeh said, “I will walk from my house to the NFL Network studios.”
That would be Houshmandzadeh’s off-season residence in Cerritos, located about 27 miles from the NFL Network studios in Culver City, not his in-season home in Cincinnati.
“I never thought about if we will go 0-16,” he said. “It never crossed my mind until you said it and asked me the question.”
No word yet if any Detroit Lion is willing to make the same wager.

Trivia time
The Bengals made their debut as an American Football League expansion team 40 years ago. What was their record in their first season?

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