 WLWT - Bengals' Coach Marvin Lewis was frank when a reporter asked about a rumor that the San Francisco 49ers want to trade for receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh.
“Boy, that’s a bad rumor, huh?” Lewis said. “No. 1, you’re going to get a club in trouble for tampering. That club has already been penalized once this year, very harshly."
"No. 2, what club in its right mind would trade for a player that’s going to be an unrestricted free agent?" Lewis continued. "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.”
"If I'm here, I'm here. I would think I would be. And if I'm not, can't really do much about it, so, just play, you know?" Houshmandzadeh said. [READ] |
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