Chad being Chad being Ocho being 8 and 5…And I LOVE it!

By now you all have seen Chad Johnson Ocho Cinco 8 & 5 kick the game winning extra point and subsequent kickoff last Thursday in New England.  For those of you who haven’t, go ahead and click play to view it.  Go ahead, I’ll wait.  It’s worth it.

Waiting…..waiting….done?  Alright.

Any of you who follow my work on Fantasy Fooball Trader (Thanks.  Word to ya mutha!) know that I LOVE Ocho.  I actually have taken to referring to him as the conductor on the “Train to Crazyville”.  That’s exactly what he is.  For a guy like me who lives to write sports humor, it doesn’t get any better than Ocho.  It’s not the ridiculousness he can pull on the field either.  Any schmo who can catch a football in the end zone (guess that rules you out Braylon Edwards) can do that.

No.  It’s the inate ability that only a few possess to take that ridiculousness to the higher level. 

In this case, it’s the post game interview that Ocho “conducted” at his locker (where he usually does his best work I might add).  He’s asked about the kick, wherein he launches into a diatribe about being a huge soccer lover, picks up his iPhone and begins thumbing through pics of him and soccer greats, showing them to the media.  But separated in between the soccer picks are Ocho and the Hoochies. 

And this is where his greatness lies.  Most other mortals would’ve either not shown those particular pictures until they could be relocated into a file separate from the hoochie pics, or they would have flown through them at break-neck speed so the camera couldn’t get a good shot.  But does our favorite conductor go that route?  Not in  million freaking years, baby!  He politely issues the “you’re going to have to excuse the girl pictures” to the media, then rolls through them like he’s trolling Miami Beach in his custom Bentley. 

All other pseudo wide-receiver divas take note:  That’s how it’s done!

The transcendence that follows can only be done by our favorite conductor.  Warning:  please don’t try this at home, Ocho is a professional.

He puts the finishing touches on the interview by stating that kicking is like riding off a bike to him; then backs it up with a “like losing my virginity” reference.  Unbelievable.  Losing his virginity, riding a bike and kicking an NFL field goal all on the same exact level.  Like the Commodores sang:  “It’s easy like Sunday morning”.

Classic Ocho Johnson 8 & 5.  God, I’m glad to see the NFL back!