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Last year it was Ocho Cinco's trade me-or-trade me rants. This year it is the "crying to get out," phone calls passed on by T.J. Houshmandzadeh. Apparently it doesn't matter. At his pre-draft news conference Tuesday, HC Marvin Lewis reiterated they're not moving him. "I don't know why people continue with the speculation of moving Chad," Lewis said. "Many times we've reiterated, I don't know if we're keeping count on this, Chad's not getting moved."
Reported by Bengals.com
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Lewis went on to suggest that even if the Bengals draft a wide receiver high, he doesn't see them taking "a wide receiver better than Chad. ..." Lewis also said the presence of second-year WRs Jerome Simpson (2nd round) and Andre Caldwell (3rd) won't preclude drafting highly-rated receiver this year but the coach stressed Ocho Cinco's experience and said the draft wouldn't affect his roster status.
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