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Ochocinco Scores, but No Sombrero

Dec 13, 2009 – 6:40 PM
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Dan Graziano

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Chad OchocincoMINNEAPOLIS -- Oh man, you're not going to believe what Chad Ochocinco did this time. The Bengals' loud, flamboyant wide receiver caught a 15-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter of the Bengals' loss to the Vikings, and then he went to the sideline and ... shook his coach's hand. And -- ready for this? -- talked to his quarterback about the play!

Seriously, what gives? How's the league going to fine a guy for acting as if he's actually scored a touchdown before?

"You know I wasn't going to do anything," Ochocinco explained. "We weren't winning. We were losing at that time, so that really wasn't my focal point right then."

It was a humble Esteban who spoke in the wake of the Bengals' humbling 30-10 loss at Minnesota. Earlier in the week, he had spoken of messing with Ragnar, the dude who dresses like a Viking, blows the horn and rides the motorcycle around the field before Vikings home games. And he did actually speak with Ragnar as he was leaving the field after the game ended. But having just been drubbed by the Vikings, Ochocinco was in no position to trash-talk.

"He signed a horn for me," Ochocinco said of Ragnar. "So that was pretty cool."

Other than the touchdown, the most noise Ochocinco made in this game was when he went up for a catch near the goal line in the fourth quarter and got clocked by the Vikings' Cedric Griffin. Ochocinco's helmet came off, Griffin was flagged for unnecessary roughness and the fact that the face mask of his helmet nicked his nose on the way off was what really worried Ochocinco.

"I'm trying to preserve my sexy, and he messed up my nose," Ochocinco explained. "When the helmet came off, the face mask tapped my nose. But I still look good."
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