Chad and T.J. on NFL Network

Bengals wide receivers Chad Johnson and T.J. Houshmandzadeh with NFL Network analyst Jamie Dukes on "Put Up Your Dukes" today.

Jamie: Let's talk about Madden (video game) for a minute. We're all Madden fans, you guys play Madden and my understanding is that one of the guys from the Cincinnati team wants to trade Madden teams.

T.J. Houshmandzadeh: Uh ... I don't know if it works like that. We'll see … we'll see if they allow you to trade your team.

Jamie: I think his rating wasn’t high enough in the Madden game and so the people weren't being appreciative of his Madden skill set.

T.J.: Right.

Jamie: And so I think he's feeling under appreciated.

T.J.: If that’s the case, everybody knows how one feels so we'll see what happens. It's out of their control and we'll see. Wherever the ship takes you, that's where you go.

Jamie: But you're not going to allow him to just change Madden teams, are you?

T.J.: It's out of my control. I can't control that. I have no say-so, no control whatsoever, so you just to go out there and do what you do and whatever happens, happens.

Jamie (to Chad): Let’s talk about your Madden game, the rating. Is it not high enough, or what's the deal?

Chad Johnson: I think on Madden the ratings go up to a "99," am I correct?

Jamie: Right.

Chad: And as of last year I was a "98," so I'm one off of perfection, you know. That perfection has not been good enough in real life because I haven't gotten my team to the playoffs since 2005, I haven't gotten us to Super Bowl contention since 2001, so in other words … it is what it is.

Jamie: Do you think that just the two of you and Carson (Palmer), is that enough?

Chad: I don’t know if it's enough. I'm not sure if I'm really the solution to getting us there, you know? So far I've just really been the problem. But we have ample time to fix the problem and find a solution.

Jamie (to T.J.): Are you surprised to hear that potentially (Chad) is the problem – in perception?

T.J.: I'm not surprised by anything. Perception is reality so … I talk to Chad all the time, so I kind of know what's coming so it doesn’t surprise me. Again, whatever you can control, you can control. If it happens, it happens and will be the best for everybody and if it doesn’t, you go play.

Jamie (to T.J.): But you go out on Sunday, you watch the film, you watch tape, you know what's going on, and to see and hear what's heard and the media reports talking about this and that and they don't make any sense … that's got to be frustrating.

T.J.: I mean, you just wonder where it comes from. It has to start somewhere –

Chad: A prominent source.

T.J.: That's, that's the thing –

Chad: A prominent source within the organization. Prominent.

Jamie: You think, really?

Chad: Prominent.

T.J.: As for whoever has the "prominent source," I don’t know –

Jamie (to Chad): You believe it's really coming from within?

Chad: I think whatever happens in house gets out. That prominent source, you know. But the question will always remain, regardless … How do you stop 85? (said in Spanish). Always. (The question) will always remain. Just continue to replay it and let someone else translate it for you.

Jamie: And you think they're stirring the pot within the organization?

Chad: They've been stirring it for 16 weeks. Everybody had something to say for 16 weeks, in house, you know? I don’t know where all those voices are at now. I seem to be the only one speaking out. All those voices that talked for 16 weeks, where's all that man? Now’s the time to let it out.

Jamie: How do you see it playing out?

Chad: There's a man that sits high and there's a man that looks low. And I think he's going to take care of everything the way it's supposed to be taken care of. I've handled my business. I've done what I can do in my way … like Frank Sinatra, in my way. I've done it very well and I've done it consistently. I have not done it perfect, but I've done it consistently at a very high level. I have had a couple wrongs, I have gotten out of line every now and then, but what great one doesn't? What great one is not emotional about what he does, what great one does not have passion about what he does, what great one hates losing? Take those three, think about it, replay it and find me a great one that doesn’t do the same things that I've done in the past and I'll stop playing. Period.

Jamie (to T.J.): Do you see a resolution in sight?

T.J.: It's going to be a resolution whether somebody’s happy or not. A resolution is going to happen. The question is will it be a resolution that will make all parties happy. Of course they'll be a resolution, it has to be. Again, whatever happens, happens. You do what you do and whatever happens, you go with it.