. >> and he was really chad johnson. what do you think about his prediction?> i think because they're playing in the same division as the super bowl champion and other quality football teams i don't think they'll make the playoffs. i think they'll be a 7-9 team, but that's a huge bump up from where they finished last year. >> chad made his prediction a few hours later on "nfl live." mike golic said the bengals were going to have a hard time making it to the playoffs and young chad had an exception. which brings us to our tweet of the day -- ochocinco explaining why he uses twitter to express himself. >> i just wanted to address it. now to have a way to reach out to all the sportscasters in the media world this, twitter thing, i'm really loving is, just letting them know how i feel sometimes. it's outright ridiculous. he has the world at my hand by working at espn but i also have the world at my hand now by being able to tweet. he can say how he feels and i can say how i feel. the first thing that came to my mind, i've been doing all this training so why not le

. >> the bengals receiver formerly known as chad johnson is trying to put his controversial past behindim. thursday marked the opening of mandatory mini camp. and optimism was high. number 85 promises big things in '09. today he said the bengals will make the playoffs. that's right, make the playoffs. >> he says he can spell euphoria. >> j.w. stewart will have these stories. now that you're up to speed, nadal looking forward to wimbledon, maybe, and announcer: want a four-star hotel at a two-star price? go to hotwire.com. when four-star hotels have unsold rooms, they use hotwire to fill them... so you get the lowest prices on four-star hotels, guaranteed. ♪ h-o-t-w-i-r-e ♪ hotwire.com

the player formerly known as chad johnson happy to be back in cincy.this earlier today when he arrived in his locker room: apparently fame equated to your name being on the locker. all right, and terrell owens back in practice with the bills. owens and co-wide receiver lee evans running every route in the playbook with buffalo quarterback trent edwards, working hard to become comfortable with his two main receivers. t.o. said after practice he's ready to put last season and his past mistakes behind him. >> you know, i'm a professional, and, you know, you should go in the game every game prepared and, you know, there were some drop, and that's just part of it. but i'm pretty sure i would assess my performance and say, i could have played better, but that wasn't the case. there's no pressure on me at all. i know what i'm capable of. i'm very thankful and gracious for the opportunity the bills have given me, and i'm going to embrace it. i feel good. you know, i can play this game, and i know here, turk is going to throw the ball down the field. i feel ver