The Daily Philadelphian

Chad Ochocinco is no stranger to news. He usually makes the news with his mouth and his end zone antics.

Recently, he voiced a desire to break the news via his Twitter account. He said he’d deliver actual news about his Bengals and other teams around the league. The idea was to cut out the ESPNs of the world, referring to them simply as “the middle man.”

Chad Ochocinco has yet to deliver anything close to news via the OCNN.

Ochocinco dubbed the initiative the OCNN — The Ochocinco News Network. The idea was creative and, if it’s more than just a publicity stunt, it could work. If nothing else, it could be a one-stop shop for all fantasy leaguers searching for information when planning their weekly line-ups.

Based on the first two weeks, the OCNN is a dud.

The first week, Ochocinco was on a bye. Seemed like the perfect opportunity to use his spare time to make some calls and come up with some “insider” news.

Unless you cared that the man was in New York or Miami, or couldn’t find a plane ticket to Green Bay to watch Favre return to Lambeau on Sunday morning, you were out of luck. The man gave us nothing.

Now, he may have trouble getting news about other teams because coaches and players don’t want to divulge any secrets, especially to an opposing player. Also, if a player divulges information to Ochocinco, a coach may be able to track the source simply by knowing who is friends with No. 85.

Ok, so now we get to week 2 of the OCNN and the Bengals were back to prepping for a game. At the very least, you could expect some breaking news about the surprising first place Bengals who sit at 5-2 entering their game against Ray Lewis, Joe Flacco and the Ravens this Sunday.

We got nothing. Not an injury update. Not a post-practice Tweet. Nothing.

Early Thursday morning, here is what the OCNN delievered:

OCNN breaking news–top of the morning to you all who’ve missed the early 5 am alarm,its not to late to get the worm,even though its biten

A few minutes later, we actually did get some actual NFL talk.

OCNN Topic of the Day–Is Roy Williams argument about being The #1 reciever but #2 Miles Austin is getting all the balls legit?

OCNN–this is one reason why there are rarely two extremely talented recievers on the same team,on ball,one QB=controversy at some point

With Housh and I there was no true #1,there were plays where Carson was comfortable throwing to me n plays he trusted Housh,we were open24/7

The skill level from #1 to #2 doesn’t fall of that much unless you are exceptional gifted so the trust the QB has in you makes you the #1

That was your breaking news football talk this week. And, unless you care about what 85 has to eat the night before the game, or what he wears on his way to the stadium, the OCNN isn’t going to deliver anything.