While this combination is not as scary as it would have been five years ago, the entertainment value is perhaps twice as high. Here's what I'll be looking forward to seeing from the 1-2? 1A-1B? combination next year. None of which have anything to do with their on the field performance.
1) The Introduction - It's imperative that Cincinnati hosts a welcoming rally, a la the one given to Wade, James, and Bosh in Miami. It doesn't have to involve the fireworks and the rest of the pageantry that went into Miami's, it is Cincinnati, after all. Consider the situations, they're very similar (just play along). You have the superstar face of the franchise (Ochocinco, Wade), the ring chasing sidekick (Owens, James), and the third guy who clearly isn't as good as the first two, but things look better in threes (Bryant, Bosh).
Watching James, Wade, and Bosh strut around on stage provided enough comedy for the entire offseason. Now imagine that with players who are actually funny and have engaging personalities. This idea can't lose.
2) Carson Palmer Reality TV Show - Set it up like The Bachelor. Line up Ochocinco, Owens, Bryant, Cedric Benson, and a fifth random offensive player. Palmer has only one football and he has to choose which player he wants to give it to. This would probably work best in 15 minute special every Sunday morning as part of ESPN's NFL Countdown.
Palmer could whittle the contestants down to two and then leave it at a cliffhanger. The last player standing would be the player who the offensive game plan would revolve around that week. Just before the game, reveal that player, and see if the prediction holds up in the game.
3) Miami Heat vs. Cincinnati Bengals 3 on 3 - Ochocinco has already proposed the idea to James and Wade via Twitter. Set up a one hour special where the three players on each team can face off in both basketball and football. I'd be interested in seeing how the football portion of the show worked out. LeBron (a high school All-American wide receiver) and Wade can move pretty well laterally, and are anywhere from 2 to 4 inches taller than who ever they would be matched up against. Add that to the fact that Ochocinco would probably have to play quarterback, and the Heat would have a chance in both sports.
4) TD Celebration - It's impossible to predict some of the epic touchdown celebrations Ochocinco and Owens could come up with when they put their heads together. They would be on the level of Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David in the war room brainstorming Seinfeld episodes.
All I want to see is one or the other alley-oop the football for the other to dunk over the goal post. In fact, I expect them to create a bunch of tandem celebrations. We may be in for a new era of touchdown celebrations, depends if they actually score touchdowns.
5) The Creation of Some New Vegas Odds - I'm not a betting man, so I'm not exactly aware of the different odds that Vegas offers. However, I feel confident that there's no over/under for total team fines in one year? Or an over/under for total team penalty yards? The NFL will surely be keeping an eye out for any celebrations remotely resembling "excessive" from these two. T.O. is only making 2-4 million this year, he may need his partner in crime to donate him so money.
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