Cincinnati Bengals great T. J. Houshmandzadeh had some high praise for current wideout Tyler Boyd recently.
After Boyd showed up at Bengals practices and gave a great reason for doing so, Houshmandzadeh had a chat with Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com about the slot receiver.
Interstingly, Houshmandzadeh pushed back against the idea that Boyd is merely a “reliable” player.
“To me, you say ‘reliable,’ and that doesn’t give him enough credit,” Houshmandzadeh said. “It kind of discredits him. It’s a putdown. He’s better than reliable. He’s a good receiver. He knows how to run good routes. He’s got really good size. If he doesn’t get hurt, the Bengals go to the Super Bowl again.”
Tucked into that comment is Houshmandzadeh agreeing with Boyd’s idea that the team might have beaten the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC title game for the second year in a row if he hadn’t suffered an injury early.
Houshmandzadeh also offered this fun perspective on Boyd’s place in the current Zac Taylor program: “He was part of the turnaround. He was part of the good, the bad and now this run. I like him a lot. He doesn’t get the credit he deserves.”
Boyd is indeed one of the last guys from the rebuild era of these modern Bengals who has pretty much seen everything, bottom to top.
We’ll have to see if Boyd will remain with the Bengals beyond 2023, but there’s zero debate about the validity of Houshmandzadeh’s comments and Boyd’s place in this modern era of Bengals history.
