The Bengals may be forced to use the franchise tag on T.J. Houshmandzadeh at a cost of at least $8 million for 2009. "I don't know how I can put this," Houshmandzadeh said. "Would I be happy with it? Yeah, because it's a lot of money. But would I be happy with it? No, I wouldn't. I don't know if that makes sense. "It's going to be my ninth year (in 2009). I didn't play (much) my first three, so I look at it as being my sixth year. You just want to know what's going to happen. If you get a franchise, they want to keep you for one year and that's it. It'd be cool, but it wouldn't be cool." RealGM Note: Houshmandzadeh is ranked 12th amongst wide receivers and 'deserves' to make about $6.3 million, giving him a Reina Value of +71%.