What about Bob?

T.J. Houshmandzadeh, who signed a five-year deal with Seattle in early March, isn't very happy with his video game likeness.

The 31-year old was on with ESPN's Colin Cowherd Monday, and said that he is boycotting "Madden NFL 10" because of what he considered a low player rating for himself. Housh is ranked 91, the sixth-best receiver in the NFC behind Larry Fitzgerald (99), Steve Smith (97), Anquan Boldin (94), Roddy White (93) and Calvin Johnson (92).

Housh, who caught 92 passes for 902 yards and four TDs with the Bengals last season, apparently has low marks in the strength and elusiveness categories. His numbers last year were down from '07, when he caught 112 passes for 1,143 yards and 12 TDs (all career highs).

More importantly, his yards per reception fell from 12.0 in '06 to 10.2 in '07 and finally 9.8 last season. But Housh blamed that on the offense he was in last year, which ranked 30th in passing yards per game.

Said Housh to Cowherd: "I understand I averaged 10 yards a catch, but it's the offense, not me. I'm not playing Madden no more until they get my rating right. ... I used to be the best in the world at Madden. I'm going to miss not playing it, but until they do me right, I'm not playing it any more."

It's pretty funny to me how sour he is over this.

In all, five players received a 99 ranking (none received a 100) — Fitzgerald, Peyton Manning, Troy Polamalu, Ed Reed, Albert Haynesworth. The highest Giant is Chris Snee at 97; the download on ESPN.com had yet to compile the AFC East, so I'm not sure about the highest Jet.

-Chris Mascaro

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