Despite a season of reduced productivity (and roughly normal complaining), receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh hopes to extend his time with the Ravens beyond one season.
Houshmandzadeh told Adam Schein and Rich Gannon of Sirius NFL Radio that the veteran wideout who joined the team after being cut by the Seahawks in early September hopes to return.
“I really, really, really enjoyed my time there,” Houshmandzadeh said, via the Baltimore Sun. “You will never hear me say anything bad about the Baltimore Ravens. It was an unbelievable experience for me. Obviously things didn’t go the way I would have liked. But from top to bottom, unbelievable, man, the way they treat you, the way they run things, it is unbelievable. The things you hear about it, about the Baltimore Ravens organization, is true. I couldn’t believe the way they treated me and just the way they treat everybody there. It’s an unbelievable experience.”
And in assessing the team’s chances of getting to the Super Bowl, Houshmandzadeh acknowledged his responsibility for killing the team’s chances in the 2010 playoffs with a key dropped pass.
“If we make a play here or a play there, get one bounce here or there last year, one catch here or there, meaning myself, things can be different,” he said. “If I catch the ball there’s no guarantee that we’re gonna go down and score. It just gives us an opportunity to continue that drive. But great team. It’s the environment there why they’re always successful. And you can watch on TV and hear you guys talk and you say, ‘Well this team can’t win.’ Until you’re on the team you never realize what you guys are talking about, until you’re on a team like that, an organization, you don’t realize what it’s like and you see why they’re always good.”
In 2010, Houshmandzadeh caught 30 passes for 398 yards and three touchdowns, the lowest output since his rookie season in Cincinnati.
