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Rudi listed as probabale for the Kansas City game.
The Bengals got some good news on Friday. Cincinnati tailback Rudi Johnson had full participation in practice and was upgraded to probable for Sunday's game at Kansas City. Johnson played in 64 straight games until a hamstring strain, suffered at Seattle, caused him to be deactivated against New England in Week 4. He had an early listing of questionable against the Chiefs, but he's healthy enough to answer the 1 o'clock bell at Arrowhead Stadium. Johnson's final carry at Seattle, a 5-yarder in the third quarter, was just enough to lift him past Pete Johnson into third place on the Bengals' career rushing list. Corey Dillon (8,061 yards), James Brooks (6,447) and Rudi Johnson (5,422) top the list, followed by Pete Johnson (5,421) and Harold Green (3,727).
Bengals linebacker says he is getting treatment for alcoholism.
By now, Odell Thurman figured he would be back on a football field to resume his promising career as a linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals. Those around him say he has gained control of his drinking problem. And he has served a yearlong suspension for violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy, a punishment that resulted after he was charged with driving under the influence while already suspended. The Bengals could certainly use him. Their season is on the verge of collapse, partly because their defense is porous.
Instead, Thurman, 24, is at the center of an unusual case that could challenge the sweeping powers the league has to discipline players with substance-abuse problems. He has filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, asserting that the NFL declined to reinstate him because officials believe he is an alcoholic. That, his complaint says, violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, which categorizes people as disabled if they have a record of alcoholism and have received treatment.
Since most readers are clamoring to find out how I spent my bye weekend, I thought I would shed a little light…
Sunday 1:03 p.m. After a night of drinking beverages that are illegal to readers under 21 (for the sake of your long term health, never bet four shots of tequila on USC when they’re down one with 4th and 17 on their own 32 yard line and always bet on the Bearcats), I figure 1 o’clock is the perfect time to wake my self for 11 hours of unabated NFL action. I start by turning on the Browns-Patriots.
With the Bengals, silence can sometimes provide as much information as a monologue. Certainly that's the case with injuries. Coach Marvin Lewis has hammered it into his players' heads that injured players should say as little as possible to reporters. The less said, the greater the odds are that a player won't play.
So when the usually cooperative Rudi Johnson declined comment about his injured hamstring yesterday, it was an ominous sign regarding the running back's chances to play Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs. Johnson did not practice as the Bengals returned from their bye week. Lewis declined to provide a status report on Johnson and the other rehabilitating players, saying he wasn't obligated to until later in the week.
1) I am one of nine Bengals who played at the University of Southern California. 2) I was drafted in the 11th round in 1975. 3) I played safety in uniform number 24 for Cincinnati. 4) I played in the secondary with Lemar Parrish, Ken Riley and Tommy Casanova. 5) I'm currently on the board of the Trojan Football Alumni Club.
Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer feels the fans' agony and wrath, and he wants to ease their pain. The only way to accomplish the feat? Win - starting Sunday at Kansas City. The Chiefs (2-3) have scored only 63 points in five games, and 30 came in a 30-16 victory at San Diego on Sept. 30. The Bengals (1-3) have played one less game than K.C., but they've out-scored the Chiefs, 106-63. Palmer addressed the fans during the club's bye week:
"Our fans...they've been through so much in this city, and so many losing seasons. You love your fans to expect you to win. Our fans expect us to win. They're unhappy when we don't and they should be unhappy when we don't win. We want to do nothing but please them and make them scream on third down when the opposing offense is on the field and root for us when we score. They'll continue to do so and they'll stick by us. "Since I've been here (2005), they've done nothing but stick by us and I don't think anything's going to change. Our fans understand football. It's important to them. This game, this team, they take pride in it. We want to give them something to be proud of. "All we're worried about is getting back to 2-3 and we'll work from there."
The Cincinnati Bengals depleted linebacker corps could receive a much needed jolt with the soon expected return of starting strong-side LB Rashad Jeanty, who has been sidelined with a leg injury. Jeanty is on the mend from a shin injury which required doctors to insert a rod into the leg to stabilize it and help with the healing process. Jeanty's agent, David Canter, said he is cautiously optimistic that his client will get clearance to play next week when the Bengals travel to Kansas City to take on the Chiefs.
"Rashad is dying to get back out there and play," Canter said. "He didn't want to miss a game and gave great consideration to playing with the pain. But obviously I couldn't allow that to happen. It was too much of a risk to play considering the type of injury and especially playing the linebacker position." Canter said that Jeanty is running now and starting to get his wind back working his way toward 100 percent. Although he is making good progress the injury is not one you can rush back from.
The Bengals are down, but they're not out. They still have time to make a postseason push.
History shows eight teams that started 1-3 since 2000 made the playoffs. The odds of making the postseason for 1-4 teams? Not good. Since the current playoff format was instituted in 1990, five of 83 teams (6 percent) made the playoffs from that crippling start — the Chargers (1992), Oilers (1993), Jets and Titans (2002) and Packers (2004).
Here are five things the Bengals can do to turn around their 1-3 record:
Heal, baby, heal: The bye week must be used for more than just soul searching. It's a time for the injury-riddled roster to heal, study film and work on fundamentals. Tackling, anyone?
