Enquirer photographer Michael E. Keating spent Sunday chronicling the colorful similarities between the Bengals and the Browns for this audio slideshow.
The Bengals suffered only two penalties for 10 yards against Pittsburgh, pushing their season total to 43 penalties for 332 yards
"The Violators"
43-322 (through 7 games)
FS Madieu Williams (6-49) — illegal contact, defensive holding, facemask, pass interference; def. delay of game, roughing the passer. LT Andrew Whitworth (4-25) — 3 false starts, holding. CB Blue Adams (2-25) — roughing the passer, illegal block above waist. SS Dexter Jackson (2-20) — unnecessary roughness, offside. RT Willie Anderson (2-15) — holding, false start. QB Carson Palmer (2-15) — delay of game; intentional grounding. FB Jeremi Johnson (2-15) — false start, illegal block above waist. LG Stacy Andrews (2-10) — 2 false starts. LT Levi Jones (2-10) — 2 false starts. DE Justin Smith (2-10) — neutral zone; offside. DE Bryan Robinson (1-15) — unnecessary roughness. TB Kenny Watson (1-15) — illegal chop block. CB Deltha O'Neal (1-12) — facemask. TE Nate Lawrie (1-11) — facemask. TE Reggie Kelly (1-10) — holding. WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh (1-10) — holding. WR Antonio Chatman (1-10) — holding. RG Bobbie Williams (1-5) — false start. DE Robert Geathers (1-5) — offside. RT Scott Kooistra (1-5) — false start. WR Chad Johnson (1-5) — false start. Team defense (2-10) — 12 men on the field (twice). Team offense (4-25) — illegal formation (twice); illegal substitution, holding (unidentified)
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The Bengals' only two victories this season (Baltimore, New York Jets) have come when they wore black jerseys and white pants. The are 0-1 wearing black jerseys and black pants (Pittsburgh); 0-1 in white on black (Seattle); 0-2 in white on white (Cleveland, Kansas City); and 0-1 in orange on white (New England).
COIN TOSS
The Bengals are 1-1 when they win the coin toss (Cleveland-L, N.Y Jets-W). They are 1-4 when they lose the toss. They beat Baltimore in the opener, then lost the toss — and the game — to Seattle, New England, Kansas City and Pittsburgh
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The agent for running back Cedric Benson says his client's work ethic is a classic Midwestern approach and is a good fit for a Cincinnati team in desperate need of backfield depth.
"If you look at his history before the Bears,...
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If Ryan Fitzpatrick gets another shot to start Sunday in Dallas, the Bengals only have to look at their last 19 games to see the road map for getting a victory with a backup quarterback.
In that stretch they've played eight...
Opening comments: ML: My thoughts didn't change much after watching the three phases of the game on video. Sometimes the execution of the offense was not where we needed it to be, and we played pretty well for most of the day on special...
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