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OAKLAND, Calif. - It was the kind of drive that makes old football coaches happy.

CINCINNATI -- Early each morning, Cincinnati Bengals Coach Marvin Lewis leaves his windowless office at Paul Brown Stadium and walks upstairs to the suite of the team's owner, Mike Brown. There, as Lewis gets his first glimpses of the sky and the murky river meandering below, they talk football, with Brown asking dozens of questions and Lewis doing his best to answer them.

It is not as if Brown and Lewis don't get along. They do. After all Brown has kept Lewis as his coach for seven seasons even though the team has not won a playoff game in that time. And it is not as if the Bengals are a dysfunctional organization in the way of, say, the Redskins or the Oakland Raiders. There is no chaos.

Coming into 2009, the Ravens had the third-best home-field record stretching back to 1999 at .700, followed by the Steelers at .669. The Packers were in a clump of teams at sixth at .650. And not only that, the Bengals offensive line graded out with no mental mistakes and didna t have a penalty last Sunday in the din of the second biggest crowd ...

Jettisoned from Kansas City, Larry Johnson will try to resurrect his career in Cincinnati.

Cincinnati Bengals' Bobbie Williams leaves Heinz Field after a 18-12 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in an NFL football game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Nov.

With the game on the line and the Steelers ' defense in dire need of a stop to have any chance at a victory, the last thing they expected was for the Cincinnati offense to shove the ball down their throats.

The Cincinnati Bengals made all the experts look like fools. Everybody had picked the Steelers to mow over the Bengals at Heinz Field.

This one is going to be debated hotly through the hills and valleys of Bengaldom.

Cincinnati Bengals' Bobbie Williams leaves Heinz Field after a 18-12 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in an NFL football game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Nov.

PITTSBURGH _ Special teams coach Darrin Simmons told the team on Wednesday that this game was setting up just like the 2005 game in Pittsburgh that the Bengals won, 38-31, to win the AFC North.

Cincinnati guard Bobbie Williams and the Bengals lead the AFC North after Sunday's win over the Steelers.

PITTSBURGH -- It's always Pittsburgh. In Cincinnati, no pro football conversation of substance can occur that does not include Pittsburgh.

Each week, we come to the stadium expecting a leak or a crack or a sign of a relapse, and each week we are wrong.

It was textbook Baltimore Ravens football. Pound the ball on offense with a straight-ahead rushing attack.

Seventh-year pro has played in Games 2-3 on special teams ... Inactive for Game 1 vs.

You know you got to go through hell Before you get to heaven --Steve Millera s "Jet Airliner" Bengals-Ravens, 1 p.m. Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium.

Q: You said, "A theme of the bye week is going to be how surprisingly well the offensive line has played." I for one am not surprised.

's mind. Or so the Bengals running back said after running for a career-high 189 yards in Cincinnati's 45-10 victory over the Chicago Bears .

The pass was perfect. Easy touchdown. And it was just getting started. For the first time in years, Palmer had his way for an entire game, one that felt like a flashback.

Cincinnati quarterback Carson Palmer put together one of the best performances of his career Sunday against the Bears.