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Marvin Lewis has molded the 2009 Bengals into a team that reflects his personality.

It was the only time all day when - no matter how hard he tried - he just couldn't come up with the play.

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.

With the Bengals hosting their third straight game at Paul Brown Stadium 1 p.m. Sunday in a pivotal AFC North match against the Ravens, the National Weather Service in Wilmington, Ohio is calling for no chance of rain with partly sunny skies and game-time temperatures in the mid 60s with winds out of the south at about 10 miles per hour.

All indications are theya ll be ready for the next game. Safety Roy Williams , who they think can play next week in the 1 p.m. home game against Baltimore, rested his forearm again.

It is not official until next week, but head coach Marvin Lewis said Monday heading into this week's bye that he thinks rookie right tackle Andre Smith and safety Roy Williams are going to be probable for the Nov.

If Greg Olsen could choose to have a super power, chances are he would not choose to be invisible.

Nine Cincinnati starters were sent packing by their previous teams. And boy, are the Bengals glad.

When the defense allows the opponent to go up and down the field and score on the first seven possessions of the game, it's hard to focus too much on the offense.

Those who live and die with the Bengals couldna t be too surprised how this one came out.

After his defense was carved up for 472 yards by Houston last week, Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer is dealing with many of the same problems as the offense.

A happy and indefinable alchemy has pushed the Cincinnati Bengals to four wins in five games.

There are NFL receivers, and there is Andre Johnson. For all the Bengals success against opponents' No.

But if the Bengals are to get a fifth win Sunday against the Texans, theya ve got to rely as much on rookie cornerback Morgan Trent and the guy that Trent calls a oeOld Man Crocker,a safety Chris Crocker .

Carson Comeback struck again Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium with the Bengals' third straight last-second victory, 17-14 over the Ravens.

A quick check of the standings in the NFL's AFC North reveals the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers are right where everyone thought they would be ... ah, wait a minute.

BALTIMORE - The man everyone wanted to talk to declined politely to speak. That was fine.

CLEVELAND _ The Bengals secondary, so good in the first two games, has direct orders not to repeat last Sundaya s first-half performance against the Steelers.

We don't scoreboard watch with the NFL. We schedule watch. This game, that stretch of games.

CLEVELAND -- It was a game they completely deserved to lose. They ended up winning with the legs of Carson Palmer and Robert Geathers.