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After Johnson turned Sundaya s game around by tipping a Stafford pass and added an NFL sack of him later in the Bengals 23-13 win over Detroit, Johnson disputed that claim.

The Cincinnati Bengals appear to be taking baby steps inserting rookie third-round draft choice tight end Chase Coffman into the lineup.

The Bengals are 10-2-1 at Paul Brown Stadium in their last 13 against the NFC and are unbeaten in their last three.

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

The Cincinnati Bengals are in first place in the AFC North Division, but it sure doesna t feel like it.

LOSS AND LOSS The Bengals got handled by the Houston Texans 28-17 on Sunday, and in the process probably lost defensive tackle Antwan Odom for the season.

Defensive end Antwan Odom hurt his right Achilles during the play in which the Texans scored their first touchdown.

The Bengals offense has to start scoring in the other 56 minutes of the game and their defense has to stop giving up big plays at any time if this season is going to end up in the playoffs.

With strong sales Wednesday evening and Thursday morning, the Bengals are now holding out hope they can still sell out Sundaya s game against the Texans and lift the TV blackout.

Half Time for the Bengals-Ravens game and what have we learned so far? The most obvious is that the dominant Ravensa TM defense looks to be vulnerable to the pass game the Bengals have thrown at them.

The 3-1 Bengals whoop it up in public proudly now, not only in twos and threes, but en masse, just as they did Tuesday as part of Hometown Huddle Day in NFL cities across the country.

Foschi, not even a Bengal for two months, had been the teama s leading receiver in their latest win with 44 yards on a day The Ocho had two touchdowns.

After having the ball for all but three plays in the first quarter Sunday, the Bengals finally got on the board on their 21st snap with 35 seconds left when wide receiver Chad Ochocinco made a one-handed, pink-gloved grab on quarterback Carson Palmera s five-yard floater in the right corner of the Cleveland Browns Stadium end zone.

From the moment the Cincinnati Bengals break the huddle, Charles Woodson is certain he knows what's coming.

One Steelers player after another is saying it: These aren't the Bengals who have lost their last eight home games against the Steelers.

Rant: The turning point in the game came in the second quarter when the Bengals faced a third and 34 from their own 7. Two plays later they had a first and goal at the Packers' 5 and eventually scored a tying touchdown.

Two weeks and two heart-stoppers for the Bengals. Fortunately for Cincinnati, this one went the Bengals way as Green Bay ran out of time at the Bengals 10 and the Bengals hung on for a 31-24 victory to even their mark at 1-1 on the season.

This is what happens to a Dom Capers' defense when it can't stop the run. The Cincinnati Bengals, no strangers to playing against the 3-4, essentially handicapped the Green Bay Packers' defense, forcing the first-year defensive coordinator to abandon most of his pressure packages because it had no answer for journeyman running back Cedric Benson.

The Bengals offense finally broke out of its doldrums Sunday and despite two Carson Palmer interceptions to cornerback Charles Woodson that turned into touchdowns they went into halftime tied at 21 here at Lambeau Field.

A look at how NFL players will local ties did during the opening weekend of the 2009 season.