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However it should be an interesting matchup between running backs. Cedric Benson is second in the league with 837 yards.

Turns out the Bengals are pretty good copycats. In only half a season, they've changed their identity.

When they left town as 17-14 winners on Oct. 11, the Cincinnati Bengals certainly had the attention of a stunned Baltimore Ravens squad.

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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.

The past two weeks has been somewhat treacherous for the Cincinnati Bengals . Antwan Odom was lost for the year against Houston.

After the win over Pittsburgh last month when Jonathan Fanene walked out of the Bengals locker room, Chris Henry 's little son rushed to him and called, "Uncle, Uncle, where's Daddy?" So Fanene did what he does best and offered a helping hand.

KYLE COOK IS "THE GLUE" THAT KEEPS LINE TOGETHER Before we bring in the NoDoze, pillows and couch for Marvin Lewis' Monday news conference - complete with a round of Mountain Dew - a few words about the Cincinnati Bengals offensive line.

About 2,000 people jammed the Backstage Alley Friday afternoon t o support the Bengalsa effort to raise funds for the victims of the tsunami disaster in American Samoa.

Bears defensive tackle Tommie Harris was inactive for a game against the Bengals after missing practice all week.

Jonathan Fanene knows he has big shoes to fill at defensive end in the Bengals' game against the Chicago Bears on Sunday now that starter Antwan Odom is out for the season because of a torn right Achilles' tendon.

It appears as if Domata Peko will be able to go for Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears.

It was this past summer, and a camera crew for NFL Films and the HBO series ''Hard Knocks'' was following the former Bears defensive tackle around as he prepared for training camp with his new team, the Cincinnati Bengals .

Just when it looked like the Cincinnati Bengals had a constant pass rush for the first time in years, DE Antwan Odom and his eight sacks promptly lands on the IR.

CHICAGO a ' Former Bears running back Cedric Benson sounded like a man looking forward instead of behind until someone pushed his button Wednesday, asking if his former team "blackballed" him.

On Sunday, the Bengals came back down to Earth. After a miraculous four-week run that included an improbable sweep through the division and culminated in an emotionally-taxing week of shock, grief, and jubilation; the luck simply ran out.

Cincinnati Bengals offensive lineman and first round draft pick Andre Smith finally saw the practice field on Wednesday, but his status for Sunday's contest against the Chicago Bears remains unclear.

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.