Rashad Jeanty News

Bengals running back Brian Leonard and defensive tackle Frostee Rucker missed a third straight day of practice and are listed as doubtful for Sunday's game against the Houston Texans at Paul Brown Stadium.

Everybody wants to talk to Cedric Benson these days. Such is life for the NFL's leading rusher and one of the more intriguing candidates for comeback player of the year.

Carson Palmer wore a glove during Wednesday's practice but fully participated in all sessions despite a sprained left thumb.

After sitting out Wednesdaya s practice with a hip issue, Bengals running back Cedric Benson said Thursday hea s fine and ready to go.

Rookie Michael Oher will get his first career start at left offensive tackle as the Ravens have deactivated Jared Gaither for today's game against the AFC North rival Cincinnati Bengals at M&T Bank Stadium .

The Baltimore Ravens will not have Jared Gaither on the field when they play the Cincinnati Bengals today.

The starting strong safety, Roy Williams , went full go and is listed as probable after missing last week.

David Jones has all but returned. He's no longer appearing on injury reports [ UPDATE: Actually Jones did appear on the injury report, but only because of the injury he has been dealing with.

Defensive tackle Tank Johnson, who says he has plantar fasciitis in his foot, and wide receiver Andre Caldwell, who missed the last part of last Sundaya s game with an injured shoulder, worked Wednesday.

The Bengals defense can take solace in the fact that they held a team's top receiver without a reception for the second time in three games.

When Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Rashad Jeanty lost his starting job to rookie Rey Maualuga in training camp, he didn't become a distraction.

The Bengals' hand-crafted lineup knitted one of those efforts Thursday night at Heinz Field that had all the homespun traits of heart and grit.

The City of Miami welcomes you...to bow before its NFL supremacy. That's according to amateur body USA Football -- not, obviously, the Dolphins -- who released some stats this week concerning the provenance of NFL players.

Marvin Lewis should feel more at ease with the team he has reassembled; it's the kind he likes.

Perhaps being filmed by HBO's Hard Knocks crew should have prepared the Cincinnati Bengals for Sunday's season opener.

When the Cincinnati Bengals selected USC linebacker Rey Maualuga in the second-round of the 2009 draft, football enthusiasts knew it was only a matter of time before he cracked the starting lineup.

The player with the most popular jersey at the Bengals Pro Shop will be in the starting lineup on Sunday.

At first the level of experience doesn't seem that much different in 2008 and 2009 when the Bengals cut their roster.

There was a time last spring when Rey Maualuga was, in his own word, bitter. The former University of Southern California linebacker entered the NFL draft with an impressive resume, the top tackler on a unit that led the country in scoring defense with nine points a game.

While his teammates practiced in full pads Sunday, Carson Palmer threw lightly on the side before heading inside to work out with strength and conditioning coach Chip Morton and rehab trainer Nick Cosgray.