Shayne Graham News

OAKLAND - Let them loiter long enough, fate will drop a quarter in their cup. Fumble enough - does five times qualify? - violate enough rules, play long enough like you're the team with seven losses in nine games, and the real losers of seven out of nine will find some inspiration in their desperation.

Cincinnati Bengals kicker Shayne Graham After last weekend's 20-17 loss to the Oakland Raiders , Cincinnati Bengals fans have recently expressed their frustration with kicker Shayne Graham, who missed a 37-yard field goal in the third quarter.

The Cincinnati Bengals have received the Ohio State Highway Patrol's 2009 Partners for Safety Award.

In their first time as an overwhelming favourite, the first-place Cincinnati Bengals fell flat.

It was a long trip back to Cincinnati. It was already a five hour flight, but the circumstances of late Sunday afternoon made it feel like a lifetime.

After two straight big divisional wins over Baltimore and Pittsburgh the last two weeks, the Bengals suffered a major letdown Sunday by letting the Oakland Raiders score 10 unanswered points in the last 33 seconds to steal a 20-17 win.

Unofficially, it is all but certain he will not play. That leaves three backs to split the workload.

Studies show that on the average, people have roughly 1,460 dreams a year. That works out to four a night.

Jordan Palmer News: Week 10 inactives: QB Jordan Palmer , FB Fui Vakapuna, LB Keith Rivers, OG Evan Mathis, OT Andre Smith, TE Chase Coffman, WR Jerome Simpson, DT Orien Harris [ + ] Impact: The defense will be without Rivers and safety Roy Williams, but the Bengals are in pretty good shape for their key matchup against the Steelers.

PITTSBURGH - The win was sweet for the Cincinnati Bengals, in so many ways. It was a dirty-shirt brawl that handed the home team a fistful of its own teeth.

Finally after 40 years of being pushed around and dominated by the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Cincinnati Bengals refused to be bullied any more.

Rejoice, all ye fans of the Super Bowl and haters of horrible music. It was reported earlier this week that The Who will be the halftime entertainment at Super Bowl XLIV in Miami on February 7th, hopefully putting to rest those nasty rumors that Bon Jovi - aka the worst thing to happen to music in the past 25 years - would be descending upon South ...

Only Chad Ochocinco can screw this up for Cincinnati. And you know what I'm talking about.

Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu has gone to the locker room with a left knee injury following Cincinnati's opening drive.

It's not that I actively bash Peter King. I find his view that the Bengals are a sideshow at a circus to be somewhat irritating.

Haloti Ngata News: Defensive tackle Haloti Ngata will not play today at Cincinnati, according to Greg Sandusky of the Ravens Radio Network.

Early in the season, he was known for putting together late come-from-behind drives, but during the last four weeks Carson Palmer has shown an all-around game that also has started to pay dividends for the Bengals.

There is no quarterback out there less appreciated for what he's doing right now than Cincinnati's Carson Palmer .

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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.