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In a regular season that they began by earning the moniker of the "Cardiac Cats," the Cincinnati Bengals ended the year without a pulse. The Bengals sleepwalked through a 37-0 thrashing at the hands of the New York Jets in the final game of the regular season, setting up a rematch with New York next Sunday in the first round of the AFC playoffs. Playing without running back Cedric Benson on offense ...

One week after a letdown of bumbling proportions in a loss to the Oakland Raiders, the Cincinnati Bengals dominated the Cleveland Browns 16-7 on Nov. 29 in a Darwinian expression of strength. The stronger Bengals overpowered Cleveland in almost every aspect of the game, resulting in a nine-point win that was never in much danger. The Cincinnati offense dominated the line of scrimmage against the Browns by frequently using six offensive linemen. When ...

Thud! That was the sound heard æround Cincinnati Sunday evening, as the 2009 Bengals bandwagon dropped off a few thousand patrons following a 20-17 turnover-filled loss to the Oakland Raiders in week 11. In a week that saw the queen of conservative politics blaze through Cincinnati on her cross-country book tour, the apprehensive attitude seemed to rub off on the BengalsÆ play calling. Cincinnati offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski made good on a promise ...

Opening up a sports page, or flipping on a sports television show this week it is easy to get the impression that there is only one NFL game going on this Sunday, and it is taking place in Indianapolis. However, in actuality, the biggest game on the Week 10 slate will take place 350 miles east of Indianapolis, where the Pittsburgh Steelers are hosting the Cincinnati Bengals. Traditionally, a trip to Pittsburgh ...

Opening up a sports page, or flipping on a sports television show this week it is easy to get the impression that there is only one NFL game going on this Sunday, and it is taking place in Indianapolis. However, in actuality, the biggest game on the Week 10 slate will take place 350 miles east of Indianapolis, where the Pittsburgh Steelers are hosting the Cincinnati Bengals. Traditionally, a trip to Pittsburgh ...

The changing of the guard is complete atop the AFC North Division. With a 17-7 victory over the Baltimore Ravens in week nine, the Cincinnati Bengals supplanted the Ravens as the top challenger to the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers in the notoriously competitive division. With their second win of the 2009 season over Baltimore, Cincinnati completed a shift that had just as much to do with the faltering Ravens as ...

In marching to the title of "Comeback Carson and the Cardiac Cats" the Cincinnati BengalsÆ offense has discovered a valuable, effective tool in their offensive system: the two-minute drill. á While Marvin Lewis and the Bengal brain trust are reticent to install the no-huddle offense for the duration of a game because of the possible detriment it would have on the much-improved Cincinnati defenseùleaving them on the field for a longer stretch ...

Through six weeks of the season, the Bengals have found themselves in the unexpected catbird seat in the AFC North Division in large part because they have fixed one of the most gaping holes on the team from recent years: the defensive line. However, that patchwork came loose in a 28-17 loss in Week Six to the Houston Texans, in large part because of key knee injuries to defensive end Antwan ...

In the city of Cincinnatiùa Republican hotbed where the radio broadcasts of sports events are often preceded by the voice of the second most popular conservative talk show host in the countryùa sense of conservativism seems to have rubbed off on the cityÆs professional football team. The Cincinnati BengalsÆ lack of aggressiveness in a 23-20 overtime victory against the Cleveland Browns on Oct. 4 brought the conservative nature of the Bengal ...

September 2009 might just be the best month of Antwan OdomÆs life. Odom, the AFC Defensive Player of the Week after sacking Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rogers five times in week two, has piled up seven sacks in only three September games. The sack total is more than double his tally of three from an injury-plagued 2008 campaign. Also, the sixth year defensive endùin the second year of a five year $29.5 ...