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OAKLAND, Calif. _ The Bengals did what they were supposed to do Sunday here at the Oakland Coliseum against the 2-7 Raiders and went up 14-0 on quarterback Carson Palmer 's second rushing touchdown of the game with 7:12 left in the first half at the Oakland Coliseum.

The way to approach this weekend's epic struggle in Pittsburgh is to ask yourself: "Why won't the Bengals win?" If your response consisted of: a) because they're the Bengals, b) because it's the Steelers, or c) because it's a big game on the road, please leave now.

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Palmer bought himself a few seconds in the pocket as he moved right and found Caldwell sitting in a zone for his third third-down conversion of the drive.

Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker CINCINNATI - Here are the players you won't see in Sunday's AFC North showdown between the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals: Ravens QB John Beck RB Jalen Parmele CB Frank Walker LB Antwan Barnes OT Oniel Cousins OT/OG Tony Moll DT Haloti Ngata LB/DE Paul Kruger Bengals QB Jordan Palmer S Roy Williams FB Fui ...

Less than a week into training camp, Bengals tight ends coach Jonathan Hayes knew that this year was going to be a work in progress.

The Bengals offense came out crisper than at any point this season Sunday and confounded the Bears with unbalanced lines, inverted full-house backfields and even a Wildcat formation as they broke to a 21-0 lead over the Bears in the gamea s first 17 minutes before a delighted full house at Paul Brown Stadium.

Gary Pinkel said it wasnt fair to compare Danario Alexander to Jeremy Maclin, the two-time All-American at Missouri who now plays wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles.Then Pinkel made just that comparison.

Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker There was a mystery team connected to the Dallas Cowboys before Tuesday's trade deadline, and according to ESPN's Chris Mortensen , that team was the Cincinnati Bengals .

For three weeks, the bane of fans' existence was the trials and travails at long snapper for the Bengals.

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

Chinedum Ndukwe got the start for Williams, who apparently only has a bad bruise and not another fracture in his forearm.

The Bengals have made a move to shore up one of two units that are falling apart.

The Bengals want more consistency from their tight ends, but they arena t ready to exile Dan Coats or J.P Foschi or activate third-rounder Chase Coffman even though hea s been good enough in practice that head coach Marvin Lewis is calling him All-Hamilton County.

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.

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

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.

For the first time in his NFL career Browns receiver Braylon Edwards didn't have a reception.

Head coach Marvin Lewis sat down two Bengals defensive starters because of injury for Sunday's game against the Browns with safety Roy Williams and defensive tackle Tank Johnson on the inative list.

Bengals rookie linebacker Rey Maualuga had to be helped off the field following Ben Roethlisberger's 1-yard touchdown dive with three minutes to play in the third quarter Sunday during a 23-20 20 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, but made a quick trip to the locker room and was back on the field on the next defensive series.