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Dan Skuta #51, Dhani Jones #57, Bernard Scott #28 and a coach of the Cincinnati Bengals celebrate their win over the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field on November 15, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

OAKLAND -- Last week the Bengals' defense shut down the mighty Steelers, holding quarterback Ben Roethlisberger & Co.

The Raiders have scored with about a minute to go in the first half. The Raiders went 71 yards in nine plays, with Bruce Gradkowski throwing to Zach Miller on a ten yard touchdown play.

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

NOVEMBER 15: Dan Skuta #51, Dhani Jones #57, Bernard Scott #28 and a coach of the Cincinnati Bengals celebrate their win over the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field on November 15, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

It's too soon to say whether signing Larry Johnson is good or bad for the Cincinnati Bengals.

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.

There may be no greater compliment to a defense than to call it "no-name," because it invariably means it is winning football games.

Nobody is laughing at the Bengals anymore, and their defense is no joke. Few teams contain the Steelers like the Bengals did Sunday.

A few postgame notes and quotes following Sunday's 18-12 win over the Steelers: A "It's the most physical grinding game I've ever been on the sideline for," head coach Marvin Lewis said.

Bengals coach Marvin Lewis is not one who likes to look back, but last January he did take the opportunity to talk about the 2005-06 teams and their difficult time handling success.

The summer campaign of the Cincinnati Bengals was supposed to be internal. But the television cameras of HBO's Hard Knocks made it very public in training camp.

Marvin Lewis has molded the 2009 Bengals into a team that reflects his personality.

Beware the Crabtree Curse! San Francisco opened the season 3-1, with its sole loss to powerhouse Minnesota on the game's final snap.

Each week, we come to the stadium expecting a leak or a crack or a sign of a relapse, and each week we are wrong.

Through seven games the Bengals have managed to surprise and exceed expectations.

Which was often as the undermanned Bengals defensive line, armed with that elusive big lead, teed off on quarterback Jay Cutler out of their nickel package once the Bengals leaped to a 21-0 lead on the Bears in the first 18 minutes.

The 6-3, 318-pound Peko got the call for the first time since last year on the first play of the fourth quarter with the ball on the Bears 1 and the Bengals looking to get running back Cedric Benson a touchdown against his old mates.

A Carson Palmer had a career best 146.7 rating and threw for 233 yards and five touchdowns in what was his best game since the 2007 Week 2 shootout against Cleveland.