Cincinnati gets the ball to start the second half and open with two third-and-10s. Ryan Fitzpatrick picks up the first with a completion to Chad Johnson (OK, Chad Ocho Cinco, although he continues to wear C.JOHNSON on his jersey) against a Jets three-man rush. But the Jets win the second third-and-10, also with a three-man, when Calvin Pace shakes his man and takes the Bengals backup down for the … More

The Meadowlands faithful are underwhelmed by the start to today's Jets-Bengals game. On the Jets' third offensive play, Brett Favre is sacked by an unblocked Antwan Odom and stripped of the ball. Cincinnati S Chinedum Ndukwe picks the spinning leather up at the Jets 15 and strides into the end zone for the stunning TD.

As far as we know, Ndukwe is not related to Chukie Nwokorie.

It's the fourth-… More

If you see Leon Washington talking to no in particular during today's Jets-Bengals game, don't worry that he took a shot to the helmet or is delirious from the flu. Neon Leon has been miked for today's game by NFL Films.

"Yeah, it's the first time I've been miked," Washington told me Friday. "And it's pretty cool, man. When you think about NFL players being miked, the name that comes to mind to m… More

This just in, a story written by Geoff Hobson that went up on Bengals.com at 1:25 p.m.:

Head coach Marvin Lewis said after practice Friday that backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick will start Sunday in New Jersey against the Jets in place of Carson Palmer as he continues to battle a throwing elbow injury.

Lewis indicated Palmer's injury is not a season-ending condition, but the club wants to tr… More