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Things get interesting when Bengals break the huddle

Green has 25 catches, Eifert 16, Jones 10 and Sanu has nine. This team has good character.

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Smith’s experience remains a plus and he is at his best when he’s taking care of the ball, escaping pressure and distributing the ball.

The fourth-year quarterback led Seattle to back-to-back Super Bowls. He may be about as slippery as possible in the offensive backfield, but consistent pressure will continue to get to the athletic quarterback. “They deserve it. I mean, we went out last week, so it worked”.

The Bengals’ impressive effort on the ground has to be particularly inspiring as they faced a Chiefs defense who’ve proven stout against ground games. It will be doing so on the road with Wilson likely having to go to a silent count.

It seemed Seattle was poised to retake the lead as Zorn completed five straight passes to lead the Seahawks to the Cincinnati 26-yard-line. I’ve always been a supporter of the former number one overall pick since he came to Kansas City, but he hasn’t impressed me this season.

Tia and Karla Van drove from Altoona, Iowa and Peoria, Illinois to watch Sunday’s Bengals-Chiefs game at Paul Brown stadium. For the Cowboys sake, the hope here is that he does get through the concussion protocol unscathed.

Team officials say he’ll return to the game. Hopkins is the favoured target and definitely showing talent in his third year in the league. Reid’s conservative reputation has come under fire and his team will need to understand the must-win scope of a home game against an inferior team. Instead of going after the physical defensive back, opposing offenses have chose to attack weaknesses in Washington’s secondary. Arizona was only two years removed from a 5-11 season when they made it to the NFCCG, but Atlanta took five years to rebuild from going 4-12 in 2007 to making a deep run in 2012. It was the first time he’s had two sacks in a game since 2006. Through the first quarter of this season, they are finally being proved right.

“Those long ones were into the wind, so it was kind of a tough day of kicking with the weather”, Santos said. He’s been sacked three times.

For the Packers, it’s all about picking their poison here. “Time of possession was probably in our favor, so even more so, you can’t have the big plays there”. That’s going to be the key to giving Rodgers time in what is a timing-based west coast offense.

In his most recent six quarters, Smith has completed 66 percent of his passes (52 of 78) for 639 yards, one touchdown and zero interceptions. They allowed 11 touchdown passes. But the starter a year ago also made a few mistakes in pass protection and was part of the reason that Smith spent the afternoon running from Cincinnati linebackers.

“We just have to keep winning”, Dalton said.

This is a team that was supposed to be a playoff contender in 2015. Through four games, Smith’s 89.2 rating ranks 13th in the National Football League amongst quarterbacks with at least 100 pass attempts.

Schonert was a quarterback out of Stanford University that was chosen in the ninth round of the 1980 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears but never took a snap for the team and was waived in the offseason. The Bengals have a 4-0 record thus far, putting the team in a tie with the Denver Broncos for the best record in the AFC. The analysts at CBS Sports have not picked a victor in this game, which has become a regular occurrence for contests on other networks. If Philip Rivers goes down, the Chargers might not win another game.

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Schonert got the Bengals offense moving as they drove to the three-yard-line only to have Seahawks defensive tackle Robert Hardy sack Schonert to force a 25-yard field goal by Jim Breech that put Cincinnati on the scoreboard trailing 21-3 with 10:44 left in the second quarter.

Andy Dalton