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CINCINNATI BENGALS One Paul Brown Stadium Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (513) 621-3550 administrative offices (513) 621-3570 administrative fax (513) 621-TDTD (8383) ticket office www.bengals.com

WEEKLY NEWS RELEASE NOV. 24, 2015

ST. LOUIS RAMS (4-6) AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (8-2)

WEEK 12, GAME 11 SUNDAY, NOV. 29

AT PAUL BROWN STADIUM

NEXT WEEK: WEEK 13, GAME 12 DEC.6 AT CLEVELAND

GAME NOTES Kickoff: 1 p.m. Eastern. Television: FOX broadcast with Thom Brennaman (play-by-play), Charles Davis (analyst) and Tony Siragusa (sideline reporter). The game will be aired in the Bengals home market on WXIX-TV (Channel 19) in Cincinnati, WRGT-TV (Channel 45) in Dayton and WDKY-TV (Channel 56) in Lexington, Ky. Radio: Coverage on the Bengals Radio Network, led by a “triple cast” on Cincinnati flagship stations WLW-AM (700), WCKY-AM (ESPN 1530; all sports) and WEBN-FM (102.7). Broadcasters are Dan Hoard (play-by-play) and Dave Lapham (analyst). The game will also be broadcast to a national audience on affiliates of Sports USA Radio. Broadcasters are Larry Kahn (play-by-play), Hank Bauer (analyst) and Troy West (sideline reporter). Setting the scene: The Bengals are facing their first gut check of the 2015 season as the St. Louis Rams visit Paul Brown Stadium this week. It’s not that Cincinnati was lacking in resolve at Arizona last week — the Bengals rallied from a 28-14 fourth-quarter deficit to tie at 31-31 before losing 34-31 on a late field goal. But the loss was the team’s second straight after an 8-0 start, and Cincinnati’s lead over Pittsburgh is now down to two games in the AFC North Division. “We’ve got to regroup and come back ready to win the last six, but the one that matters now is the St. Louis Rams,” head coach Marvin Lewis said after the team suffered a second straight loss for the first time in more than two years. “We played tooth-and-nail against a very good opponent on the road, but this is the NFL, and nothing is given for how you play. We’ve got things to clean up.” Lewis’ reference was to Cincinnati’s 10 penalties for 108 yards. The Bengals 1) saw their first drive stalled due to a taunting penalty, 2) had a huge punt return nullified by an illegal block call and 3) allowed Arizona’s winning field goal to come from 32 instead of 46 yards thanks to a foul for interfering with the Cardinals’ signals. Lewis said he didn’t believe all the calls were justified, but added: “We’ve got to be more disciplined and stop hurting ourselves. We have to keep doing a better job so there’s no question (by officials) about how we’re doing it.” The Cardinals were flagged for only 40 yards, and the minus-68 differential was more than enough to make the difference in a close game against an opponent that now is also 8-2. The game had been billed by many in the media, including NBC’s Sunday Night Football, as a possible Super Bowl 50 preview, and given its excitement level, it likely still will be. QB Andy Dalton passed for 140 yards in the fourth quarter, leading TD drives of 80 and 50 yards, and he took the offense 59 yards for a 43-yard Mike Nugent field goal that tied the score at 31 with 1:03 to play. But the Cardinals, who gained only 76 total yards in the final period, got 70 of them in the final minute, driving to a winning 32-yard field goal at the :02 mark. “I thought we were going to overtime,” said LB Vincent Rey, Cincinnati’s season tackling leader. “We’ve got to do a better job in that last-minute situation, myself included. We showed our mentality as a team — we kept playing even when things looked bad — but it’s just disappointing to lose that way. We sure don’t see ourselves as a team that’s going to let that happen.” “The bottom line, and the headline, is that we didn’t finish,” said CB Dre Kirkpatrick. “We’ve got to live with that and learn from it. And I know we will. It’s a bump in the road, but I really believe we’re going to overcome it.”

Except for the penalties, the game’s statistics reflected the close final score. The Bengals led 24-21 in first downs and trailed by only six yards in net offense (377-383). Cincinnati was plus-one in turnover margin, and the teams were virtually even in third and fourth-down conversion percentage. “It was obviously going to be a challenge for us to come in here and win,” said OT Andrew Whitworth. “I think we can take a lot for down the road from the way we played. But now it’s up to us to do it. St. Louis is a very good defensive team. They’re not going to give us any breaks. It’s tough every week to win in this league, and now it’s time for us to not just talk, but to show how tough we are. We’re still in a good place. Who wouldn’t take being two games ahead in the division with six to play? But we’ve helped give Pittsburgh a little life now, and they’re not too far down the road for us (Dec. 13 at Cincinnati). It’s time for us to get back on a roll.” The Rams are a foe in serious need of a win to remain a playoff contender. They have fallen to 4-6 with three straight losses, two of those by a margin of only three points. Both of the three-point losses were on the road, including a 16-13 game last week at Baltimore in which the Rams led 13-3 after three quarters. St. Louis’ strength has been its defense. The Cardinals rank 31st in scoring but 10th in scoring defense. They rank 31st in net offensive yards but 12th in net defense. Other notable Rams numbers: ● They lead the NFL in sack differential at plus-16, with 30 sacks by the defense and only 14 allowed by the offense. ● They rank only 32nd in offensive third-down conversions (24.2 percent) but rank second (31.2 percent) on defense on third down. ● Rookie RB Todd Gurley of Georgia ranks fourth in the NFL and first among rookies in rushing yards (775) and has a 5.0 per-carry average, with six TDs. The series: The Bengals lead 7-5 overall and 4-2 as the home team. The Bengals have won the last two meetings, 19-10 at Paul Brown Stadium in 2007 and 20-13 in ’11 at St. Louis. The Bengals were 5-2 against the Los Angeles Rams but are 2-3 against the St. Louis Rams. The franchise moved to St. Louis in 1995. This week’s game will mark only the second official visit for the Rams to Paul Brown Stadium, but the two teams played a preseason game at PBS in 2009. Team bests from the series: Bengals — MOST POINTS: 34, in a 34-31 overtime victory at Anaheim Stadium in 1990. LARGEST VICTORY MARGIN: 14, in a 24-10 victory at Cincinnati in 1981. FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED: 3, in a 15-3 victory at Cincinnati in 1993. Rams — MOST POINTS: 38, in a 38-10 win at Cinergy Field in 1999. LARGEST VICTORY MARGIN: 28, in the 38-10 victory at Cincinnati in ’99. FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED: 10 (twice), most recently in a 27-10 win at St. Louis in 2003. Cincinnati vs. St. Louis: This week’s game is a rubber match in the all-time NFL rivalry between the cities of Cincinnati and St. Louis. That series is tied 4-4, as the Bengals were 2-1 against the St. Louis Cardinals and are 2-3 against the St. Louis edition of the Rams. The last meetings: Summaries of the last two Bengals-Rams meetings — in 2007 at Cincinnati and in ’11 at St. Louis — are on page 17 of this news release.

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Records vs. Rams: The Bengals record for passing yards in a game (490) was posted by Boomer Esiason against the L.A. Rams in an overtime game at Anaheim Stadium on Oct. 7, 1990. The Bengals team record for net yards passing (483) was also set in that game. Az-Zahir Hakim of the Rams tied the Bengals opponents’ records for TDs (four) and points (24) at Cinergy Field on Oct. 3, 1999. Hakim is among three opponents to have reached those totals. Hakim also tied the Bengals opponents’ record for receiving TDs in a game (three), a record now shared by eight players. Last one aside, Jungle a happy home: The Bengals’ Nov. 16 loss to Houston snapped a five-game winning streak at home, dating back to the 2014 season finale. Cincinnati’s record in the last 25 regular-season home games is 20-4-1 (.820). That run dates back to a Nov. 11, 2012 win over the N.Y. Giants and includes a club-record 11-game home win streak from the last game of 2012 through the first two of 2014. And nobody loves the Paul Brown Stadium home atmosphere more than the defensive line. “We like playing in The Jungle,” says DT Domata Peko. “The crowd is into it, and we love pinning our ears back here and getting after the quarterback.” Says DE Wallace Gilberry: “A home game is like someone coming into your house. It’s controlling your household, and in order to do that, you have to control the tempo of the game, control the tempo of the crowd and just apply major pressure. The atmosphere is amazing. It gives a sense of pride, and we’re a prideful group.” And from DE Michael Johnson: “This place is loud, especially when the other guys are backed up. When a team can’t use their normal cadence, it interferes with their communication, it interferes with their ability to protect the quarterback. It gives us a better jump off the ball. It can really mess teams up in terms of their communication, you can see it on film.’ ” Dalton tough against NFC: Though the Bengals lost last week at Arizona, QB Andy Dalton has mostly had his way against NFC opposition. His career record is 13-4-1, for a winning percentage of .750. The Arizona game broke an eight-game unbeaten streak (7-0-1) for Dalton and the Bengals against NFC foes. Dalton’s history against the NFC includes a win over the Rams in his rookie year of 2011. This week marks the Bengals’ third meeting with an NFC team this season. Prior to the Arizona game, they defeated Seattle in overtime at Paul Brown Stadium. Dalton has posted a passer rating of 100 or above in five of his last nine games against NFC teams, including his career-high passer rating of 143.9 last season at New Orleans. He just missed the 100 mark last week at Arizona, finishing at 99.8. Here’s a roundup of Dalton’s history against NFC opposition:

DATE OPP. RESULT COMP-ATT-YDS-TD-INT RATING 9-25-11 S.F. 49ers, 13-8 17-32-157-0-2 40.8 10-30-11 @Sea. Bengals, 34-12 18-29-168-2-2 72.2 12-18-11 @StL. Bengals, 20-13 15-26-179-0-1 62.8 12-24-11 ARIZ. Bengals, 23-16 18-31-154-2-0 92.7 9-23-12 @Wash. Bengals, 38-31 19-27-328-3-1 132.9 11-11-12 NYG Bengals, 31-13 21-30-199-4-0 127.6 12-9-12 DALL. Cowboys, 20-19 20-33-206-1-1 76.1 12-13-12 @Phil. Bengals, 34-13 13-27-127-1-0 74.2 9-8-13 @Chi. Bears, 24-21 26-33-282-2-2 97.2 9-22-13 G.B. Bengals, 34-30 20-28-235-2-1 105.5 10-20-13 @Det. Bengals, 27-24 24-34-372-3-0 135.9 12-22-13 MINN. Bengals, 42-14 27-38-363-4-0 136.2 9-14-14 ATL. Bengals, 24-10 15-23-252-1-0 116.6 10-12-14 CAR. Tie, 37-37 33-43-323-2-2 93.5 11-16-14 @N.O. Bengals, 27-10 16-22-220-3-0 143.9* 11-20-14 @T.B. Bengals, 14-13 19-27-176-1-3 60.6 10-11-15 SEA. Bengals, 27-24 (OT) 30-44-331-2-1 95.9 11-22-15 @Ariz. Cardinals, 34-31 22-39-315-2-0 99.8

* — Dalton’s career-best rating. QBs beware the middle: This week’s game features the NFL’s best interior-line sack producers for the season to date. Bengals DT Geno Atkins and Rams DT Aaron Donald each had a sack last week, and they share the interior-line league lead at 7.0. Carolina DT Kawann Short shared first place with Atkins and Donald last week at 6.0, but Short was held out of the sack column in

Carolina’s win last week vs. Washington. Short is now tied for second with Tampa Bay’s Gerald McCoy. Atkins’ sack last week was a 10-yarder at Arizona against Carson Palmer. Atkins and Donald are tied for sixth in the NFL among all pass rushers. Atkins is on pace for 11.0 sacks on the season (rounded down from a projection of 11.2). Though the Bengals have not had an overall sacks season leader in conference or league, Atkins led NFL interior linemen by a wide margin with his 12.5 sacks in 2012, and Atkins tied for the league’s interior line lead in 2011, when he had 7.5. On Atkins, head coach Marvin Lewis adds: “I think Geno in particular has been playing the run exceptionally well. I think that always gets a little underrated in Geno’s case. I thought he had an excellent year last year playing the run, and this year he came back much stronger in his lower body, and you see that in his play. He understands our run fits and what he needs to get done. If they try to single-block him in the running game, we know the ball is coming back to us.” Atkins had four total tackles last week, including one for a loss on a rushing play. He’s second on the team for the season in tackles-for-loss (nine), one behind DE Carlos Dunlap

BENGALS-RAMS NFL RANKINGS BENGALS RAMS SCORING (AVERAGE POINTS): Points scored.................................................. 5th (26.6) 31st (17.9) Points allowed ................................................ 4th (18.6) 10th (19.9) NET OFFENSE (AVERAGE YARDS): Total ............................................................. 7th (376.2) 31st (299.9) Rushing ...................................................... 12th (113.6) 7th (126.0) Passing ......................................................... 9th (262.6) 32nd (173.9) NET DEFENSE (AVERAGE YARDS): Total ........................................................... 16th (343.2) 12th (337.5) Rushing ...................................................... 13th (100.4) 16th (108.1) Passing ....................................................... 15th (242.8) 9th (229.4) TURNOVERS: Differential ............................................... 8th (plus-four) T-10th (plus-two) Red-zone strength vs. strength: The Bengals enter this week’s game with the NFL’s second-best red-zone touchdown percentage (70.0), and the Rams are second-best on defense, at only 35.7. The Bengals have found the end one on 28 of 40 opportunities, including a four-for-four TD performance last week at Arizona. The Rams have allowed TDs on only 10 of 28 opponent chances, including holding Baltimore to one TD and two field goals last week. The Rams defense hasn’t done well keeping opponents in scoring inside the red zone, with only one no-score stop in 28 opponent tries, for an NFL second-worst scoring percentage of 96.4. The Bengals have also been strong on defense in the red zone, ranked tied for third in TD percentage (44.0). For four straight weeks the Bengals have been ranked second or third in both offensive and defensive TD percentage.

BENGALS RED-ZONE REPORT OFFENSE DEFENSE Inside-20 possessions: 40 Inside-20 possessions: 25 Total scores: 34 (85.0%) Total scores: 22 (88.0%) TDs: 28 (70.0%) TDs: 11 (44.0%) FGs: 6 (15.0%) FGs: 11 (44.0%) TD% rank: 2nd TD% rank: T-3rd No scores: 6 (15.0%) No scores: 3 (12.0%)

RAMS RED-ZONE REPORT OFFENSE DEFENSE Inside-20 possessions: 23 Inside-20 possessions: 28 Total scores: 19 (82.6%) Total scores: 27 (96.4%) TDs: 12 (52.2%) TDs: 10 (35.7%) FGs: 7 (30.4%) FGs: 17 (60.7%) TD% rank: 20th TD% rank: 2nd No scores: 4 (17.4%) No scores: 1 (3.6%) NFC beware: The Bengals are 17-6-2 (.720) in their last 25 home games against NFC teams. The last 24 of the 25 games have been played under head coach Marvin Lewis (16-6-2). Going back a bit farther, the Bengals are 28-13-2 (.674) at home against the NFC since 1993.

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Bengals-Rams connections: Bengals QBs coach Ken Zampese was an offensive assistant with the Rams from 2000-2002, helping the team win two league passing titles and one second-place finish ... Rams DT Doug

Worthington, S Christian Bryant, LS Jake McQuaide, and LB Jake Laurinaitis all played at Ohio State. McQuaide is from Cincinnati (Elder HS) ... Rams G Javon Brown played at the University of Louisville ... Rams asst. D-Line coach Brentson Buckner played for the Bengals in 1998 ... Rams asst. special teams coach Paul Boudreau coached at the University of Cincinnati from 1998-1999.

THE HEAD COACHES Marvin Lewis has the most wins of any Bengals coach, and by a wide margin. His 108 total is good for a margin of 44 over Sam Wyche (64). Lewis’ record is 108-92-2 in the regular season and 108-98-2 including postseason. Lewis in 2015 extends his tenure to 13 seasons, also a Bengals record, and in April of ’15, he signed a contract extension through ’16. He has led the team to the postseason in five of the last six years, including four straight. The Bengals are one of only four NFL teams to be in the playoffs every year since 2011, and they are one of only five to qualify as many as five times in the last six years. In total, Lewis has coached six Bengals playoff teams, another franchise record. Paul Brown is second in the category, with three. Lewis has coached three division champions, one more than Paul Brown and Sam Wyche. The Bengals logged their third straight season of double-digit wins in 2014, finishing 10-5-1. Cincinnati closed a half-game behind Pittsburgh in the AFC North Division and went to the playoffs as the first Wild Card, falling 26-10 at AFC South champion Indianapolis. In 2013, Lewis led an 11-5 season, winning the AFC North by three games over both Baltimore and Pittsburgh. In a 2009 title season in which the Bengals swept all six division games and won the North title, Lewis was the consensus choice as NFL Coach of the Year. Lewis also led Cincinnati to an AFC North title in 2005. Lewis ranks second in the NFL in longest current tenure with one team, trailing only Bill Belichick, who is in his 16th straight season with New England. In the category of most seasons as an active NFL head coach with one or more teams, Lewis in 2014 ranks sixth. Lewis was named the ninth head coach in Bengals history on Jan. 14, 2003. In ’02, he directed the NFL’s fifth-ranked defense with Washington, serving as assistant head coach in addition to his role as defensive coordinator. Prior to his year with the Redskins, he was a record-setting defensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens. His six seasons with the Ravens (1996-2001) included a Super Bowl victory following the ’00 season. In the ’00 season, Lewis’ Baltimore defense set the NFL record for fewest points allowed in a 16-game campaign (165), and the ’00 Ravens are always included in discussions of the best single-season NFL defenses of all time. Lewis entered the NFL as linebackers coach with Pittsburgh from 1993-95, guiding the careers of Pro Bowl selections Kevin Greene, Chad Brown, Levon

Kirkland and Greg Lloyd. Born Sept. 23, 1958, in McDonald, Pa., near Pittsburgh, Lewis played linebacker at Idaho State and earned All-Big Sky Conference honors in each of his three seasons (‘78-80). He began his coaching career as an assistant at Idaho State University in 1981. Jeff Fisher is in his fourth season as Rams head coach and his 21st season as an NFL head coach. Prior to joining the Rams, Fisher spent 17 seasons (1994-2010) as head coach for the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Oilers/Tennessee Titans. Among active head coaches, he is tied with New England’s Bill Belichick for most seasons as an NFL head coach (21). His record with the Rams is 24-33-1, with no postseason games. His record with the Houston/Tennessee clubs was 147-126, including 5-6 in postseason. His overall NFL record is 171-159-1, again including the 5-6 in postseason. He ranks third among active head coaches in career wins, behind only Belichick and Tom Coughlin. He ranks tied for 14th all-time in head coaching wins. Fisher has coached 19 career games against the Bengals, but this week’s game is his first since 2008 with Tennessee. Fisher led the Oilers/Titans to six playoff seasons, three division titles, two AFC Championship games and one berth in a Super Bowl. His Titans lost to St. Louis in Super Bowl XXXIV, following the 1999 season. Fisher joined the franchise in 1994 as its defensive coordinator, and was elevated to Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator on Nov. 14 of that year, replacing Jack Pardee. Fisher was the NFL’s youngest defensive coordinator in 1989, when he was elevated to that position on the Philadelphia Eagles’ staff under Buddy Ryan. He left the Eagles in 1991 to become defensive coordinator for the Rams. He was defensive backs coach for the San Francisco 49ers in 1992-93. Fisher was born Feb. 28, 1958, in Culver City, Calif. He played DB at Southern California from 1977-80. Lewis vs. Rams: Lewis leads, 2-1 Lewis vs. Fisher: Tied 2-2, all from Fisher’s tenure with Titans Fisher vs. Bengals: Fisher is 12-7, all from his tenure with Titans.

BENGALS NOTES AFC North race: The Bengals lost a half-game to Pittsburgh in the AFC North Division race last week, falling at Arizona while the Steelers had a bye. The Bengals are now two games ahead with six to play. The Bengals could secure a tiebreaker edge over Pittsburgh by defeating the Steelers Dec. 13 at Paul Brown Stadium. Cincinnati won the first meeting of the season, prevailing 16-10 at Heinz Field on Nov. 1. The Bengals are also out in front in the division-record tiebreaker, standing 3-0 in AFC North play while the other three teams are all 1-2. Here’s the AFC North picture, looking ahead through Week 13.

TEAM W-L PCT. DIV. NEXT TWO WEEKS Cincinnati 8-2 .800 3-0 ................................ vs. St. Louis; at Cleveland Pittsburgh 6-4 .600 1-2 ................................ at Seattle; vs. Indianapolis Baltimore 3-7 .300 1-2 ...................................... at Cleveland; at Miami Cleveland 2-8 .200 1-2 ............................. vs. Baltimore; vs. Cincinnati Bernard makes RB receiving history: Bengals third-year HB Giovani Bernard continued his highly productive season in a big way in the Arizona game, setting a Bengals record for receiving yards in a game by a running back. Bernard had a team-best 128 yards (on eight catches), eclipsing the mark of 119 set in 1998 by HB Brandon Bennett at Pittsburgh. Bernard’s eight receptions, tying his career high, included two key gains. He took a short pass 41 yards to the Arizona two late in the second quarter, setting up a TD that put Cincinnati ahead 14-7, and in the fourth quarter, his 30-yard gain with another short pass carried to the Cardinals 33, helping set up a field goal that tied the score at 31-31. Bernard also rushed six-for-18 at Arizona and led the team for the fifth time this season in scrimmage yards (146). For the first time this season, he leads the team in scrimmage yards (891) for the full campaign, as his Arizona performance

moved him ahead of WR A.J. Green (848). His scrimmage yards total at Arizona was the third-highest of his career. Bernard also leads the team for the season in rushing yards (565), with a stellar average of 5.4 yards per carry. He is 34-for-326 receiving (9.6). He has two rushing TDs. He has had key receiving gains on game-deciding drives in wins at Baltimore and at Pittsburgh. Bernard had a 100-yard rushing game (20-for-123) on Sept. 20 vs. San Diego. Bernard’s 56 receptions in 2013 are a season record for Bengals RBs. He currently is on pace to get 54 this season. Bernard is on pace to finish with 1426 scrimmage yards over 16 games, which would easily top his totals of 1209 yards as a rookie in 2013 and 1029 last year. He missed three games due to injury last year. Bernard makes most of chances: Bengals HB Giovani Bernard ranks only tied for 15th in the NFL in total rushing yards, but he has the second-fewest carries (105) among the top 25 players in total rushing yards. He also has the second-best per-carry average (5.4) among the top 25. The only player ahead of him in average is Thomas Rawls of Seattle (6.0). Rawls has the fewest carries among the top 25 and ranks 13th in total yards (601). “The average is key,” says Bernard. “That’s what you want as a running back. Make the most of your opportunities. That’s how this offense rolls. As long as we win. Whatever it takes.” Bernard leads the Bengals in touches (139), including his fourth-ranked team total in receptions (34). He had a 100-yard rushing game (20-for-123) on Sept. 20 vs. San Diego. Teammates on Giovani and Jeremy: Here’s WR A.J. Green on HB Giovani Bernard: “Gio isn’t big (5-9, 205), but he’s probably one of the toughest guys on this

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team, in addition to being explosive with the ball. He practices his butt off every day and plays his butt off every game. So whatever he does it doesn’t really surprise me, because he is just going to give it his all, no matter how big the opponent is.” And here’s OT Andrew Whitworth on the surprising elusiveness and speed of the 235-pound Jeremy Hill: “We’ve had some very good, powerful rushers here ... Rudi Johnson, Cedric Benson ... but Jeremy’s as big and powerful and probably has a better overall skill set. He’s a big back who can run like a little back.” Eifert tied for TDs lead: Third-year TE Tyler Eifert’s two touchdown receptions at Arizona moved him into a tie for the NFL lead for the season, with 11. He was in second place entering last week’s play, but he caught up with Atlanta RB Devonta Freeman, who did not have a TD in the Falcons’ game against Indianapolis. The Bengals have never had a player lead the NFL in touchdowns for a full season. Only one Bengal, WR Carl Pickens with 17 in 1995, has been the sole leader in the AFC. Two Bengals — FB Pete Johnson with 14 in 1983 and FB Ickey Woods with 15 in ’88 — have tied for the AFC touchdowns lead. Eifert had three TDs on Nov. 5 vs. Cleveland, tying one of the Bengals’ oldest records, touchdowns by a TE in a game. Prior to the Cleveland game, the only TE with three in a game was Bob Trumpy, who had three at Houston on Nov. 9, 1969. With six games still to play, Eifert has now eclipsed the Bengals TE mark for touchdowns in a season. Entering last week, he had shared the record of nine with Rodney Holman (1989) and Trumpy (’69). Eifert is on pace for 18 TDs on the season (rounded up from a projection of 17.6), which would break the team mark for all players that Pickens set with his 17 in ’95. Eifert has a solid chance to better Dan Ross’ Bengals TE records for catches (71) in a season, set in 1981. His 43 receptions project to 69. Also possible, but a tougher climb, will be reaching Ross’ club TE record for receiving yards (910), also set in ’81. Eifert’s 482 yards project to 771 over 16 games. He has averaged 48.2 yards over the first 10 games and would need to average 71.5 over the final six games to set a new record at 911. Eifert had only three catches for 22 yards at Arizona last week, but he had catches of three and 10 yards for his TDs. “Arguably, Tyler’s the best tight end I’ve ever been around,” says offensive coordinator Hue Jackson. “He’s tough as nails. He blocks better than people think, and of course he can catch the ball with anybody. Has great hands, great moves and speed for his size (6-5, 250). The sky truly is the limit for this guy.” T.J. Houshmandzadeh, who played 11 years in the NFL and caught 70 or more passes in six seasons, including a Bengals-record 112 in 2007, also had unusually high praise for Eifert after working with the Bengals as an intern assistant coach this past spring. “Every time I see that guy run a route, I can’t believe it,” Houshmandzadeh said. “I can’t believe that man. He’s too big to be moving like that. That’s crazy.” Eifert had a good rookie season, working with veteran TE Jermaine Gresham in a two-TE base offense. He caught 39 passes for 445 yards and two TDs. But he played only eight snaps last season. On the third of his three catches for 37 yards in the season opener at Baltimore, he suffered elbow injury that would put him out for the remainder of the season. QB Andy Dalton looks forward to seeing Eifert use his many tools against smaller defenders who aren’t that much faster than No. 85. “He’s a big matchup mismatch for us,” Dalton said. “The more that he can do, the better we’ll be.” Trust the system: Despite giving up a season-high 34 points last week at Arizona, the Bengals rank fourth in the NFL this week in scoring defense (18.6). The Minnesota Vikings, despite giving up 30 in a loss vs. Green Bay, rank third in the league (18.4). The connection? Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer and Bengals defensive coordinator Paul Guenther worked to develop the basic scheme that both teams use. Zimmer was Bengals defensive coordinator from 2008-13, and Guenther was a primary “ideas guy” for Zimmer while working his way up the Bengals assistant coaching ranks during that period. Guenther took over as Bengals coordinator last season, when Zimmer went to the Vikings. “The system (a 4-3) has been good,” Guenther says. “Two of the top defenses in the league are basically running the same system. It is the same system, and it’s proven that it works.” Prior to last week’s play, the Bengals were No. 1 in scoring defense and the Vikings were No. 2.

A record streak ends: Though the Bengals have lost their last two games, Nov. 16 vs. Houston and Nov. 22 at Arizona, there’s an upside to that news. Prior to the Arizona game, Cincinnati had gone 31 straight games without losing two in a row, the longest such streak in franchise history. Cincinnati’s last two-game losing streak prior to the current one came in Games 9-10 of 2013, with consecutive road losses at Miami and Baltimore. The previous mark for most games played without consecutive losses was 29, accomplished between Game 13 of 1980 through Game 1 of 1983. That streak encompassed a longer time span than the 31-game run, but that’s because the 1982 season comprised only nine games, due to an NFL players’ strike. An additional note is that the losses in Games 9-10 of 2013 both went to overtime. The last time before the current streak that the Bengals lost two in a row in regulation time was Games 7-8 of 2012, when they lost consecutive home contests to Denver and Pittsburgh. Dalton up to third in passing: Week 11 results served to move Bengals QB Andy Dalton from fourth to third place in the NFL’s passer rankings. Dalton posted a 99.8 rating at Arizona and saw his season rating dip only six-tenths of a point, to 104.0. The top four was identical to Week 10 — Tom Brady, Carson Palmer, Tyrod Taylor and Dalton — until the Week 11 Monday night game between New England and Buffalo, when low ratings were turned in by both the Patriots’ Brady (72.3) and the Bills’ Taylor (75.3). Brady dipped to second place, with Palmer taking over the top spot, and Dalton moved up to third. Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers took over fourth, as Taylor dropped to sixth place, behind Drew Brees of New Orleans. Entering this week’s play, the top four passers and their ratings are: Palmer (108.6), Brady (107.4), Dalton (104.0) and Rodgers (101.8). Dalton is 4.6 points out of the ratings lead, after being 6.5 behind last week. Should Dalton carry his 104.0 through the end of the season, he’d establish a Bengals record, topping Palmer’s 101.1 in 2005. Dalton is gunning for the sixth NFL passing title in Bengals history. The last Bengal to win it was Boomer Esiason in 1988, at 97.4. The other four were all claimed by Ken Anderson, in 1974-75 and 1981-82. Anderson’s 98.4 in 1981 was his career-best. Palmer finished second in the NFL with his 101.1 in 2005, behind only Indianapolis’ Peyton Manning (104.1). Dalton’s season numbers are 218-for-335 (65.1 percent) for 2738 yards (273.8 per game), with 20 TDs and five INTs. He is on pace to pass for 4381 yards, which would break the club-record 4293 he set in 2013, and his touchdown pace projects to 32, one short of the club-record 33 he had in ’13. Dalton ranks third in the NFL in average gain per attempt (8.17) and fourth in lowest interception percentage (0.15). He ranks only tied for 14th in attempts but ranks seventh in yards. He’s sixth in fourth-quarter passing (107.0 rating). Pound it, baby: The Bengals rank fifth in the NFL in rushing attempts per game (29.1). Cincinnati ranks lower in rushing yards per game, in the No. 12 spot at 113.6, but offensive coordinator Hue Jackson is committed to continuing a stress on rushing and improving improving the yardage numbers. “I know we have to run the ball, and we will continue to run the ball,” Jackson says. “We’re never going to shy away from that.” Jackson, though known for his many offensive innovations, has preached stressing the run since he took over as offensive coordinator after the 2013 season. Last season, the Bengals ranked fifth in the NFL in rushing attempts and sixth in rushing yards. “We can run the ball better,” Jackson says. “But how we run it, whether it’s two backs, one back, six backs, I don’t care, we’ll find a way. You have to have enough attempts against really good football teams because if not, too many things can happen to your quarterback that are not fair and fun.” The top four teams in rushing attempts are unbeaten Carolina (34.2), Seattle (30.7), Tampa Bay (30.4) and Minnesota (29.2). Dunlap still third, but hungry: Bengals DE Carlos Dunlap hasn’t gone three straight games without a sack since Games 12-14 of 2013. He’ll try to keep that state of affairs intact this week, after going sack-less in the last two contests. But the Rams have been one of the NFL’s best teams at pass protection, with only 14 sacks allowed, third in the NFL and only one short of the lead. Dunlap has 8.5 sacks on the season and held third place through last week’s play. But he’s three sacks out of first place, after being only two sacks behind entering Week 11. Houston DE J.J. Watt had two sacks vs. Indianapolis and moved into the top spot at 11.5, jumping past DE Chandler Jones of New England (10.5), who did not have a sack against Buffalo.

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Dunlap had his first two-sack game of the season in Game 8, Nov. 5 vs. Cleveland. Dunlap has had three games this season with 1.5 sacks. Sacks have been an official NFL statistic since only 1982, and the Bengals have never had an AFC or NFL leader for a full season. The highest rank for a Bengal in the NFL has been sixth (DT Geno Atkins with 12.5 in 2012), and the highest Bengals rank in the AFC has been fourth (Atkins fourth in ’12, and DE Jim Skow tied for fourth in 1988 with 9.5). Dunlap’s 8.5 total projects to 14 (rounded up from a projection of 13.6) over 16 games. That would be the most by a Bengal in the “official” era, topping 13.0 by DE Eddie Edwards in 1983. The Bengals date the club’s own sacks records to a starting point of 1976, and the Cincinnati record is 22.0 by DE Coy Bacon in ’76. Edwards’ 13.0 is second in Bengals annals. Dunlap leads the team for the season in QB hits (17) and tackles-for-loss (10). He’s tied with DT Geno Atkins for the line lead in tackles (31). And though Dunlap does not have a forced or recovered fumble yet this season, he’s overdue in those departments. He has 10 career forced fumbles and seven fumble recoveries, tops on the current team in both categories. The Bengals had two sacks at Arizona, one by Atkins and one by DE Michael Johnson. Atkins is second on the team with 7.0 sacks, and Johnson is tied for third at 3.0. The team’s total for the year is 28, tied for seventh in the NFL. Denver leads the NFL, with 34. St. Louis is fourth at 30. The Bengals are on pace for 45 sacks on the season, which would rank tied for fourth in club history in total sacks and seventh in sacks per game (2.80). The club record for total sacks is 51, set in 2012, and the club record for sacks per game is 3.29, set in the 14-game season of 1976. Dunlap passes Smith: Carlos Dunlap’s two sacks on Nov. 5 vs. Cleveland pushed his Bengals career total to 44.0, moving him past DE Justin Smith (43.5) into fourth place all-time on the Bengals. Dunlap is in his sixth season, while Smith played seven Cincinnati seasons (2001-07). Cincinnati’s all-time leader is DE Eddie Edwards, who had 83.5 sacks in 12 seasons (1977-88). LB Reggie Williams had 62.5 in 14 seasons and DE Ross Browner had 59.0 in nine seasons. M.L. on Carlos: Carlos Dunlap’s emergence as a Bengals key player and leader has been gradual but steady. The former Florida Gator had barely turned 21 years old when Cincinnati drafted him in the second round in 2010. Asked recently to compare the Dunlap of 2015 with the Dunlap of 2010, head coach Marvin Lewis said: “He does what we want to see much more often. He’s matured as a man and as a player. He tries to do things the right way, and that’s been key for him.” Dunlap on the D-line: “Last year we didn’t have the rotation (of in-game personnel) that we had the few years before that,” says Bengals DE Carlos Dunlap. “We had some guys injured at times, and we didn’t have Mike (Johnson) or Pat (Sims). And now we’ve got year two from young Will (Clarke), who maybe wasn’t quite ready to get his feet wet last year, and last year we had Wallace (Gilberry) playing nose in some run situations, and that’s not really what we want. Having this rotation back and keeping guys healthy is going to be huge for us. “And,” Dunlap continued, “there’s Geno (Atkins). Geno’s obviously got his confidence back. Coming from the first career devastating injury, it takes a little while to get that back. This year he’s making the cuts and playing like the injury never happened.” Burfict’s back: LB Vontaze Burfict has been back in action for the last four games, ending a 15-game absence from the lineup, and last week at Arizona he returned to a familiar role — leading the team in tackles. He was the Bengals’ tackling leader by a wide margin in 2012 and 2013, and against the Cardinals he topped the chart with eight, two ahead of DE Michael Johnson and CB Leon Hall. Burfict had been second on the team in tackles (seven) in the previous game, Nov. 16 vs. Houston, so there are signs he’s headed back to the form which earned him a Pro Bowl berth for the 2013 season. Prior to his return to action in the Nov. 1 Pittsburgh game, he had not played since Oct. 26 of last season, when he suffered a knee injury vs. Baltimore. He played in only five games last season, bothered by concussions in addition to the knee injury. He opened 2015 on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list and rejoined the team in practice on the Thursday before the Pittsburgh game. He was activated to the roster the day before the game. He now has 23 tackles in his four games this season and will be looked to

for many more in the final six contests of the campaign. “It’s a huge impact on our defense to have him back,” says head coach Marvin Lewis. “He has great innate knowledge of the game, and he brings a huge measure of physicality. He impacts the team both physically and mentally.” Burfict has played 36, 40 35 and 37 snaps in his four games. His 37 at Arizona was 62 percent of the defensive total, his highest percentage of the four. “Tez is that bruiser; that attitude you need,” says S George Iloka. “We have a lot of personalities, but we need a guy like him. I’m so happy to have him back.” Burfict’s rehab was long and difficult due to the nature of his injury (microfracture). Rehab periods often extend to a full year, and Burfict went 372 days between last year’s Baltimore game and the Pittsburgh contest. “I always stayed praying,” Burfict said of his rehab period. “There were some hard days when I didn’t feel like doing rehab, but Marvin (Lewis) made sure he called me and made sure I got into the stadium. Teammates kept pushing me. They knew when I was out of it. I’ve been pushed by teammates, coaches, Mr. (Mike) Brown ... and I thank them for it.” Tied for fifth in sack differential: With a plus-9 differential in sacks (28 by defense, 19 against offense), the Bengals rank tied for fifth in the NFL this week. The leader is this week’s opponent, St. Louis, at plus-16 (30-14). Andy the comeback king: QB Andy Dalton almost engineered his fourth fourth-quarter comeback of the season last week at Arizona. He rallied the team from a 28-14 deficit after three quarters to a 31-31 tie with just over a minute to play. But though it didn’t prove quite enough — Arizona rallied to win 34-31 on a last-second field goal — there was every reason to believe Dalton could do it. Dalton’s leadership of a game-winning drive on Nov. 1 at Pittsburgh was his third this season in the fourth quarter or overtime. The first two came in Week 3 at Baltimore and in Week 5 vs. Seattle. Dalton now has 16 such drives in his career. Elias Sports Bureau credits quarterbacks with game-winning drives when they lead their team either from behind or from a tie. In Dalton’s case this season, all three game-winners have come with Cincinnati trailing. The Seattle game, in which the Bengals rallied from a 17-7 fourth-quarter deficit to a 27-24 overtime win, was in particular a comeback for the ages. Elias Sports Bureau reports that since Week 15 of the 2010 season, when Philadelphia overcame a 21-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the New York Giants, the Bengals are the only NFL team to win a game after trailing by 17 or more in the final period. There have been 472 such instances (through last week) since Philadelphia’s win, and the record of the trailing teams has been 1-and-471. That works out to a winning percentage of .0022. In the Seattle game, Dalton completed 13 of 15 passes for 135 yards in the fourth quarter and overtime. He threw a 10-yard TD pass to TE Tyler Eifert, scored himself on a physical five-yard run and led the team to two field goals. On Sept. 27 at Baltimore, Dalton was the ultimate counterpuncher. He may have seemed down for the count after the Ravens sacked him in the third quarter, forcing a fumble they returned for a TD and a 17-14 lead. But as the Cincinnati Enquirer said in a sports page one headline, “When there were questions, Dalton answered.” He struck back with an 80-yard TD to WR A.J. Green to erase the 17-14 deficit, and he led an 80-yard drive, all on passes, to later erase a 24-21 Baltimore lead. It provided the winning points in a 28-24 decision. Dalton has now led three straight fourth-quarter comeback wins against the Ravens, and he really did it twice in this season’s game, because he led the Bengals back from deficits of 17-14 and 24-21, both in the game’s final seven minutes. Offensive coordinator Hue Jackson had this to say about Dalton’s demeanor in the double-comeback win at Baltimore: “There was a calmness. There was a veteran player who had been through the wars, who had been through a lot of things here, who looked me in the eye and said, ‘OK, Coach, let’s go. Don’t even worry about it.’ That’s how it was, and that’s what I’ve been looking for. So it’s there. And now it will pay off for us in the long run.” On Dalton’s growth as a leader, head coach Marvin Lewis says: “Andy’s always had that poise,” Lewis said. “He’s had only rare occasions where he let one bad play lead to another. To me, that’s what makes Andy Dalton tick. He hasn’t changed, but the other guys have raised their level around him. When things don’t quite go their way, they are mentally tough enough to do the things that let Andy do his thing. If a quarterback doesn’t have that, that’s when (the criticism) all seems to come down on him.” Andy the change agent: Bengals QB Andy Dalton has great statistics this season, but much of the praise he’s earning from coaches and

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teammates comes from two areas not strictly stat-related — 1) his improved ability to improvise when the pocket breaks down and 2) his ability to successfully change play calls in the huddle or at the scrimmage line. Dalton amply illustrated skill No. 1 last week at Arizona, beating a maximum blitz with a perfectly timed dump-off pass to Giovani Bernard in the second quarter. Bernard took the pass 41 yards to the Cardinals two, setting up a TD for a 14-7 Cincinnati halftime lead. Dalton also showed his improvisational skills in the Nov. 5 Cleveland and Nov. 1 Pittsburgh games. Against Cleveland, he was flushed out of the pocket, and while moving to his left, he threw back to his right for a two-yard TD to Tyler Eifert. And on the deciding TD drive Nov. 1 at Pittsburgh, he avoided pressure on third-and-five from the Pittsburgh 40 and managed a shovel pass to Bernard, who took the ball 23 yards to the Pittsburgh 17. Dalton got the score to go ahead 13-10 three plays later, on a nine-yard pass to A.J. Green. Also in the skill No. 1 category: On Oct. 4 vs. Kansas City, Dalton roamed away from pressure and hit completions of 27 yards to HB Rex Burkhead 55 yards to WR Brandon Tate. The pass to Tate was for a TD. And in the Sept. 27 comeback win at Baltimore, Dalton spotted Bernard after nearly being sacked and hit Bernard with a short pass that resulted in a big gain en route to the winning TD. As for skill No. 2: On Oct. 11 vs. Seattle, Dalton audibled into the keeper that produced a five-yard TD run during Cincinnati’s fourth-quarter comeback. Dalton bulled his way past a tackler into the end zone, but more than that, it was his game-sense that keyed the score. “There was a good look,” Dalton said. “Everything was wide open on the inside, and it gave me an opportunity to just take it myself. You get these looks, you’ve practiced against them throughout the week, and we got it and executed it exactly how we wanted to.” After the Kansas City game, head coach Marvin Lewis said, “The runs Andy got us in and out of were great.” Says Dalton: “It’s great that the coaches have the confidence in me to let me run things out there according to how things are going.” Coordinator Hue Jackson puts it like this: “There used to be a time you would just play system football; whatever coach calls, that’s what you do. But to be good in this league and to be really good, you have to be bright enough, smart enough and understand what you are trying to accomplish when the defense changes. Andy is well-schooled that way. That’s something that takes time on his part, a lot of time on the coach’s part, and he does it as well as anybody I’ve ever been around. He has taken himself to another level.” “Andy’s playing out his mind,” says WR A.J. Green. “But we all know what type of guy he is. He’s just like a commander out there. He knows what they are going to run, what plays to check to get us in the best play possible.” “We trust Andy,” said TE Tyler Eifert. “He’s always at the facility studying. He gets us into the right play. We trust him and we know he’s a great quarterback. We believe in him and that’s what we expect him to do.” Andy the road warrior: Fifth-year Bengals QB Andy Dalton has 23 road victories for his career, and Elias Sports Bureau reports that since the 1970 merger, that’s tied for the most road wins by an NFL QB in his first five seasons. Dalton shares the mark with Dan Marino, Ben Roethlisberger and Matt Ryan, and Dalton will have three more chances to set a new benchmark this season, on Dec. 6 at Cleveland, Dec. 20 at San Francisco and Dec. 28 at Denver. Dalton has 14 losses on the road, and a road winning percentage of .622. Andy the leader: OT Andrew Whitworth has this to say about QB Andy Dalton: “The thing that strikes me about No. 14 is that every single season, I see him become better at something else. This year it’s been leadership and taking control. He’s doing a great job with it. If he continues to lead us that way, there’s plenty of talent on this side of the football for us to be really good. One of the things Andy doesn’t get enough credit for is how he changes things all the time. One of the things that has made this offense successful is Andy’s ability to get us into the right play.” Dalton’s platform for leadership includes the following other accomplish-ments since joining the Bengals as a second-round draft choice in 2011: ● He is only the second starting QB in the Super Bowl era (along with Baltimore’s Joe Flacco) to lead playoff teams his first four seasons. ● He has never missed a start in 78 career opportunities, including

postseason. ● His 74 consecutive regular-season starts is a Bengals record, topping 61 by Boomer Esiason from 1985-89, and his streak ranks third in NFL history for the start of a career, trailing only Peyton Manning (208) and Joe Flacco (122). ● His regular-season winning percentage of .655 (48-25-1 record) is the best of any Bengals QB with 10 or more starts. ● He holds club records for passing yards (4293) and TD passes (33), both set in 2013, and he’s on pace to break the yardage mark this year. ● His career 17-to-1 ratio of TD passes to INTs (85-5) in the red zone ranks third among active NFL passers. ● He is the only Bengals passer to throw for 300-plus yards in four consecutive games (2013). Andy’s excellent vacation: QB Andy Dalton’s strong performance this season can be attributed in part to his spending offseason time for the second straight year with noted QB instructor Tom House. “I think that’s the key to a pro’s pro,” said head coach Marvin Lewis. “A guy who wants to be at the top of his game has to spend time on himself all year long, just like a professional golfer does. They go to different people all the time, they’re always searching for answers and wondering, ‘What is out there that can make me better?’ You’re not trying to re-invent the wheel, but thinking, ‘What you can do to enhance the things you currently do and make you a better player, and make you more efficient at your job?’ Turning over those stones is an important part in Andy’s maturity and development moving forward.” Dalton wasn’t taking a repeat course this past offseason. He was moving to a new level. “I started where I left off the year before,” he said. “I was farther along with everything we were doing when I went back. That’s where I want to be. I’m able to do a lot of the more advanced stuff they have because I have a good understanding for what we are doing. It’s not stuff that is strange or different. Just working core, shoulders, and getting everything working for you so you get everything into the throw.” Asked where he hoped to see the sessions pay the most dividends in 2015, Dalton said: “Mechanically staying sound throughout the whole year. Sometimes you get into the mid-to-late season, and you’ve been so focused on defenses and the mental side of it, you may not take as much time thinking mechanically and making sure everything is in sync. That’s where I’m really trying to use it; to make sure I have everything going for me toward the end of the season. I feel like I’ve done the stuff enough now where it’s muscle memory. Talking back and forth with them, doing things, and doing them right. I’ve done it enough now that it’s muscle memory.” Andy and the next generation: Andy Dalton has had his share of statistically rubbing elbows with the greats. In 2012, he nudged in right behind Peyton Manning and Dan Marino for most TD passes by a QB in his first two seasons. In 2013, he joined Manning (and also Cam Newton) as the only passers to top 3000 yards each of their first three seasons. He has surpassed Manning, Marino, Brett Favre and others in leading consecutive playoff finishes (four) from his rookie year onward. (And he started with a team that went 4-12 the season before). He likely will finish the season with the most road wins by a QB in his first five seasons, moving ahead of the tie he currently shares with Dan Marino, Ben Roethlisberger and Matt Ryan, and through Week 11 of this season, he ranks third in the NFL in passing (104.0 rating), ahead of Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers and Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger, among others. Is Dalton yet the equal of Marino, Manning, Favre, Rodgers etc.? No. But he’s 28. His time and others’ could be coming. “You get compared to guys like Peyton, who’s 39, Brady who’s 38, Rodgers who’s 31,” Dalton says. “Then there’s that next group that’s got to come up, and that’s kind of what I’m part of. My goal is to be like one of those guys whenever that time comes.” Though Dalton hasn’t yet won a playoff game, Manning needed his first five seasons (1998-2002) to lead the Indianapolis Colts to three playoff berths, and the Colts were eliminated in the first round all three times (’99, ’00, ’02). Manning led his first playoff wins (two) in 2003, his sixth season as a Colt. Dalton third in red-zone ratio: Andy Dalton had two TD passes and no INTs in the red zone at Arizona last week, and for the second straight week he ranks third among active NFL passers in career ratio of red-zone TD passes to interceptions. Dalton has 85 career red-zone TD passes against just five INTs, a ratio of 17.0-to-1. “Andy’s performance in this area is the type of thing we’ve come to expect

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from him,” said Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis. “He’s not only a fine talent, but a smart player who is going to avoid the big mistake. We’ve got a lot of confidence in Andy when we get the ball into scoring range.” Here are the active NFL leaders in the category of TD-INT ratio on red-zone plays (minimum 25 TDs):

PLAYER, CURRENT TEAM TD INT RATIO Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay .......................................... 160 6 26.7-to-1 Russell Wilson, Seattle ................................................... 53 3 17.7-to-1 Andy Dalton, Cincinnati .................................................. 85 5 17.0-to-1 Tom Brady, New England ............................................. 295 18 16.4-to-1 Alex Smith, Kansas City ................................................. 82 6 13.7-to-1 Bengals tied road win mark: Last week’s loss at Arizona snapped a season-opening streak of four straight road wins for the Bengals. They won at Oakland, Baltimore, Buffalo and Pittsburgh. That tied the team record for consecutive road wins within a season, a mark now set seven times. The Bengals record for consecutive road wins regardless of seasons remains at five, accomplished only once, over the last game of 2008 and the first four of 2009. Green needs boost for record yards push: It’s tough to get the ball as much as one might like in the Bengals’ wide array of accomplished skill-position players. WR A.J. Green is truly OK with that. But after posting modest averages of 4.3 catches and 66.3 yards in the last three games, his bid for a Bengals season-record receiving yards total is a bit behind schedule. Green entered the Nov. 5 Cleveland game on pace for 1483 yards, 43 more than Chad Johnson’s club-record 1440 in 2007. But three games later, with 848 yards in 10 games, he now is on pace for 1357. That would rank fifth in Bengals history, Johnson’s 1440, Johnson’s 1432 in 2005, Green’s own 1426 in 2013 and Johnson’s 1369 in 2006. Green would need to add 593 yards over the final six games to set a new Bengals mark at 1441. He would need to average 98.8 in the last six, after averaging 84.8 for the first 10. Green has 59 receptions this season, on pace for 94 (rounded down from a projection of 94.4). That would be four short of his career high of 98, set in 2013. His previous total of 98 ranks fourth in Bengals history. Green’s 59 receptions rank 11th in the NFL this week, and his 848 yards rank eighth. Bengals opponents likely will continue at times to try limiting Green with double coverage, putting themselves at risk against other receivers. But Green has a long track record of not focusing on his own numbers. “We’re winning, leading our division, and we have a lot of offensive weapons, which is great,” Green says. “I have no worries about my numbers. I know my chances will come. It’s simple on this team. When your number is called, make the play.” Green’s 227 ranks second: WR A.J. Green’s career-best 227 receiving yards on Sept. 27 at Baltimore stood for five weeks as the highest total in the NFL for 2015, but the accomplishment fell to second on Nov. 8, when Pittsburgh’s Antonio Brown racked up 284 yards vs. Oakland. Brown had 17 receptions against the Raiders, most in the NFL this season. Green’s 227 ranks second in Bengals history, behind only Chad Johnson’s 260 vs. San Diego in 2006. Green also claims the Bengals’ third-best receiving yards total in a game, a 224-yard effort last season vs. Pittsburgh. Green had two TDs during his personal-record day at Baltimore. His first score was an 80-yarder, third-longest of his career, bringing the Bengals back from a 17-14 deficit. He caught an Andy Dalton pass in stride near midfield and ran the rest of the way, eluding a couple of would-be Ravens tacklers near the Ravens’ 25. His second score was a seven yarder with 2:10 to play that erased a 24-21 deficit and posted the final victory margin of 28-24. “A.J. is so competitive, and such a great team player,” said QB Andy Dalton. “I am so fortunate that we came here together (in 2011). He is so talented, and I’m glad he is on our team.” Green through ’19: On Sept. 11, the Bengals signed WR A.J. Green to a contract extension, running through the 2019 season. Green previously had been under contract through the current season. “Everyone in football, and people who follow football, know that A.J. is a special talent,” said head coach Marvin Lewis. “He makes plays that you

wouldn’t think could be made. He’s an outstanding teammate and a leader you can rely on. He still has a long, great future ahead of him in Cincinnati.” Green (6-4, 207; Georgia) was selected fourth overall by the Bengals in the 2011 Draft and has been a Pro Bowl player on a playoff team in each of his four seasons. Green and Dalton, also drafted in 2011, are the most productive QB-WR duo in NFL history for players in their first four seasons. Their 324 completions and 4735 yards are the most for any duo in seasons 1-4, and their 33 TD connections are tied for the most, along with Dan Marino and Mark Clayton of Miami (1983-86). “Everyone knows I just want to play football,” Green said. “Playing in Cincinnati has been great for me and I want to stay here. So getting this done is great. I’ve still got tons I want to accomplish in the NFL.” Green needs 98; on pace for 94: WR A.J. Green has a chance to finish 2015 with the most receptions ever by an NFL player in his first five seasons. He would need 98 (which would tie his career high), and that would put him at 427, ahead of current leader Larry Fitzgerald, who caught 426 for his first five seasons with Arizona. Green entered this year with 329 receptions. Currently however, Green is a bit short of the pace he needs. His 59 receptions in the first 10 games put him on a pace for a season total of 94 (rounded down from a projection of 94.4). His average number of catches per game has been 5.9, and he’ll need to average 6.5 catches over the final six games to finish at 98. Here’s how the NFL list for receptions in seasons 1-5 will look if Green bags 98 catches this season:

PLAYER RECEPTIONS A.J. Green ......................................................................................................... *427 Larry Fitzgerald .................................................................................................. 426 Torry Holt ........................................................................................................... 423 Randy Moss ....................................................................................................... 414 Anquan Boldin.................................................................................................... 413 Marvin Harrison.................................................................................................. 413 Brandon Marshall ............................................................................................... 413

* — Includes projected total of 98 catches this season. Dalton and Green made four-year history: WR A.J. Green and QB Andy Dalton were the Bengals’ first two draft selections in 2011, and they had quite a ride for their first four seasons (2011-14). As researched by Elias Sports Bureau, they stand as the most productive QB-WR duo in NFL history for players in their first four seasons. Their 324 completions and 4735 yards are the most by any duo for seasons 1-4, and their 33 TD connections are tied for the most with Dan Marino and Mark Clayton of Miami (1983-86). Hue J. talks turkey: WR A.J. Green is a low-key personality, and he seemed sincere during August when he said he wasn’t worrying much about his contract situation. But offensive coordinator Hue Jackson, known to speak plainly, said he believes Green must feel great relief over the contract extension he signed on Sept. 11. Now Green is signed through 2019, rather than having to play this season on the last year of a contract. “It’s great for the team, and it should make him an even better player,” Jackson said. “Players are human. It can scare you when your contract situation is unsettled. You can’t help but worry some about getting hurt. And when you’re a high-profile player like he is, everybody’s always talking about your situation, putting stuff in your head about what other guys got and all that stuff. But that’s all over now. Now he can just cut loose and play.” Hue-J — ‘Call me crazy’: How varied is coordinator Hue Jackson’s Bengals’ offense, ranked fifth in the NFL in scoring (26.6) and seventh in yards per game (376.2)? OT Andrew Whitworth puts it this way: “If there’s plays that exist and we don’t have them in the playbook, I’d like to hear about them.” Last week’s game at Arizona featured the latest example. On a first-and-goal play from the Cardinals nine in the first quarter, QB Andy Dalton and WR Mohamed Sanu switched roles, Sanu lined up as a “Wildcat” QB while Dalton was split wide. Sanu took the snap and ran 12 yards to the end zone, but the TD was called back by a holding penalty. The Nov. 5 game vs. Cleveland featured another rush by Sanu. In the fourth quarter, with Cincinnati leading only 17-10, Dalton handed off to HB Giovani Bernard, who in turn handed off to Sanu on a reverse. The play so badly caught Cleveland’s defense in an over-commit situation that Dalton, leading the

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play, could not find anyone to block as Sanu ran 25 yards for his first career rushing TD. Sanu, who has been remarkably effective in his career as a passer (five-for-five for 177 yards, two TDs and no INTs), has not tried a pass this season. But he was looking to throw one on Oct. 18 at Buffalo after getting the ball on a reverse. He tucked it in and ran for an eight-yard gain instead when he found his receivers covered. Last season, it should be recalled, Sanu threw a TD pass to Dalton against Tennessee. Recent games have also featured one of the oddest-looking formations of the season, with the OTs both split wide on opposite sides, in three-man pods also featuring two receivers. Dalton has been in the middle, behind an “offensive line” featuring just the center and the two guards. The Bengals have mostly used the formation as a decoy, moving the tackles back in before the snap, but they did snap the ball several times in that formation on Oct. 11 vs. Seattle. Also, the offense has tried two passes to rookie OT/G Jake Fisher, who is the eligible “big tight end” in an extra-blocker formation. Sometimes Fisher is lined up tight against an OT, and sometimes he has been split wide. A pass to Fisher on Oct. 18 at Buffalo resulted in an incompletion, but on Sept. 20 vs. San Diego, Fisher made a 31-yard reception, the longest by an NFL offensive lineman since 1998. TE Tyler Eifert has been seen lining up in the backfield, like a fullback, and H-back Ryan Hewitt, a hybrid TE/FB, is liable to show up almost anywhere. DT Domata Peko is occasionally used as a blocking back, and receivers have lined up in a wishbone look, with Dalton occasionally running the option. “This is my masterpiece, per se, with the rest of the staff,” says Jackson. “I think some people think I’m crazy,” Jackson said. “That’s OK. I’ve been called that before.” LBs coach Matt Burke may have been one of those people last spring, when the team hit the field to open offseason work. “He (Jackson) is running out there, and it’s zone-read and tackles out and unbalanced,” Burke recalled. “It’s first day of spring ball, I’m like, ‘What are we doing?’ ” “This is our thing,” Jackson says. “This is the Cincinnati Bengal thing. I’m not trying to copycat anybody. This is a product of over the years.” Frequent pre-snap audibles and motions are meant to get defenders thinking from the moment the Bengals break the huddle, until the ball is snapped. “Defenses are too good,” says Jackson, “and if you let them, they will figure you out and bring your offense to a screeching halt. When you’re able to do more, and guys have to be prepared for more, and defenses don’t know where you are from one play to the next, it gives you a chance to have success. That’s what you’re seeing from our team. “The days of throw it to just one guy, or just do this one way, are over,” Jackson continues. “If we’re going to be a high-powered offense that is unpredictable and hard to stop, then we have to do a lot of things and we have to do a lot of things well. That’s where we’re headed. And Andy (QB Andy Dalton) is the key to that. He’s the orchestrator of it all. But all the pieces have to be played in the right way and in the right spots. Thus far, we’ve done an OK job of that, but we can continue to get better.” Jackson doesn’t specifically say it, but it seems his favorite play of the year may have been the 31-yard pass to the rookie Fisher. “Now,” he said with a smile, “everyone we play has to practice against it.” Pick me, Coach: Bengals offensive skill players long to be the man with the touch for coordinator Hue Jackson’s inventive play calls. “He keeps a few in his pocket every week,” says HB Jeremy Hill. “How the game is flowing determines how he pulls them out. I think it’s so deceptive, because we don’t even know when it’s coming up, so I know the other team has no idea.” “If a play is called for someone else, guys wish their number was called,” says HB Rex Burkhead. “There is always lobbying for it. Anytime there is a trickery play or something like that, guys always want to run it. Just because they feel cool doing it.” Nelson ties for INTs lead: Bengals S Reggie Nelson snagged his fifth interception of the season in the Arizona game, picking off an overthrown deep ball by Carson Palmer at the Bengals 13 and returning 23 yards to the Bengals 36. The Bengals offense rolled from there on a 64-yard TD drive for a 7-0 lead. The theft lifted Nelson, a ninth-year NFL veteran in his sixth year with Cincinnati, into a three-way tie for the NFL lead in INTs. Also with five are Indianapolis S Mike Adams and Oakland S Charles Woodson.

The Bengals have never had an outright winner of the league INTs title for a season. The only Bengal with a piece of the league title has been CB Deltha O’Neal, whose 10 in 2005 tied Ty Law of the Jets for the top spot. The Bengals claim one outright AFC interceptions crown, that coming with CB Ken Riley’s nine picks in 1976. Riley was second in the NFL, behind Monte Jackson of the L.A. Rams (10). Riley also tied for the AFC lead in 1982 (five) and 1983 (eight), and O’Neal’s 10 in 2005 also tied for the AFC lead. With six games to play, Nelson has tied his personal career high for INTs. He also had five as a rookie with Jacksonville in 2007. Nelson has 27 career INTs, and 20 of those have come as a Bengal. His 20 total ranks seventh in Bengals history, one behind sixth-place Tory James (21). Nelson has 74 return yards this season and 292 for his Bengals career. He has one Bengals INT for a TD, a 75-yarder at Seattle in 2011. Riley is the Bengals’ all-time INTs leader by a prohibitive margin. He had 65 over his 15-year career (1969-83), nearly twice as many as CB Louis Breeden (1977-87), who had 33. Hall ties Parrish: Bengals CB ended Arizona’s first possession last week by picking off a Carson Palmer pass at the Cincinnati 35 in the first quarter. Hall’s pick was the 25th of his nine-year Bengals career, tying him with Lemar Parrish for fourth place all-time for Cincinnati. It was his first interception this season. Hall also has a postseason INT, a 21-yarder for a TD at Houston in the 2011 season playoffs. Vinny leads by a lot: LB Vincent Rey had a personal season-low of just two tackles last week at Arizona. But he has a team-leading 76 stops for the season, 29 more than his closest Bengals pursuers. CB Adam Jones and S Reggie Nelson are tied for second, each with 47. Jones didn’t play last week due to a foot sprain, and Nelson had three tackles to move into a tie for second at 47. Rey’s game totals of 15 tackles on Oct. 4 vs. Kansas City and 13 on Oct. 11 vs. Seattle are the team’s two highest of the season. Rey led the Bengals last year for the season in tackles (121). This season, he also has an interception, a sack and five total passes defensed. His passes-defensed total tops Bengals front seven players. “Except maybe for the lack of a 6-3 frame as a linebacker, Vinny (6-0) has everything you want in a pro player,” says head coach Marvin Lewis. “He’s got a big, strong lower body, so he’s really a bigger man than he appears, and he’s like a sponge. If you say something to him, he gets it right the first time and does it right. That’s why he gets so many tackles.” Rey’s smarts were key in his biggest play of the year, a game-clinching interception on Sept. 20 vs. San Diego. Minding instructions to take deeper pass drops against QB Philip Rivers, who had big success throwing over the middle the previous week, Rey picked off a seven-yard Rivers pass intended for WR Malcolm Floyd at the San Diego 48 with just 0:53 to play, securing Cincinnati’s 24-19 win. He leaped to win a contested ball with the 6-5 Floyd and held onto the ball as he came down to earth with a thud. “It was a big moment,” said Rey. “I’m just out there trying to do my job and help us get a win. And I knew, going up to get it and then coming down, ‘If I catch this, the game’s over.’ ” Off the field, Rey is as humble and down-to-earth a pro football player as you’ll find. Five seasons into his NFL career, he hasn’t changed from the undrafted rookie he was when he signed with the Bengals in 2010. “I remember when he was a rookie on our practice squad,” said Lewis. “We almost lost him to Seattle. They were going to sign him, and we pulled him back from the airport. We told him, ‘Just hang on one more week and we’ll get you on our roster.’ He agreed to stay, and now he’s in his fifth year with us.” Rey is also one of the defense’s primary signal-callers. “I may not be the fastest, strongest, biggest guy, but one of my jobs is to make sure that everybody’s on the same page,” Rey said. “Before the snap, if everything’s 100 percent, then I have a chance. I just want everybody to be on the same page. I don’t want it to be my fault. I don’t want to be the reason why we’re not winning that snap, that we’re not competing well. Everyone has a job, and everyone’s counting on me to do mine. That’s why I’m loud out there.” Back at No. 1, Jones is on a roll: You won’t find many NFL players who were listed first on a depth chart for a season, then were not listed first for eight years, and then became listed first again. But such is the case for Adam Jones, running No. 1 at RCB for the Bengals. Jones, who turned 32 on Sept. 30, was last a No. 1 in 2006, when he started 15 games for Tennessee, which had made him a first-round draft choice (sixth overall) in 2005. Off-field issues and resulting suspensions sidetracked Jones’ career from 2007-09, and though he has been a valuable Bengal since 2010, serving as a nickel CB and dangerous kick returner, the No. 1 CB slots from then

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through last year were locked up by Leon Hall on one side and by Johnathan Joseph, Nate Clements and then Terence Newman on the other. Jones did start 13 games for the 2013 division champion Bengals, but they came as an injury replacement for Hall. But this year, after a 2014 season in which he played well at CB while bringing the Bengals their first-ever NFL kickoff return title (31.3 yards per return), Jones has moved ahead of Hall, whom the coaches now use in more of hybrid nickel/safety role. And Jones has more than justified the belated promotion. He has two interceptions, ranks tied for second on the team in tackles (47) and ranks first in total passes defensed (nine). He was inactive last week at Arizona, due to a foot injury suffered Nov. 16 vs. Houston, but he may be able to return to action against the Rams. Jones ranks third in the AFC and fifth in the NFL in punt return average for the season (11.7). Jones had a huge play with a forced fumble in the season-opening win at Oakland, helping the Bengals put the game away early. With Cincinnati leading only 10-0 a bit past the midway point of the second quarter, the Raiders appeared to gain a first down at their 46, as QB Derek Carr scrambled for a nine-yard gain on third-and-nine. But it was Jones who knocked Carr out of bounds, and he also knocked the ball loose, the ball going out of bounds at the Raiders 45. That left Oakland with a fourth-and-one, and when the Raiders gambled by going for it on the next play, Cincinnati MLB Rey Maualuga stopped RB Latavius Murray for no gain. The Bengals’ offense then responded with a six-play drive for a 21-0 lead. What’s more, Jones’ hit on Carr forced the Raiders starter from the game. Matt McGloin, third-year pro from Penn State, had to finish the game for the Raiders. Bengals nurture long-term CBs: Recent media research showed Bengals CB Adam Jones as one of eight active CBs in the NFL who are over age 30. (Jones is 32). The remainder of the list included two former Bengals, Terence Newman (now with Minnesota) and Johnathan Joseph (now with Houston). Newman was the oldest of the group, at age 37. Joseph is 31. Also on the list were Rashean Mathis of Detroit (35), Charles Tillman of Carolina (34), Brent Grimes of Miami (32), Tramon Williams of Cleveland (32), Antonio Cromartie of the N.Y. Jets (31) and Brandon Browner of New Orleans (31). Jones is running No. 1 at RCB for the Bengals, and the key for him seems to be that while he has retained much of the natural ability that made him a high draft pick 10 years ago, he has continued to learn the game a bit better every year. “I would say the mental aspect of my game on defense has caught up with the physical part,” Jones says. “I can still run pretty fast, and my hips are pretty good. All that is still there. But I’ve probably gone from a C-plus student to an A-minus as far as technique, knowing where to be, knowing when to press, what leverage to press on. “When I was younger, I was playing more on talent, because I felt no one could out-run me, that I was way faster than people. I feel the same way now, but I have a guy in the back of my ear that’s telling me, ‘Yeah, you can do all that, but why not make your job easier?’ ” Jones’ reference is to DBs coach Vance Joseph, now in his second Bengals season after eight seasons coaching DBs with San Francisco and later Houston. “I’ve had a lot of cornerbacks coaches, but it’s the little things he teaches,” Jones said. “For instance, in one call he already eliminated four routes for me when nobody else broke it down like that. I trust him. He’s been straight up with me. Some coaches don’t tell you honestly the truth, but V.J. is going to tell you uncut. He expects guys to do it his way ... or he’ll find somebody else.” You name it, Hewitt can do it: Second-year pro Ryan Hewitt is part of the Bengals’ base offense for a large percentage of snaps, but you might not always see him. Focus on the backfield, looking to find him as the lead blocker for Jeremy Hill or Giovani Bernard, and you might miss him on the line of scrimmage, positioned as a tight end, possibly even split wide. Or vice versa. Or somewhere in between, in coordinator Hue Jackson’s varied offense. That’s because Hewitt is the H-back, a hazily defined position that isn’t quite in the NFL’s everyday lexicon. But it’s a hybrid between fullback and tight end, and Hewitt makes the most of it. He became a regular contributor as a rookie last season, and even then he drew particular praise from head coach Marvin Lewis. “The NFL game is not too big for him,” Lewis said of the college free agent from Stanford, “and this kid has potential to be a special kind of player. He can become a big, powerful, physical man.”

Hewitt’s multiple contributions have helped the Bengals rank fifth in the NFL in scoring (26.6 points per game). Hewitt caught 10 passes for 86 yards last season, and his coaches say he’s got the skills to expand that role. He has three catches for 45 yards this season, with a long of 22 yards on Nov. 1 at Pittsburgh. But his current strong suit is his physical play as a blocker. “I like playing a sport where you can go one-on-one against a man and see who comes out on top over and over,” Hewitt says. “You have to be willing to go full speed and hit someone, and it’s fun, because eventually, a lot of times, I’m able to see the opponent back down.” “He’s no-nonsense,” G Clint Boling says of Hewitt. “He’s got a laid-back attitude, he’s got the West Coast thing going on, but he’s a hell of a player. He’s not real flashy. He’s a real gritty, a hard-working blue collar guy.” Hewitt doesn’t mind not having a permanent home in the offensive scheme. “When I’m in the game, I never think about what positon I’m playing,” he says. “Whatever they want me to do, I’ll do it. I just like to play.” About that 8-and-0: With their 8-0 start to the season, the Bengals set a franchise record for most consecutive wins within a season and tied the club mark for most consecutive wins regardless of seasons. The only previous instance of eight straight regular-season wins occurred in the last seven games of 1970 and the first game of 1971. The Bengals exceeded by two the previous club record for longest unbeaten streak to open a season. The mark prior to this year was 6-0, set in 1975 and 1988. The Bengals stand as the only team in the 45-year history of the AFC Central/North divisions to start a season 8-0. McCarron shows much promise: QB AJ McCarron doesn’t figure to get many snaps in the regular season if Andy Dalton stays healthy. He got his first two pro snaps Nov. 5 vs. Cleveland, and they netted him a season rushing total of minus-two yards, as he took a knee on each play as the Bengals ran out the clock on a 31-10 victory. But for a preseason, McCarron may have been the most-watched fifth-round draft choice in Bengals history. And despite having virtually no regular-season NFL experience, he shows potential to give the Bengals their strongest No. 2 QB in some time. He finished preseason with a solid 92.7 passer rating, completing 38 of 60 passes (63.3 percent) for 465 yards, one TD and no INTs. He led three TD drives in a relief role over games two and three, and he started and played three quarters in Cincinnati’s preseason finale victory at Indianapolis. Overall, he drew praise from coaches and teammates as an on-field leader with a winning persona. The Bengals chose McCarron in the fifth round of the 2014 draft, but he’s in a sense still a rookie, as he was unable to play in 2014 due to rehab from a college shoulder injury. McCarron stands as one of the biggest QB winners in college football history. He directed the offense for two Alabama national championship teams, and along the way, he produced dazzling stats, including a school-record 77 TD passes and the lowest interception percentage in NCAA history. He has legions of fans across the South, and beyond. But consensus NFL wisdom for the 2014 draft seemed to say that McCarron might have been less a star in his own right than just one cog in the Crimson Tide victory machine. And the Bengals, with no plans of their own to spend a high choice on a QB, were happy to find McCarron still available in round five, with the 164th overall selection. “McCarron’s got the ‘it’ factor,” CB Adam Jones has said. “The kid’s a winner. You can tell he’s been working on his ball strength from last year and this year. You can never underestimate the ‘it,’ factor regardless of what anybody says. It’s the difference between winning some games and being champion. That’s my opinion.” The Bengals have relied in recent years on experienced backup QBs. Bruce Gradkowski, Josh Johnson and Jason Campbell have backed up Dalton. But head coach Marvin Lewis said McCarron’s intangibles can make up for his lack of experience. “We’ve got a guy who has a lot of moxie, and has a lot of experience on the biggest stage in college,” Lewis said. “He’s shown me a lot of poise, and I’m very pleased about that. In the preseason games, we were working on what AJ’s strengths are, so that if anything would happen to Andy, we would be prepared offensively to shift and go to that mode. AJ has the personality somewhat of a linebacker. He can lead guys and he gets excited. That’s part of what made him such a successful player.” Says McCarron: “I’ve been that way ever since I started playing football. I

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play with a lot of passion, excitement. There’s a different side to me when I step inside the white lines. I try to make everybody feed off that.” NFL’s longest in 27 years: The Bengals receiver, a big and fluid tight-end type, was loose in the left flat on Sept. 20 vs. San Diego. He caught Andy Dalton’s pass in easy stride and loped for a 31-yard gain before being run out of bounds at the Chargers 16. Some thought initially that the receiver was TE Tyler Eifert, a recent darling of NFL fantasy players. But not so. It was rookie OT/G Jake Fisher, all 306 pounds of him, filling his role in what coaches call simply the “big tight end,” an offensive lineman used as an extra blocker. As usual on these plays, the referee had called out that “No. 74 (Fisher) is eligible.” But the Chargers didn’t pay attention and instead paid the price. Fisher’s gain set up a 21-yard Bengals FG for a 17-13 lead. It was the longest receiving gain by an NFL offensive lineman since Nov. 13, 1988, when Indianapolis G Brian Baldinger went for 37 yards against Green Bay. That was four-and-one-half years before Fisher was born. Fisher’s catch was easily the longest by a Bengals offensive lineman, topping a 12-yarder by Hall of Fame OT Anthony Munoz, who caught seven passes during his career. Munoz, however, scored four touchdowns. Dalton was asked if he said anything to Fisher about the play. “Yeah,” Dalton said with a grin. “I said, ‘Don’t stop there (at the 16). Make the guy miss.” Bengals help AFC best NFC: Including this season, in 46 years of AFC vs. NFC regular-season play since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger, AFC teams have posted 1271 regular-season wins against 1167 for the NFC. There have been 12 ties, and the AFC winning percentage is .521. And the Bengals have done more than their share to build the lead, going 89-75-2 (.542), including an outstanding 31-17-2 (.640) under head coach Marvin Lewis. The Bengals contributed to the AFC win column on Oct. 11, beating NFC Seattle. But Cincinnati lost last week at Arizona. The AFC has won the annual series 26 times to the NFC’s 11, and the conferences have tied in eight seasons. AFC teams went 2-2 against NFC teams last week. In the Super Bowl, the only postseason interconference competition, the NFL/NFC leads 26-23. The Super Bowl began with the 1966 season. Since the merger, the NFC leads 24-21 in Super Bowls. And the Bengals of course are 0-2 in Super Bowls, with close losses to San Francisco in the 1981 and ’88 seasons. Changing the routine: The Bengals have altered the traditional NFL routine this season, no longer subscribing to the idea that the day before a game (usually Saturday) should be the lightest player activity day of the week. The team is more up-tempo and on the field longer than before on Saturdays, while Fridays are more of a “walk-through” day, followed by individual player work in the weight room, trainers’ quarters and also with the team’s visiting yoga instructor. The individual Friday routine is called “Recovery Modalities.” “There’s a theory that high-performance athletes should not slow down prior to competition,” says head coach Marvin Lewis. “It says that they should speed up for a shorter period of time. You have only so many players, and there’s not a plethora of worthy guys on the street. So we’re trying to figure out how to keep the 53 guys we start with as healthy as we can.” “It’s new, it’s different, it’s a good changeup,’ said defensive tackle Domata Peko “We go hard Wednesday and Thursday, and it helps us out having a walk-through on Friday, going through plays that we think we need to work on. Then we can go through it Saturday a little bit faster. It gives us a chance to fix stuff on Friday. And we’re off our feet more on Friday, when we were basically going all day, and we can come in on Saturday and get moving a little bit. Get the blood flowing. It feels good so far.” Streaks and service leaders: DT Domata Peko claims the current roster’s longest streak for consecutive Bengals starts (95), and his 95 straight Bengals games played also tops the roster. He also tops the roster in consecutive NFL games and starts, also both at 95. He has played his entire career, now in season 10, with Cincinnati. OT Andrew Whitworth has the most total Bengals games (151) and Bengals starts (147) on the roster. The player with the most total NFL games (165) and starts (153) is LB A.J. Hawk. All streaks and totals noted above include regular-season and postseason. A stat that matters: The Bengals have won two games this season with a minus-differential in turnovers — they were minus-one in their comeback

wins at Baltimore and vs. Seattle. And last week they lost for the first time on the year with a plus, as they were plus-one in their loss at Arizona. But during the term of coach Marvin Lewis (2003-present), a plus-differential still is linked to a big plus in the win column. And the reverse has gone for a minus. The Bengals are 66-15-1 in regular season under Lewis with a plus (.811 winning percentage). But even with this year’s wins over the Ravens and Seahawks, the Bengals are only 16-58-1 under Lewis with a minus differential. “It makes a huge difference,” Lewis says. “You see it game after game in the NFL. You’ve got to possess the football. If you possess the football, good things can happen. If you turn the ball over to them, you’ve got a harder day.” The Bengals’ experience with turnovers under Lewis is backed up by league numbers. Since the start of the 2003 season, Lewis’ first as head coach, here are the records of teams with varying turnover differentials. (NOTE: Minus differentials are not included because they are the exact reverse of the plus figure for the same numbers.)

DIFFERENTIAL W-L-T PCT. Plus-1 .............................................................................. 789-359-3 .687 Plus-2 .............................................................................. 628-137-0 .821 Plus-3 ................................................................................ 349-34-1 .910 Plus-4 .................................................................................. 192-5-0 .975 Plus-5 or more ...................................................................... 92-3-0 .968

Plus teams were 8-3 in Week 11 play, for a .727 winning percentage. The best week for plus teams has been Week 2, when the record was 12-1 (.923). The worst weeks have been Weeks 6 and 8, when the record was 7-6 (.538). Plus teams are 97-39 (.713) for the season. Since 2003, teams with any plus have a combined record of 2046-539-4, a winning percentage of .791. And when it’s even? The Bengals are 26-19 in head coach Marvin Lewis’ full tenure in games when the turnover differential has been even, for a winning percentage of .578. The Bengals are 1-0 this season with even differential, as neither team had a turnover in Cincinnati’s 31-10 win over Cleveland on Nov. 5. The Bengals have won nine of their last 12 with even differential, dating back to 2012. Turnover tables are turned: During head coach Marvin Lewis’s tenure (2003-present), the Bengals rank seventh in the NFL in turnover differential, at plus-41. Prior to Lewis’ tenure, the Bengals had posted a minus turnover differential for five straight years (1998-2002). Since 2003, NFL teams with just a plus-one differential have won 68.7 percent of their games. At plus-two the percentage has been 82.1. Teams with any plus from one to five have won 79.1 percent of the time. Here are the top seven teams in differential since 2003:

TEAM TAKEAWAYS GIVEAWAYS DIFFERENTIAL New England............................. 392 .......................... 244 ............................... +148 Green Bay ................................. 353 .......................... 296 ................................. +57 Carolina ..................................... 377 .......................... 325 ................................. +52 Indianapolis ............................... 334 .......................... 283 ................................. +51 Seattle ....................................... 352 .......................... 305 ................................. +47 Atlanta ....................................... 349 .......................... 305 ................................. +44 Cincinnati .................................. 369 .......................... 328 ................................. +41

Since 2003, the Bengals rank tied for fourth in the NFL in most takeaways (369) and tied for fifth in points off takeaways (1134). Bengals equal biggest ‘Battle’ margin: With their victory Nov. 5 vs. Cleveland, the Bengals tied the biggest lead — a margin of six games — held by either side in the 46-year history of the Battle of Ohio. The Bengals are on top by 45-39, and Cincinnati posted the only previous six-game lead, a 42-36 margin after the first meeting of 2012. The Browns’ biggest lead in the signature series has been five games, at 6-1 after the first meeting of 1973. The Bengals will be out to re-set the biggest margin to seven when the signature series resumes on Dec. 6 at Cleveland. The Browns have not led the series since the end of 2005, when they held a 33-32 edge. Since surrendering their last lead, in a Bengals sweep in the 2006 set, the Browns have twice pulled into ties — at 34-34 after game one of ’07 and at 35-35 after game one of ’08. But the Browns have now endured roughly a nine-year stretch without a lead in the series. Barring possible additions to the series in postseason play, the Bengals cannot surrender their series lead until after the first game of 2018, at the earliest. The Browns could not lead again until after the second game of ’18.

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Uniform watch: The Bengals are schedule to wear black jerseys and white pants vs. St. Louis. Since 2004, year of the Bengals’ last significant uniform redesign, a number of color options for jerseys and pants have been available. Below are the records (regular season plus postseason) for the different combinations: Below are the won-lost records (regular season plus postseason) in the different uniform combinations:

JERSEY PANTS W-L-T PCT. Orange* Black ...................................................................... 3-0-0 1.000 Orange* White ................................................................... 14-6-1 .690 Black Black .................................................................. 13-10-1 .563 Black White ................................................................. 29-26-0 .527 White Black .................................................................. 22-23-0 .489 White White ................................................................. 19-24-0 .442

* — Orange is designated as a “specialty jersey” with the NFL and can be worn for only two games per year. Nov. 16 rating ties streak’s highest: In each of the last 161 Cincinnati TV ratings weeks that have included a Bengals regular-season or postseason broadcast — dating back to 2004 season — the Bengals have ruled the local airwaves. They have been the top-rated show among all programming in the Cincinnati market each week, and usually by a wide margin. And it’s a virtual lock the streak will go to 162 when Cincinnati rankings are in for the week of Nov. 16-22. The Bengals’ Nov. 16 game vs. Houston drew a local rating of 45.5, tying a Jan. 8, 2006 playoff game vs. Pittsburgh for the highest rating of any game during the streak. The local rating for the Nov. 22 Arizona game was 39.5, which almost surely will rank second behind the Houston game for the Nov. 16-22 Cincinnati rankings. The streak began on Dec. 5, 2004, when a wild Bengals win at Baltimore outpolled all other programs. The high rating of Bengals games has occurred despite the fact most games are played in the afternoon, when overall TV viewership is not as high as it is during the evening. The rating number indicates the percentage of market households tuned to the game — including those not watching TV at the time. National profile, too: The Bengals are not only the No. 1 TV attraction in Cincinnati (see previous item), they come off a week of drawing what surely will prove to be their largest national audience of the season. Though national ratings for last week’s Bengals vs. Arizona game on NBC’s Sunday Night Football were not available for this notes package, NBC Universal has reported that SNF is on track for a fifth straight season as the No. 1 show on TV. Thursday, Monday and Sunday: It was a franchise first. Due to the NFL’s decision to move the Nov. 22 Arizona game to NBC’s Sunday Night Football, the Bengals played nationally televised prime-time games for three consecutive weeks. Cincinnati hosted Cleveland on NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football on Nov. 5 and hosted Houston on ESPN’s Monday Night Football on Nov. 16. Prior to this season, the Bengals’ record for consecutive national prime-time games was two, accomplished twice. Last year’s team closed the regular season with a Monday night game vs. Denver and a Sunday night contest at Pittsburgh, and the 1990 team played in Week 7 on Monday night at Cleveland and Week 8 on Sunday night at Atlanta. In another franchise first, the Cleveland and Houston games earlier this month marked the first time for Cincinnati to be the home team for national prime time games in consecutive weeks. The games featured numerous aerial skyline shots and city-atmosphere vignettes, bringing Cincinnati a level of positive visibility that is virtually unavailable otherwise. The Bengals now have been scheduled for five national prime-time games on the season. Besides the three already played, Cincinnati is due for a Sunday night game on Dec. 20 at San Francisco and a Monday nighter Dec. 28 at Denver. Five prime-time games in a season would be a franchise record, breaking the total of four set previously in 1990 and 2007. The San Francisco game, however, remains subject to a possible flex into an afternoon slot, as do all remaining Sunday night games from Dec. 6 through the end of the season. The Bengals also played a prime-time game this year in preseason, and a

total of six games including preseason would also be a new franchise record. The Bengals had five total prime-time games in 2007, one in preseason and four in the regular season. Racking up the miles: Due to Cincinnati’s relatively central location in the U.S., the Bengals are normally near the bottom of the NFL in miles traveled each regular season to road games. But this year the Bengals rank 13th among the 32 clubs, scheduled for 16,020 miles in the air. With games this season at Oakland, San Francisco, Denver and Phoenix, the Bengals are tying the franchise regular-season record for most games in the Pacific and/or Mountain time zones. Cincinnati also played two Pacific and two Mountain games in 1994, and in ’90, the Bengals played four games in the Pacific — at the L.A. Rams, L.A. Raiders, Seattle and San Diego. In that ’90 campaign, the Bengals played a fifth Pacific game in postseason, again visiting the Raiders. West Coast teams generally travel the most miles due to a larger volume of longer trips traveling east, and San Francisco will lead in 2015 at 27,912. Philadelphia will travel the fewest miles, 6890. With fans, NFL rules: The NFL has been recognized as America’s most popular sport for the past 50 years, rated No. 1 by fans in The Harris Poll since 1965. In the latest Harris poll, more people named pro football (32 percent) as their favorite sport than the combined total of the next three pro sports — baseball (16), auto racing (seven) and men’s basketball (six). Other ways to document the NFL’s dominance include: ● In the 2014 ESPN Sports Poll, the NFL was the favorite sport of 35.4 percent of respondents, more than the next three sports combined. Baseball was at 13.2, basketball at 13.1 and soccer at 8.4. ● NFL games last season on CBS, FOX and NBC averaged 19.2 million viewers, 162 percent higher than the average primetime viewership among the four major over-the-air networks (average of 7.4 million). ● Last season’s Super Bowl between New England and Seattle had an average over the broadcast of 114.4 million viewers, making it the most-watched program in U.S. television history. ● Madden NFL ’15 was the top-selling sports video game in North America in 2014 and the No. 2 game overall, second only to Call of Duty. ● The 2014 ESPN Sports Poll showed the NFL topped even international soccer as the most popular sport among avid Hispanic sports fans in the U.S. ● The 2014 Nielsen/ESPN Sports Poll showed the NFL as the most popular sport among African-Americans, with pro basketball second, college football third and college basketball fourth. Bengal bites: The last time the Bengals and Rams played, yellow flags were flying. In Cincinnati’s 20-13 victory at St. Louis in 2011, the Bengals withstood 11 penalties for 109 yards and the Rams were flagged 10 times for 109. It’s the only Bengals game since Oct. 6, 1985 against the New York Jets in which both teams have been in double digits in penalties and triple digits in penalty yards ... The Bengals’ best month in regular season under head coach Marvin Lewis (2003-present) has been November, when they have posted a 30-21-1 record for a .587 winning percentage. That includes a 2-2 November mark this season. They also have winning records under Lewis in September (25-18, .581) and December/January (30-26-0, .536). Though they completed this past October with a 3-0 mark, October has been their only losing month (23-27-1, .461) ... Forty-three of the players on the Bengals’ current 53-player roster began their NFL careers with Cincinnati. Those who did not are LB Chris Carter, DE Wallace Gilberry, LS Clark Harris, LB A.J. Hawk, CB Adam Jones, S Reggie Nelson, K Mike Nugent, HB Cedric Peerman, WR Brandon Tate and OT/G Eric Winston ... The Bengals’ season captains, elected by team vote, are QB Andy Dalton and OT Andrew Whitworth on offense, DT Domata Peko and S Reggie Nelson on defense, and HB Cedric Peerman on special teams ... The Bengals have a 23-14 regular-season road record over the past five seasons (2011-15), third-best in the NFL in winning percentage (.622). Ahead of Cincinnati are only New England (.694, 25-11) and Denver (.684, 26-12) ... Bengals WR Mohamed Sanu is the only player in NFL history with two or more TD passes, 150 or more passing yards and zero incompletions. His career passing totals are now five-for-five for 177 yards, two TDs, no INTs and a perfect passer rating of 158.3. He is the only Bengals WR ever to throw a TD pass ... The tallest player on the current Bengals roster is DE Margus Hunt, at 6-8 ... The shortest players are HB Giovani Bernard and WR Mario Alford, at 5-9 ... The heaviest player is DT Pat Sims, at 340 ... The lightest players are Mario Alford and CB Adam Jones, at 180.

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BENGALS QUOTES Head coach Marvin Lewis, on whether the team take anything positive from a close loss at Arizona: “I’m beyond that. The team is beyond that. This is the NFL, and there’s nothing given for how you play. The negative is not getting it done. The positive is rehearsing the opportunity so that next time around, we get the game finished with a better outcome.” CB Dre Kirkpatrick, on the Bengals’ No. 4-ranked scoring defense: “We work so hard every day trying to be the best defense out there. We just have to do it in the postseason. That’s the time for defense to win championships. We played OK in the playoff game last year, but we have to play strong, we have to play better. We have to finish. Until we do that? Those numbers are nice, but they really don’t mean much.” NBC analyst Tony Dungy, on the Bengals offense: “The big thing about Hue (offensive coordinator Hue Jackson) is that he knows what his guys can do well and he’s got a lot of weaponry. You have to go back to the old Bengals, those Super Bowl Bengals, when they had so many weapons. This kind of reminds me of that. It’s just not one player. It’s just not the deep ball. It’s not one running game. They can run inside and outside with a couple of different backs that hit you and keep you off balance. They’ve got a tight end that’s a factor and a lot of different wide receivers. They’re versatile and dynamic. And (Andy) Dalton is playing better. He’s a little more relaxed, a little more accurate. You can tell he doesn’t feel limited. You can tell in a big situation he’s not saying, ‘Boy, I’ve got to get the ball to A.J. Green. He’s got six or seven guys that can make a play for him. I think that tends to relax the quarterback.” QB Andy Dalton, on the confidence inspired by comeback wins at Baltimore, vs. Seattle and at Pittsburgh: “The way this season has played out, there have been times we’ve had to come back, and we’ve been able to do it, and all that does is build confidence. If you prove that you can do it, then there won’t be any doubt that you can do it again. I think that’s just kind of the mindset that we have. Regardless of what’s going on, we’re going to win the game, and we’ve done that.” Lewis, asked if LB Vontaze Burfict could be considered a “perfectionist”: “He has an almost perfect innate football knowledge. But I don’t know if you’d use the word perfectionist unless perfectionists use dynamite. That’s the kind of perfection he would have. He’s not quite a sniper, he’s more of the blast guy. He’s not a sniper, he’s a breacher. He’s a first-off-the-boat guy.” Defensive coordinator Paul Guenther, on LB Vontaze Burfict: “He wants to know every detail. It’s rare when you have a guy like that who can absorb it and remember it. I told him, when he gets done with football, I’m going to hire him as a coach.” Lewis, on a winning culture: “The culture has been changed here. They (players) do expect to go out and win every week. There needs to be no celebration, it’s on to the next opponent. You did what you’re supposed to do. I think everybody expects that, and part of it is, whether you are up or down in the football game, to have the same calmness, and the same emotion about it, and the same attention to detail.” OL coach Paul Alexander, on OT Cedric Ogbuehi, who has been cleared for practice after rehabbing a college knee injury: “The guy’s loaded with football talent. Not just athletic ability, but football talent, which is athletic ability and football skill together.” Offensive coordinator Hue Jackson, on pushing HB Jeremy Hill: “I know the player he can be, so I’m going to keep pushing him to get there. I mean, we need him. He’s going to be a huge part down the stretch run.” Dalton, on the significance of NFL passer rating numbers: “The position is all about being efficient, and the rating is a pure stat of being efficient. You want to complete a lot of balls. You want to throw touchdowns and not turn the ball over. If there’s a stat you want have that’s good, that’s a good one to have. It has a combination of everything.” Lewis, with more on handling success: “Success you can enjoy for about 30 seconds, and then you just move on and go to the next one. That’s why you do what you do. You want to be

successful. You expect to be successful. You do the work, and now let’s go on to the next one. I think that’s how you handle success. You don’t get to sit there and listen about it and talk about it. Better done than said. We can go out here and practice our tails off, and be the best team here in Hamilton County, but if we don’t go out there and play that way on Sunday, it doesn’t really matter. We’re competing with the guys on the other side, and we’ve got to outwork them, and outplay them each and every week, each and every down.” Director of player personnel Duke Tobin, on the building of the current team: “We’ve always believed it’s a team. You are building more than a collection of individuals. We haven’t seen, league-wide, a collection of individuals ever win out over a team-type atmosphere. We want to spend to our cap and our money to our guys that we know have done it for us and done it the right way and given us confidence we know what expect from them. It resonates in the locker room when guys get rewarded for their work here. That builds some camaraderie and spirit of competition. It’s a good model to have, and everybody is on the same page here.” Lewis, asked to explain his mantra of “Don’t flinch”: “It’s a phrase that’s been in here for 13 years. (Lewis’ length of tenure). You can’t worry about what just happened, you can’t fix it. History is not going backwards, we have to move forward. We have to focus on the next play, and what’s up next. You don’t get a redo.” Guenther, on the Bengals ranking fourth in fewest points allowed: “My job is to limit points, period. That’s what I get paid to do. It ain’t holding them to 200 yards on offense and three plays be touchdowns. Regardless where we get the ball — and that is a point I make to the players — if we turn it over (on offense) and the ball’s on the 10-yard line, let’s go play defense, hold them to three. If they get an interception return down to the 20, they’re in field goal range, hold them to three. I’m paid to keep them off the scoreboard.” WR Marvin Jones, on wide receivers “racing the blitz”: “Urgency. That’s the biggest thing. When teams are bringing pressures and aggressive stuff, they try and bring more than you can handle. When they do, it’s our job to run our routes with urgency and precision. That’s one of the most important aspects, because you’re racing the blitz, not the corners.” OT Andrew Whitworth, on recently signing contract extension through 2016: “I want to be here and be invested here. These guys mean something to me. In 2013, when I played basically on one leg with a patella that was in terrible shape, I did that only because these guys mean that much to me. I could have easily ended the season and had something to fix it. But I continued to play for this football team. These guys mean something to me. I want Andy Dalton and A.J. Green and Adam Jones and all these guys in this locker room, honestly, to have the opportunity to win a Super Bowl, and for all of us to do it together.” Jackson, on his football philosophy: “One thing we always talk about is displaying courage. As an offensive unit, we can’t back down. Our mindset and our mentality is that we’re going to be a physical group, whether we throw it or run it. They (players) will be the first to tell you, I’m not happy yet that way. I just think there’s another level that we have to play at.” LB A.J. Hawk, native of Centerville, Ohio, on “coming home” to play for the Bengals after nine years in Green Bay: “I have to admit, it was huge that the Bengals have been successful. If they were going 2-14 every year, I don’t think I would have been nearly as excited about it. But I knew from watching them on film a little bit how much talent they had here. Sometimes I have to remind myself. I’m like, ‘Wow, I’m actually going to be here in Ohio during the season. That’s what’s weird to me, still. The fact that that is even an option is crazy to me. It’s awesome. I never thought it was going to be a reality.” WR A.J. Green, on signing a contract extension through 2019: “The Bengals drafted me. It’s all I know. If you know me, you know I don’t like change. I like to be comfortable. This city represents who I am. I love it here. Very low key. It’s not a big market. Doesn’t want to be a big market. That’s not who I am. I’m not a high-profile athlete. I just go out there and play my game and

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go home. That’s representative of the Cincinnati Bengals. We fly under the radar. “Looking down the road, I want to win a Super Bowl. The guys who wear (Hall of Fame) jackets, those guys win Super Bowls. At least one. And a lot of them have been with a team their whole career. That’s what I’m trying to get. I’m blessed and honored that the Bengals chose to keep me around for five years.” Dalton, on NFL QBs constantly facing intense public scrutiny and critique: “As much as I want to say I don’t look at it and I don’t see it, with the world today, it’s hard not to see it. And a lot of what’s said, you don’t know if it’s an eighth-grader or who it is. People can hide behind a computer screen. It could be the same person that’s coming up wanting my autograph. So it is what it is, and I accept that. At the end of the day, the way I go about it is, ‘Don’t let somebody else’s opinion of you define who you are.’ Don’t let other people’s thoughts, or whatever it is, be true. I know who I am, and this team knows who I am.” TE Tyler Eifert, on goals for the season: “I want to be someone Andy (Dalton) can trust. I want it to be where we’re on the same page. Even if I’m not open, go on and put the ball up, and I’ll go make the play. There are some really good tight ends in the league, and when it comes down to it, their quarterback trusts them. If it’s third-and-8, the quarterback is locked on them and has trusted they’re going to get open. My goal? To be the best tight end in the league. That’s what you shoot for. Keep doing my job, stay healthy and everything will take care of itself.” DE Carlos Dunlap, on DT Geno Atkins: “Geno helps make it all happen for when it comes to sacks. He puts on so much pressure in the middle, it helps open it up for the guys on the outside. But the only problem is, if you want to get a lot of sacks, you’d better be quick, because Geno isn’t going to just open it up. He wants that sack himself. So we’re helping each other, but we’re also competing against each other.” Guenther, on DT Geno Atkins: “He looks great. He’s down in weight just a little (to 300), and he looks stronger than last year. A lot quicker. When he plays well it opens up everything.

He’s been ruining a lot of practice for the offense. It’s a major difference (from 2014). He’s one of the best three-techniques in the league when he’s right, and when he came back in the spring, he looked as good as he’s been. When you have to double team the guy inside, it takes the pressure off the ends, or you get him matched up on a guy that’s not so good on the run. You’re going to win those battles. As soon as he stepped on the field the first day in the spring I was, ‘Whoa.’ I was blown away. It’s been great to have him back rolling.” Defensive backs coach Vance Joseph, on being tough with the players: “That’s just being honest. You can coach guys hard without beating them down. Secondary is a position where you have to play with a lot of confidence, so I don’t beat them down. But right is right and wrong is wrong. That’s why you never get into, ‘I thought’ or ‘Maybe.’ It’s black and white with corners and safeties. If it’s wrong it’s wrong, if it’s right it’s right. It’s not beating guys down or taking away their confidence. You can coach guys hard and still be their friend, have a good room, have fun with guys. You can coach them hard by right is right and wrong is wrong and that’s OK. That’s life, right? That’s how you raise kids.” Kirkpatrick, on job of gunner on the punt team: “Man, it’s two people on one out there. And you just have to think, ‘Do I want to be embarrassed, or do I want to embarrass somebody else?’ Ain’t no in-between, because if they get their hands on you, you’re either going in the water cooler or getting body slammed. If they don’t get their hands on you, you’re going to make the tackle or you’re going to force a fair catch.” Dalton, on having not missed a start in his four-year Bengals career: “I think it’s knowing how to take a hit and when not to take a hit. That’s part of it. I’ve been fortunate. I just haven’t had anything happen.” Special teams coordinator Darrin Simmons, on gunners on the punt team: “It’s more toughness than it is speed. Some of the better players we have had in those spots — Tab Perry and Kevin Walter — certainly weren’t the fastest guys. But they were the toughest guys and the most physical, and they had the most desire.”

POSITION BY POSITION Quarterbacks: Fifth-year pro Andy Dalton faced tough pressure most of the night against a blitzing Arizona defense but posted a solid 99.8 passer rating, completing 22-of-39 for 315 yards, with two TDs and no INTs. Dalton helped rally the Bengals from a 28-14 deficit, leading two TD drives and a field goal drive in the fourth quarter, as the Bengals tied the score at 31 before losing 34-31. Dalton’s TD passes both went to TE Tyler Eifert, for three yards in the first quarter and 10 yards in the fourth. Dalton was sacked four times, tied for the team’s highest total of the season. Dalton’s season passer rating is 104.0, which would break Carson Palmer’s club record of 101.1 if held through the end of the season. Dalton ranks fourth in the NFL in passer rating. Dalton has led three fourth-quarter comeback wins this season, at Baltimore, vs. Seattle and at Pittsburgh. He has four times as many TD passes (20) as INTs (five). He also has rushed for two TDs. He has started all 74 regular-season and four postseason games of his Cincinnati career. He has led the team to the playoffs in each of his four previous seasons, and in 2015 he’s bidding to join Baltimore’s Joe Flacco as the only starting QBs in the Super Bowl era to reach the postseason in each of their first five campaigns. He already is paired with just Flacco for having done it four straight years. Dalton has a .655 winning percentage as a starter in regular-season games (48-25-1 record), the best percentage in Bengals history for any QB with 10 or more starts. First-year pro AJ McCarron was active but did not play for the ninth time this season in the Arizona game. McCarron made his NFL debut in low-key fashion in the Nov. 5 Cleveland game, taking a knee on two snaps to run out the clock in the fourth quarter. McCarron played in three preseason games, including a start in the finale, posting a 92.7 passer rating (38-of-60 for 465-1-0). McCarron missed all of last season while rehabbing from a college shoulder injury. He was one of the biggest winners in college football history at Alabama and is out to prove his NFL worth after being drafted by the Bengals in the fifth round in 2014. Running backs: HB Giovani Bernard had 128 receiving yards in the Arizona game, on eight catches, setting a team record for receiving yards in a game by a RB. He broke Brandon Bennett’s 1998 record of 119 at Pittsburgh. The eight receptions tied Bernard’s career high. He took a short pass 41 yards to the Arizona two late in the second quarter, setting up a TD that put Cincinnati ahead 14-7, and in the fourth quarter, his 30-yard gain with another short pass carried to the Cardinals 33, helping set up a field goal that tied the score at 31-

31. Bernard also rushed six-for-18 and led the team in yards from scrimmage (146) as well as receiving yards. His scrimmage yards total was the third-highest of his career. Bernard leads the team for the season in rushing yards (565), with a stellar average of 5.4 yards per carry. He is 34-for-326 receiving (9.6), and for the first time this season, he leads the team for the year in yards from scrimmage (891). He has two rushing TDs. He has had key receiving gains on game-deciding drives in wins at Baltimore and at Pittsburgh. Bernard had a 100-yard rushing game (20-for-123) on Sept. 20 vs. San Diego. He has demonstrated the ability to create highlight-reel plays in the open field, and his 56 receptions in 2013 are a record for Bengals RBs. HB Jeremy Hill scored two TDs at Arizona, on runs of two yards in the second quarter and one yard in the fourth quarter. Hill has eight TDs on the season, seven rushing and one receiving, and he ranks second on the team in TDs behind TD Tyler Eifert. Hill was 13-for-45 rushing in the Arizona game and is 124-for-404 (3.3) for the season. He leads the team in rushing attempts. He also has eight receptions for 40 yards. The team is anticipating a bigger finish to the season from Hill, who led the NFL in rushing yards over the last nine games of 2014 while finishing with 1124 yards for the year. The team has two solid veterans behind Hill and Bernard, in third-year player Rex Burkhead and sixth-year pro Cedric Peerman. Burkhead had a seven-yard reception at Arizona and is five-for-73 receiving on the season. Peerman has not had an offensive touch on the season, but he has a 5.2-yard career rushing average as a Bengal and is a leader on special teams. He leads the team for the season in special teams tackles (10). Wide receivers: Fifth-year pro A.J. Green, a four-time Pro Bowl selection, had four catches for 79 yards at Arizona. Green leads the Bengals for the season in receptions (59) and receiving yards (848), and he’s second on the team behind HB Giovani Bernard in yards from scrimmage (848). His numbers project to 16-game totals of 94 catches and 1357 receiving yards. He has four TDs. He had a career-high 227 receiving yards at Baltimore on Sept. 27, on 10 catches, with two touchdowns, earning the AFC Offensive Player of the Week award from the NFL. Both of his TDs at Baltimore came in the fourth quarter, and both erased Ravens leads. His 227 yards are second-most by an NFL receiver in a game this season. Marvin Jones, who missed all of last season with injuries, is a key weapon for the Bengals. He had four catches for 60 yards at Arizona. For the season he is 39-for-515 with three TDs. He had a career-high nine

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receptions on Oct. 18 at Buffalo. Jones is third on the team for the season in catches and second in receiving yards. In 2013, Jones had 51 catches for 712 yards and 10 TDs. He is the sole holder of the Bengals record for most receiving TDs in a game (four). Fourth-year pro Mohamed Sanu is another key member of the receiving corps. He had two catches for 19 yards at Arizona and also had a two-yard rush. He is 24-for-319 receiving for the season, and his 13.3 per-catch average is second on the team among receivers with more than five catches. He is also four-for-41 rushing, including a 25-yard TD on Nov. 5 vs. Cleveland. Last year, Sanu logged 56 catches for 790 yards with five TDs. Sanu is also a threat to pass, though he has not had a throw this season. He has a perfect (158.3) rating on five career pass attempts, all completions and two for TDs. Back for a fifth Bengals season is seventh-year pro Brandon Tate, and though Tate has contributed mainly as a kick returner during four previous Bengals seasons, he had a stellar 55-yard TD reception in the Oct. 4 win vs. Kansas City, making a leaping catch near the five-yard line and scrambling into the end zone after falling untouched to the turf. He did not have a reception at Arizona and is two-for-59 receiving on the year. He has a 22.5-yard average this season on 12 kickoff returns and a 7.9-yard average on 15 punt returns. Rookie seventh-round draft pick Mario Alford of West Virginia has been on the roster but inactive for Games 1-10. He had three catches for 39 yards and three rushes for 29 yards in preseason, along with five punt returns for an 11.8 average and four kickoff returns for a 21.5-yard average. Tight ends/H-back: The No. 1 spot belongs to Tyler Eifert, a first-round Cincinnati choice in the 2013 draft, and he’s off to a start that has the look of a Pro Bowl finish. He has 11 TDs, tied with Atlanta RB Devonta Freeman for first in the NFL. He’s on pace for 18 TDs of the season (rounded up from a projection of 17.6), and 18 would set a Bengals record, breaking WR Carl Pickens’ 1995 mark of 17. Eifert’s receiving totals at Arizona were a modest three-for-22, but he scored two TDs, beating tight coverage for a three-yard score in the first quarter and catching a 10-yarder in the fourth. Eifert had three TD catches on Nov. 5 vs. Cleveland, tying the club record for a TE. He’s second on the team in receptions (43) for the season and third in receiving yards (482). He’s on pace for 69 receptions on the season, which would be second-most in Bengals history for a TE, behind only Dan Ross’ 71 in 1981. Eifert had a productive 2013 rookie year, but after catching three passes in the first quarter of the ’14 season opener at Baltimore, he suffered an elbow injury that ended his season. Another key performer in this position group is H-back Ryan Hewitt, a second-year pro from Stanford. Hewitt proved last year to be one of the Bengals’ better college free agent signees in recent years. He has played in all 10 games, with eight starts, and has helped the Bengals rank fifth in the NFL in scoring (26.6). At Arizona, Hewitt had a key block on HB Jeremy Hill’s two-yard TD run in the second quarter. He has two receptions for 38 yards on the season. Last season, Hewitt played in every game, with 11 regular-season starts and also a start in the Wild Card playoff. He caught 10 passes himself last season. Two 2015 draft picks are on the roster, third-round TE Tyler Kroft of Rutgers and fifth-round TE C.J. Uzomah of Auburn. Kroft has played in the first 10 games but does not have a reception. Uzomah has been inactive for Games 1-10. Offensive linemen: For the season, the line has supported the offense to a rank of fifth in the NFL in scoring (26.6 points per game). The Bengals return all their primary contributors from the 2014 line, and four of the five regular starters have started Games 1-10. The exception has been ROT Andre Smith, who missed Games 8-9 due to a concussion suffered Nov. 1 at Pittsburgh, but Smith returned to start at Arizona. Smith has been a starter when healthy since his 2009 rookie season. The starting LOT is Andrew Whitworth, a key team leader who was named first-team All-Pro last season by Peter King’s Monday Morning Quarterback. He was also named second-team All-Pro by the Associated Press. Cincinnati’s starting G spots are firmly held by fifth-year pro Clint Boling on the left side and fourth-year player Kevin Zeitler on the right. The versatile Boling had two starts as an injury replacement at ROT last season while starting all other games at LG. Zeitler, a strong player and a tireless worker, has been a starter since joining the Bengals as a first-round draft choice in 2012. At C, Russell Bodine is in the No. 1 role, starting every game as a rookie in 2014 and all 10 games thus far in ’15. Bodine is prized for his ability to physically take on NFL nose tackles. OT/G Eric Winston, a ninth-year pro, has played in all 10 games and replaced Smith as the starting ROT for Games 8-9. Winston joined the team as a free agent in December of last season. He has 123 career NFL starts, including starts at ROT in the last four games of last season as an injury replacement. Rookie OT/G Jake Fisher of Oregon, a second-round 2015 draft pick, has played in Games 1-10, seeing significant action as the “big tight end,” an extra blocker used in certain situations. On Sept. 20 vs. San Diego, Fisher logged a 31-yard reception after escaping uncovered into the secondary,

making the longest receiving gain by an offensive lineman in an NFL game since 1988. Backup C T.J. Johnson has played in the last six games after being Active-DNP for Games 1-4. Not on the roster yet, but big in Cincinnati’s future plans, is OT Cedric Ogbuehi, the top Bengals pick in the 2015 draft, was cleared on Nov. 10 to begin practicing with the team, for a 21-day period in which he will not count against the roster limit. Ogbuehi’s ability and potential earned him the Bengals’ first selection even though it was known he would not immediately be available, due to a knee injury (ACL tear) suffered in his final college game in December. Ogbuehi remains on the Reserve/Non-Football Injury list but could be activated to the roster at any time during the 21-day window. Defensive linemen: Three-time Pro Bowl DT Geno Atkins is showing in 2015 that he has regained the form he showed prior to a serious 2013 knee injury. He has started Games 1-10, and at Arizona, logged four tackles, and a sack on Cardinals QB Carson Palmer for 10 yards. Atkins has 7.0 sacks, second on the team and tied for first in the NFL among interior linemen. Atkins has 31 tackles on the season, tied for first on the D-line. He’s second on the team in tackles-for-loss (nine) and second in QB hits (10). Heading the list of Bengals DEs is sixth-year pro Carlos Dunlap, who is third in the NFL with 8.5 sacks. He logged one tackle and a QB hit at Arizona. Dunlap has 31 tackles on the season, tied for the line lead. Dunlap’s 44.0 career sacks rank fourth on Cincinnati’s all-time list. This season he leads the team in QB hits (18) and tackles-for-loss (ten). He has 10 career forced fumbles and seven fumble recoveries, tops on the current team in both categories. The other starting interior lineman is Domata Peko, a top team leader and a rock of consistency inside, having started every game since the opener in 2010. He has led the line in tackles for a season four times. He has 21 tackles on the season, with 3.0 sacks and a pass defensed. His sacks total ties his career high for a full season. He is tied for third on the team in tackles-for-loss (four). On Oct. 4 vs. Kansas City, Peko sacked Alex Smith twice, for losses of three and eight yards in the second quarter, only the second two-sack game of his career. DE Michael Johnson, a Bengal from 2009-13, is back with Cincinnati after spending 2014 with Tampa Bay. He has played in all 10 regular-season games. He had a strong showing last week at Arizona, logging six tackles (tied for second on the team), a six-yard sack and a forced fumble (Cardinals recovered). He has 27 tackles, a fumble recovery, 3.0 sacks and two passes defensed on the season. Johnson has 29.5 career Bengals sacks, including 11.5 in 2012, after which he was designated as Cincinnati’s franchise player for 2013. DT Pat Sims is back with the Bengals after spending the 2013-14 seasons with Oakland. Sims has played in six games (Games 1-2, 4, 7 and 9). He has been inactive for Games 3 (hip injury), 5, 6 and 8 (coaches’ decision), and also for last week’s game at Arizona (back strain). On Nov. 16 vs. Houston, Sims led the line in tackles with six, despite only playing 20 snaps. He has 12 tackles for the season. Sims was on three playoff teams during his 2008-12 time with the Bengals. Eighth-year DE Wallace Gilberry logged two tackles and a pass defensed at Arizona. Gilberry has 2.0 sacks this season and 17.5 sacks for his three-plus Bengals seasons. For the season he has 14 tackles, a forced fumble, and a pass defensed. DE Will Clarke, a third-round 2014 draft choice, played on the D-line last week at Arizona, but did not record any defensive statistics. He has played in every game and has four tackles, a shared sack and a pass defensed. On Sept. 27 at Baltimore, Clarke’s pressure on Baltimore QB Joe Flacco helped lead to Adam Jones’ interception in the second quarter. Fourth-year DT Brandon Thompson saw action last week at Arizona (no statistics). He had a key tackle-for-loss in the win Nov. 5 vs. Cleveland, a five-yard loss against RB Duke Johnson on a first-and-goal play from the Cincinnati four. The loss was key in forcing the Browns to settle for a field goal and a 7-3 deficit. Thompson has played in five games (Games 3, 5, 6, 8, and 10) and has a shared sack among his six tackles. DE Margus Hunt was inactive last week, as he had been for Games 1-7. He has played in Games 8-9. Hunt played in 22 games over 2013-14. Inactive for Games 1-10 has been DT Marcus Hardison, a 2015 fourth-round draft pick who was slowed in September by a knee injury but is now medically cleared. Linebackers: OLB Vincent Rey had a personal season-low two tackles last week at Arizona, but he has a team-leading 76 stops for the season, 29 more than his closest Bengals pursuers. CB Adam Jones and S Reggie Nelson are tied for second, each with 47. Rey, a fifth-year pro, also last week had his fifth pass defensed of the season, tops among front-seven players. Rey had the show-stopper play for the LBs on the home opener vs. San Diego, leaping to out-fight Chargers WR Malcom Floyd for an interception that killed the Chargers’ last hope late in the fourth quarter. Rey led last year’s team in tackles (121). Vontaze Burfict, a 2013 season Pro Bowl selection continued to work his way back in the Arizona game, leading the team with a personal season high eight tackles. He also had a QB hit. Burfict has played in the last four games, his first action since Game 7 of 2014, returning from a knee injury that had sidelined him for a calendar year. He now has 23 tackles for the season. 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team in tackles by wide margins both in ’13 and as a rookie in ’12 and was a Pro Bowl selection in ’13. Back at MLB is seventh-year pro Rey Maualuga, a key run-stopper. Maualuga logged two tackles at Arizona. He has played in nine games, missing one with a calf strain. Maualuga ranks fourth on the team for the season in tackles (43). A.J. Hawk, joined Cincinnati as a free agent for 2015 after nine standout campaigns for Green Bay. He recorded two tackles at Arizona, and he has 18 stops for the year, with one sack. Hawk led the Packers in tackles in five seasons, and he has 20.0 career sacks and nine INTs. The fast and athletic Emmanuel Lamur has played in Games 1-10 and has 27 tackles, a shared sack and three passes defensed. He logged two tackles, a pass defensed, and a forced fumble (Cardinals recovered) last week at Arizona. He also had a special teams tackle, his fourth of the season. On Oct. 11 vs. Seattle, Lamur teamed with DE Carlos Dunlap to sack Russell Wilson, forcing the Seahawks to punt and setting up the game-winning drive in overtime. Lamur also has a special teams fumble recovery. Fifth-year pro Chris Carter has opened a season with Cincinnati for the first time, and has played in Games 1-10. He played on special teams last week at Arizona, logging one tackle. For the season he has five tackles and a fumble recovery on defense and two special teams stops. Carter earned a roster spot with strong play in preseason, including a team-high 3.5 sacks and a forced fumble. The Bengals have a promising 2015 draft prospect at LB in P.J. Dawson of Texas Christian, a third-round selection who was considered to be one of college football’s most instinctive playmakers at TCU. Dawson led the Bengals in preseason tackles (18), and he has appeared in a reserve and special teams role in Games 1-6 and 8, recording one tackle on defense and four on special teams. He has been inactive for Games 7 and 9-10. He ranks tied for third on the team in special teams stops with four. Third-year player Sean Porter was cleared on Nov. 10 to resume practicing with the team, for a 21-day period during which he will not count against the roster limit. Porter began the season on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list due to a knee injury. He remains on Reserve/PUP but could be activated to the roster at any time during the 21-day window. Defensive backs: At safety, ninth-year pro Reggie Nelson, a starter for Cincinnati since late 2010, had another strong game at Arizona, including his team-leading fifth INT of the year. He picked off an overthrown deep ball by Carson Palmer at the Bengals 13 and returned 23 yards. He is tied for first in the NFL in INTs. Nelson has 27 INTs for his NFL career and 20 as a Bengal (seventh in Bengals history). Nelson also logged three tackles at Arizona. Nelson has 47 tackles for the season, ranked tied for second on the team, and seven passes defensed, tied for third. Two of Nelson’s INTs came on Nov. 1 at Pittsburgh, when he had a 37-yard return with his third-quarter pick and a 14-yard return in the fourth quarter. His fourth-quarter return at Pittsburgh set up the field goal that put Cincinnati ahead 16-10, leaving Pittsburgh without a field goal option on its unsuccessful final drive. Also at Pittsburgh, Nelson was in coverage when Ben Roethlisberger’s final pass of the day sailed out of reach for WR Antonio Brown in the end zone. Nelson also has a fumble recovery. George Iloka made his ninth start of the season at SS at Arizona, logging four tackles. Iloka has started Games 1-3 and 5-10, missing Game 4 with an ankle injury. He has 39 tackles on the season. Third-year pro Shawn Williams played in a reserve role at Arizona, recording one special teams tackle. On Nov. 1 at Pittsburgh, Williams made a game-changing play with his first pro INT. His anticipation and break on a Ben Roethlisberger pass in the fourth quarter allowed him to intercept the ball along the sideline with a diving catch, setting up the Bengals at the Pittsburgh 45 for their game-winning touchdown drive. Williams has 12 stops on defense this season, and three special teams tackles. He has played in every regular-season and postseason game since joining the Bengals in 2013. Filling out the safeties is rookie Derron Smith, sixth-round draft pick from Fresno State. Smith has played in the first 10 games on special teams and has two tackles. All of the Bengals’ top four CBs were NFL first-round draft choices. Tops on the depth chart are ninth-year pro Adam Jones at RCB and fourth-year player Dre Kirkpatrick at LCB. Jones was inactive at Arizona, due to a foot injury suffered Nov. 16 vs. Houston, but may be able to return for the Rams. Jones has two INTs and leads the team in passes defensed (nine). He ranks tied second on the team for the season in tackles (47), despite missing one game. In the season opener at Oakland, Jones had a forced fumble against QB Derek Carr that was key in turning momentum in the game. Jones also ranks

fifth in the NFL for the season in punt return average (11.7) Jones led the NFL last season in kickoff returns (31.3 average). Kirkpatrick, a fourth-year player, has opened a season as a starter for the first time. He recorded two tackles at Arizona. He has 35 tackles with eight passes defensed (second on team) for the season. Kirkpatrick made rapid strides last season and is showcasing the skills that made him a first-round draft choice in 2012. Ninth-year pro Leon Hall had a strong outing at Arizona; logging six tackles (tied for second on team), an interception, and a pass defensed. His interception came on the first drive in the first quarter against QB Carson Palmer. Hall has 29 tackles on the season, and his seven passes defensed is tied for third on the team. Hall had a key play in the home opener vs. San Diego, tackling receiver Keenan Allen short of the goal line on a two-point conversion attempt late in the fourth quarter and keeping the Chargers from pulling to within 24-21. Hall has 116 Bengals games played and 103 starts, plus three postseason starts. Hall has 25 career INTs, tied for fourth in Bengals history with Lemar Parrish, and 125 career passes defensed. CB Darqueze Dennard, a Bengals 2014 first-rounder, started at Arizona at RCB in place of Jones and logging two tackles. It was the first start of his career, but he suffered a shoulder injury and his early-week status for St. Louis is uncertain. Dennard had his first career INT on Oct. 18 at Buffalo, with a graceful leaping grab of an E.J. Manuel pass in the second quarter, and he returned 10 yards. Dennard has 16 tackles, including a sack, and three total passes defensed on the season. He also has four special teams tackles, tied for third on the team. CB Josh Shaw, rookie fourth-round 2015 draft pick from Southern California, has played in Games 2-10. He played a season-high 18 snaps on defense at Arizona, due to the injuries to Jones and Dennard, and he had his first tackle on defense, along with his fourth special teams tackle of the year. Shaw tied for second on the team in preseason tackles (14) on defense. CB Chris Lewis-Harris was active at Arizona, but did not record any defensive statistics. He has played in Games 1, 4, 6, and 10. Special teams: The Bengals’ excellent specialist trio returns for a sixth straight season working together. K Mike Nugent, an 11th-year NFL player in his sixth Bengals season, made a clutch field goal on his only attempt at Arizona, tying the score at 31-31 with a 43-yarder at the 1:03 mark of the fourth quarter. On Oct. 11 vs. Seattle, Nugent made a game tying field goal as time expired in regulation, and then made the game winner in overtime. It was the eighth game-winning field goal of Nugent’s career in the last two minutes of regulation or in overtime, and he was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week. He’s 14-for-17 on FG attempts for the season and is 30-for-31 on PATs, with one PAT blocked. Nugent holds club season records for points (132) and field goals (33), and last year he kicked a club-record 57-yard FG in the playoffs, second-longest in NFL postseason history. He also shares the club record for longest regular-season FG (55). Nugent also handles kickoffs, and this season he has put 40 of 51 kickoffs in the end zone, with 27 of those for touchbacks. P Kevin Huber averaged 48.6 gross and 44.0 net on five punts at Arizona. Huber was a Pro Bowler last season and earned first-team All-Pro honors from Sporting News. He re-set his own Bengals season marks last year for gross average (46.8) and net (42.1), and he holds the franchise career marks in both categories (44.7 and 39.7). He also holds the club record for best ratio of inside-20 punts to touchbacks (177-to-44, a 4-to-1 ratio). He has 17 inside-20s and two touchbacks this season, and his plus-15 differential between inside-20s and touchbacks ranks tied for sixth in the NFL. He is averaging 45.0 yards gross and 40.6 net for the season, and he has one special team tackle. Huber is also the team’s longtime holder for place kicks. The final member of the veteran trio is LS Clark Harris, who after the Arizona game has handled 974 snaps in his Bengals career, without an unplayable delivery. Harris also is solid on punt coverage, with 16 career tackles. In 2014, CB Adam Jones claimed the franchise’s first NFL kickoff return title, averaging a club-record 31.3 yards, and he finished second in the NFL in punt returns, at 12.0. This season he ranks fifth in the NFL in punt returns (11.7) and is averaging 23.5 yards on 10 KOR. But Jones was inactive last week at Arizona (foot). His punt returning was key in the Oct. 11 win vs. Seattle, as he returned three for a 22.0-yard average and gave Cincinnati a short field throughout the day. Also in the return mix is WR Brandon Tate. He had a 58-yard kickoff return at Arizona, helping set up a TD drive in the fourth quarter. He’s averaging 22.5 yards on 12 KOR for the season. Tate also had two punt returns for a 2.5-yard average at Arizona and is averaging 7.9 yards on 17 PR for the season. HB Cedric Peerman recorded a special teams tackle at Arizona. He leads the team for the season with 10. HB Rex Burkhead is second with six.

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IMPORTANT DATES Dec. 4 — Deadline for reinstatement of players in Reserve List categories of Retired, Did Not Report, and Exclusive Rights, and of players who were placed on Reserve/Left Squad in a previous season.

2016 Jan. 1 — Deadline for waiver requests in 2015, except for “special waiver requests,” which have a 10-day claiming period, with termination or assignment delayed until after the Super Bowl. Jan. 4 — Clubs may begin signing free-agent players for the 2016 season. Jan. 9-10 — Wild Card Playoff Games.

Jan. 16-17 — Divisional Playoff Games. Jan. 24 — AFC and NFC Championship Games. Jan. 31 — Pro Bowl, Honolulu, Hawaii. Feb. 7 — Super Bowl 50, Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara.

2017 Feb. 5 — Super Bowl LI, NRG Stadium, Houston.

2018 Feb. 4* — Super Bowl LII, New Vikings Stadium, Minnesota.

* Tentative date.

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THE LAST BENGALS-RAMS MEETINGS 2007 SEASON

WEEK 14, GAME 13 Cincinnati Bengals 19, St. Louis Rams 10

Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007 at Paul Brown Stadium The Bengals posted a 7-0 first-quarter lead on Rudi Johnson’s one-yard TD run and went on to hold the Rams at bay with K Shayne Graham’s four-for-four performance on FGs. Graham’s last kick was his longest — 46 yards in the fourth quarter — and it essentially killed the Rams’ comeback hopes by making it a two-score game (19-10) with 2:22 to play. The Rams entered the game with veteran QBs Marc Bulger and Gus Frerotte both injured, and Brock Berlin saw his first NFL action. The Bengals held the Rams to 241 net yards and a three-for-13 reading on third down. For the second time in three games, the Bengals defense did not allow a TD, as the Rams got their only six-pointer on an INT return. HB Rudi Johnson had 92 rushing yards, and second-year HB DeDe Dorsey sparkled in spots with 81 rushing yards on four trips. The Bengals had a season-high 192 team rushing yards. The Bengals improved to 5-8, and the Rams dropped to 3-10.

SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. St. Louis .................................................... 0 0 7 3 — 10 Cincinnati................................................... 7 3 6 3 — 19

TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — R.Johnson 1 run (S.Graham kick) ................................................................. 1-5:32 Cin. — S.Graham 27 field goal .................................................................................. 2-9:50 StL. — F.Brown 36 interception return (J.Wilkins kick) ........................................... 3-14:06 Cin. — S.Graham 38 field goal .................................................................................. 3-4:41 Cin. — S.Graham 32 field goal .................................................................................. 3-0:19 StL. — J.Wilkins 50 field goal .................................................................................... 4-5:08 Cin. — S.Graham 46 field goal .................................................................................. 4-2:22 Missed FGs: J.Wilkins (40WR). Attendance: 65,143. Time: 2:53.

TEAM STATISTICS STL. CIN. First downs ..................................................................................................... 10 18 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 3-13 7-15 Total net yards ............................................................................................. 241 370 Net yards rushing ........................................................................................... 88 192 Net yards passing ........................................................................................ 153 178 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 28-17-1 29-21-2 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................... 0-0 1-11 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 6-38.3 3-50.3 Punt returns-yards ......................................................................................... 1-0 3-1 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................. 6-110 3-67 Penalties-yards ........................................................................................... 4-53 4-20 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 4-1 1-0 Time of possession ................................................................................... 26:35 33:25

RUSHING STL. ATT YDS LG TD CIN. ATT YDS LG TD S.Jackson 18 91 54 0 R.Johnson 23 92 22 1 A.Pittman 2 11 7 0 D.Dorsey 4 81 45 0 B.Leonard 1 2 2 0 K.Watson 3 10 8 0 B.Berlin 3 -16 0 0 T.Houshmandzadeh 1 8 8 0 J.Johnson 2 4 2 0 C.Palmer 3 -3 -1 0 TOTALS 24 88 54 0 TOTALS 36 192 45 1

PASSING STL. ATT CMP YDS TD-I CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I B.Berlin 28 17 153 0-1 C.Palmer 29 21 189 0-2 TOTALS 28 17 153 0-1 TOTALS 29 21 189 0-2

RECEIVING HOU. NO YDS LG TD CIN. NO YDS LG TD T.Holt 8 90 23 0 T.Houshmandzadeh 8 52 14 0 S.Jackson 4 26 13 0 K.Watson 6 48 25 0 R.McMichael 2 23 12 0 C.Johnson 2 60 52 0 A.Pittman 1 11 11 0 C.Henry 1 16 16 0 B.Leonard 1 2 2 0 A.Chatman 1 5 5 0 J.Klopfenstein 1 1 1 0 J.Johnson 1 4 4 0 R.Kelly 1 3 3 0 R.Johnson 1 1 1 0 TOTALS 17 153 23 0 TOTALS 21 189 52 0

DEFENSE St. Louis (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: C.Draft 8-4-12, R.Bartell 8-0-8, O.Atogwe 6-2-8, W.Witherspoon 6-1-7, B.Chillar 5-2-7, J.Hall 4-0-4, V.Adeyanju 2-2-4, C.Chavous 2-1-3, J.Wade 2-1-3, C.Ryan 1-2-3, L.Glover 1-1-2, A.Carriker 0-2-2, E.Moore 1-0-1, F.Brown 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: E.Moore 1-11. INT.-YDS.: F.Brown 1-36, R.Bartell 1-1. PD: R.Bartell 2, F.Brown 1, C.Draft 1. FF: R.Bartell 1. FR-YDS.: None. Cincinnati (coaches’ stats) — ST-AT-TT: L.Johnson 5-4-9, Dh.Jones 3-6-9, L.Hall 5-2-7, M.White 4-2-6, D.Jackson 4-1-5, J.Smith 3-2-5, R.Geathers 3-1-4, J.Joseph 3-1-4, D.Peko 3-1-4, M.Myers 0-4-4, J.Thornton 2-1-3, R.Jeanty 1-2-3, D.O’Neal 2-0-2, J.Fanene 1-1-2, C.Ndukwe 1-0-1, C.Mays 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: None. INT.-YDS.: D.Jackson 1-0. PD: J.Fanene 1, D.Jackson 1, J.Joseph 1, C.Ndukwe 1, D.O’Neal 1, J.Thornton 1. FF: D.Jackson 1. FR-YDS.: J.Thornton 1-0.

2011 SEASON WEEK 15, GAME 14

Cincinnati Bengals 20, St. Louis Rams 13 Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011 at Edward Jones Dome

The Bengals got off to a slow start against a 2-11 foe, trailing 6-3 at halftime, but rallied to win after trailing at halftime for the fifth time on the season. The game’s single biggest play was turned in by WR Brandon Tate, whose 56-yard punt return late in the third quarter led to a TD that gave Cincinnati the lead for good at 13-6. Bengals QB Andy Dalton moved to 3012 passing yards, becoming only the fifth NFL rookie to hit the 3000 mark for a season. WR A.J. Green had 115 receiving yards, setting a Bengals rookie record with his fourth 100-yard game of the year. The Bengals got the franchise’s first win in St. Louis. Cincinnati had lost twice previously to the Rams in St. Louis and once when visiting the St. Louis Cardinals. Cincinnati improved to 8-6 stayed in the thick of the race for an AFC Wild Card playoff spot. The Rams fell to 2-12.

SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Cincinnati ................................................... 3 0 10 7 — 20 St. Louis..................................................... 0 6 0 7 — 13

TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — M.Nugent 21 field goal ................................................................................... 1-8:59 StL. — Jo.Brown 26 field goal .................................................................................... 2-4:18 StL. — Jo.Brown 43 field goal .................................................................................... 2-0:26 Cin. — M.Nugent 41 field goal ................................................................................. 3-10:22 Cin. — B.Scott 1 run (M.Nugent kick) ........................................................................ 3-0:12 Cin. — C.Benson 4 run (M.Nugent kick) .................................................................... 4-9:14 StL. — D.Alexander 25 pass from K.Clemens (Jo.Brown kick) ................................. 4-1:08 Missed FGs: Jo.Brown (45WR). Attendance: 56,431. Time: 3:05.

TEAM STATISTICS CIN. STL. First downs ..................................................................................................... 19 18 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 3-11 2-13 Total net yards .............................................................................................. 283 305 Net yards rushing ......................................................................................... 110 95 Net yards passing ......................................................................................... 173 210 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 26-15-1 36-25-0 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................... 1-6 3-19 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 5-33.8 7-42.9 Punt returns-yards ....................................................................................... 2-71 0-0 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................. 4-101 4-83 Penalties-yards ........................................................................................ 11-101 10-109 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 3-0 1-0 Time of possession ................................................................................... 30:03 29:57

RUSHING CIN. ATT YDS LG TD STL. ATT YDS LG TD C.Benson 22 76 15 1 S.Jackson 18 71 18 0 B.Scott 7 20 11 1 C.Williams 3 16 7 0 C.Peerman 2 8 11 0 K.Clemens 2 9 8 0 A.Hawkins 1 8 8 0 J.Norwood 1 -1 -1 0 A.Dalton 2 -2 -1 0 TOTALS 34 110 15 2 TOTALS 24 95 18 0

PASSING CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I STL. ATT CMP YDS TD-I A.Dalton 26 15 179 0-1 K.Clemens 36 25 229 1-0 TOTALS 26 15 179 0-1 TOTALS 36 25 229 1-0

RECEIVING CIN. NO YDS LG TD STL. NO YDS LG TD A.Green 6 115 55 0 S.Jackson 9 72 12 0 J.Gresham 3 16 9 0 B.Lloyd 5 42 15 0 J.Simpson 2 14 10 0 A.Pettis 4 38 16 0 C.Benson 1 11 11 0 D.Alexander 3 52 25t 1 A.Hawkins 1 10 10 0 L.Kendricks 3 19 9 0 R.Whalen 1 7 7 0 C.Wlliams 1 6 6 0 C.Cochart 1 6 6 0 TOTALS 15 179 55 0 TOTALS 25 229 25t 1

DEFENSE Cincinnati (coaches’ stats) — ST-AT-TT: T.Howard 7-5-12, N.Clements 6-2-8, A.Jones 5-3-8, R.Maualuga 5-3-8, Atkins 5-1-6, B.Johnson 3-2-5, M.Lawson 3-2-5, C.Crocker 3-1-4, M.Johnson 3-1-4, N.Hayden 2-1-3, K.Jennings 2-1-3, R.Nelson 1-2-3, D.Peko 0-3-3, C.Dunlap 1-1-2, F.Rucker 1-1-2, J.Fanene 1-0-1, R.Geathers 1-0-1, D.Skuta 1-0-1, G.Wilson 1-0-1. SKS.-YDS.: N.Clements 1-8, J.Fanene 1-6, G.Atkins 1-5. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: N.Clements 1, J.Fanene 1. FF: G.Atkins 1. FR-YDS.: None. St. Louis (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: Q.Mikell 8-2-10, D.Stewart 4-3-7, J.Laurinaitis 5-1-6, R.Hood 5-0-5, B.Poppinga 2-3-5, J.Bannan 4-0-4, C.Chamberlain 4-0-4, F.Robbins 2-1-3, D.Scott 2-1-3, J.Gordy 2-0-2, C.Long 2-0-2, J.Butler 1-0-1, C.Dahl 1-0-1, R.Quinn 1-0-1, E.Sims 1-0-1. SKS.-YDS.: C.Long 1-6. INT.-YDS.: J.Gordy 1-30. PD: J.Gordy 2, Q.Mikell 1, B.Poppinga 1, R.Quinn 1. FF: Q.Mikell 2, D.Stewart 1. FR-YDS.: None.

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2015 GAME SUMMARIES WEEK 1, GAME 1

Cincinnati Bengals 33, Oakland Raiders 13 Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015 at O.co Coliseum

The Bengals posted their largest winning margin in a season opener since 1982, when they won by 21 (27-6) at home over Houston. And it was really more lopsided than that. Cincinnati led 24-0 at halftime and 33-0 through three quarters. Cincinnati’s 33-0 lead marked its biggest lead in a road game since 2005, when the Bengals led by 35 in a season finale at Philadelphia that saw the Eagles resting front-liners for the playoffs. QB Andy Dalton posted a 115.9 passer rating, and the offense got two TDs each from a pair of young stars, HB Jeremy Hill and TE Tyler Eifert. CB Adam Jones led a playmaking Bengals defense, with a forced fumble against QB Derek Carr that helped turn the game into a rout in the second quarter. The Bengals won in Oakland for the first time in franchise history, in their 11th try (including one playoff game). Cincinnati ended Week 1 in sole possession of the AFC North Division lead, as rivals Baltimore, Cleveland and Pittsburgh all lost.

SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Cincinnati................................................... 7 17 9 0 — 33 Oakland ..................................................... 0 0 0 13 — 13

TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — J.Hill 3 run (M.Nugent kick)............................................................................ 1-7:15 Cin. — M.Nugent 32 field goal ................................................................................... 2-9:29 Cin. — J.Hill 2 run (M.Nugent kick)............................................................................ 2-2:21 Cin. — T.Eifert 13 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ............................................ 2-0:07 Cin. — T.Eifert 8 pass from A.Dalton (kick blocked) ................................................. 3-3:42 Cin. — M.Nugent 35 field goal ................................................................................... 3-1:25 Oak. — M.Reece 11 pass from M.McGloin (S.Janikowski kick) ................................ 4-7:55 Oak. — M.Reece 9 pass from M.McGloin (pass failed) ............................................. 4-2:13 Missed FGs: None. Attendance: 54,500. Time: 3:02.

TEAM STATISTICS CIN. OAK. First downs ..................................................................................................... 22 16 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 4-13 3-12 Total net yards ............................................................................................. 396 246 Net yards rushing ......................................................................................... 127 63 Net yards passing ........................................................................................ 269 183 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 34-25-0 43-30-1 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................... 0-0 2-20 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 5-43.8 6-43.3 Punt returns-yards ....................................................................................... 2-23 3-27 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................... 2-14 3-69 Penalties-yards ........................................................................................... 6-50 5-32 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 0-0 2-1 Time of possession ................................................................................... 32:32 27:28

RUSHING CIN. ATT YDS LG TD OAK. ATT YDS LG TD J.Hill 19 63 11 2 L.Murray 11 44 12 0 G.Bernard 8 63 28 0 D.Carr 1 8 8 0 A.Dalton 4 1 3 0 J.Olawale 1 6 6 0 T.Jones 3 5 4 0 TOTALS 31 127 28 2 TOTALS 16 63 12 0

PASSING CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I OAK. ATT CMP YDS TD-I A.Dalton 34 25 269 2-0 M.McGloin 31 23 142 2-1 D.Carr 12 7 61 0-0 TOTALS 34 25 269 2-0 TOTALS 43 30 203 2-1

RECEIVING CIN. NO YDS LG TD OAK. NO YDS LG TD T.Eifert 9 104 31 2 L.Murray 7 36 11 0 G.Bernard 6 25 14 0 A.Cooper 5 47 24 0 A.Green 5 63 30 0 M.Crabtree 5 37 11 0 M.Sanu 2 34 28 0 M.Reece 3 26 11 2 M.Jones 2 19 12 0 J.Olawale 3 19 11 0 R.Burkhead 1 24 24 0 S.Roberts 3 12 7 0 T.Jones 1 13 13 0 R.Streater 1 8 8 0 M.Rivera 1 4 4 0 C.Walford 1 1 1 0 TOTALS 25 269 31 2 TOTALS 30 203 24 2

DEFENSE Cincinnati (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: A.Jones 10-0-10, V.Rey 6-3-9, R.Maualuga 4-3-7, A.Hawk 1-3-4, D.Dennard 3-0-3, C.Carter 2-1-3, L.Hall 2-1-3, G.Atkins 2-0-2, D.Kirkpatrick 2-0-2, S.Williams 2-0-2, C.Dunlap 1-1-2, G.Iloka 1-1-2, E.Lamur 1-1-2, M.Johnson 1-0-1, P.Dawson 0-1-1, P.Sims 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: G.Atkins 1-14, C.Dunlap 1-6. INT.-YDS.: R.Nelson 1-0. PD: D.Dennard 1, A.Jones 1, R.Nelson 1. FF: G.Atkins 1, A.Jones 1. FR-YDS.: M.Johnson 1-0. Oakland (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: L.Asante 7-1-8, M.Smith 6-1-7, C.Woodson 5-2-7, T.Carrie 5-1-6, J.Tuck 3-2-5, D.Hayden 3-1-4, K.Mack 3-1-4, D.Williams 3-1-4, R.Armstrong 2-1-3, C.Lofton 1-1-2, A.Smith 1-1-2, N.Allen 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: None. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: J.Tuck 2, T.Carrie 1, D.Williams 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None.

WEEK 2, GAME 2 Cincinnati Bengals 24, San Diego Chargers 19

Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015 at Paul Brown Stadium The Bengals took advantage of an early special teams mistake by San Diego, with LB Emmanuel Lamur recovering a muffed punt return. Cincinnati went ahead 7-0 at the 12:51 mark of the first quarter on a 16-yard pass from QB Andy Dalton to WR A.J. Green. The Bengals led the rest of the way, but San Diego was within one score for the bulk of the game. The Chargers got a last opportunity for a winning score when they took over at their 20 with 1:09 remaining, but on their second play, Bengals LB Vincent Rey made a leaping INT of a pass from QB Philip Rivers to seal the outcome. Dalton threw three TD passes with no INTs, and HB Giovani Bernard led the Bengals with 139 yards from scrimmage, including 20-for-123 rushing. Cincinnati defeated San Diego for the fourth straight time in regular season, but this game was the first Bengals-Chargers meeting since a San Diego playoff win at Paul Brown Stadium in the 2013 season. The Bengals moved to 2-0 for 2015 and maintained sole possession of first place in the AFC North Division. San Diego dropped to 1-1.

SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. San Diego .................................................. 3 3 7 6 — 19 Cincinnati ................................................... 7 7 3 7 — 24

TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — A.Green 16 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ........................................ 1-12:51 S.D. — J.Lambo 40 field goal ..................................................................................... 1-8:38 S.D. — J.Lambo 32 field goal ..................................................................................... 2-9:24 Cin. — M.Jones 45 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) .......................................... 2-6:01 S.D. — S.Johnson 10 pass from P.Rivers (J.Lambo kick) ....................................... 3-10:34 Cin. — M.Nugent 21 field goal ................................................................................... 3-2:44 Cin. — T.Eifert 9 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) .............................................. 4-8:49 S.D. — M.Floyd 40 pass from P.Rivers (pass failed) ................................................. 4-4:20 Missed FGs: J.Lambo (47WL), M.Nugent (36WR). Attendance: 57,579. Time: 3:06.

TEAM STATISTICS S.D. CIN. First downs ..................................................................................................... 19 20 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 4-11 4-10 Total net yards .............................................................................................. 354 389 Net yards rushing ......................................................................................... 131 175 Net yards passing ......................................................................................... 223 214 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 27-21-1 26-16-0 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 4-18 0-0 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 3-48.0 3-53.7 Punt returns-yards ......................................................................................... 1-0 3-29 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................... 3-71 3-74 Penalties-yards ............................................................................................ 8-64 9-75 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 2-2 2-2 Time of possession ................................................................................... 30:09 29:51

RUSHING S.D. ATT YDS LG TD CIN. ATT YDS LG TD M.Gordon 16 88 27 0 G.Bernard 20 123 26 0 D.Woodhead 7 36 9 0 J.Hill 10 39 9 0 P.Rivers 1 5 5 0 A.Dalton 5 10 6 0 B.Oliver 1 2 2 0 M.Jones 1 3 3 0 TOTALS 25 131 27 0 TOTALS 36 175 26 0

PASSING S.D. ATT CMP YDS TD-I CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I P.Rivers 27 21 241 2-1 A.Dalton 26 16 214 3-0 TOTALS 27 21 241 2-1 TOTALS 26 16 214 3-0

RECEIVING S.D. NO YDS LG TD CIN. NO YDS LG TD D.Woodhead 6 68 19 0 T.Eifert 4 49 15 1 L.Green 5 47 12 0 A.Green 3 45 23 1 S.Johnson 5 45 15 1 G.Bernard 3 16 9 0 M.Floyd 2 55 40t 1 M.Jones 2 48 45t 1 K.Allen 2 16 13 0 J.Fisher 1 31 31 0 M.Gordon 1 10 10 0 M.Sanu 1 15 15 0 R.Burkhead 1 8 8 0 J.Hill 1 2 2 0 TOTALS 21 241 40t 2 TOTALS 16 214 45t 3

DEFENSE San Diego (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: E.Weddle 7-3-10, M.Te’o 5-5-10, J.Wilson 3-4-7, D.Butler 3-3-6, C.Liuget 3-2-5, S.Lissemore 0-4-4, J.Attaochu 2-0-2, K.Reyes 2-0-2, D.Philon 2-0-2, B.Flowers 1-1-2, M.Ingram 0-2-2, R.Mathews 1-0-1, P.Robinson 1-0-1, M.Unrein 1-0-1, J.Verrett 1-0-1, K.Emanuel 0-1-1, A.Phillips 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: None. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: M.Ingram 1, M.Te’o 1. FF: D.Butler 1. FR-YDS.: D.Butler 1-1, J.Wilson 1-0. Cincinnati (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: A.Jones 7-2-9, D.Kirkpatrick 7-0-7, C.Dunlap 3-3-6, G.Iloka 5-0-5, R.Maualuga 2-3-5, L.Hall 4-0-4, R.Nelson 2-2-4, V.Rey 2-2-4, W.Gilberry 2-1-3, M.Johnson 2-1-3, G.Atkins 0-3-3, E.Lamur 2-0-2, D.Peko 0-2-2, W.Clarke 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: C.Dunlap 1.5-9.5, G.Atkins 1-5, W.Gilberry 1-2, W.Clarke 0.5-1.5. INT.-YDS.: V.Rey 1-0. PD: A.Jones 2, W.Clarke 1, L.Hall 1, D.Kirkpatrick 1, V.Rey 1. FF: W.Gilberry 1. FR-YDS.: C.Carter 1-0.

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(2015 game summaries, continued)

WEEK 3, GAME 3 Cincinnati Bengals 28, Baltimore Ravens 24

Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015 at M&T Bank Stadium In one of their wilder finishes of recent years, the Bengals staged two fourth-quarter comebacks to defeat the Ravens for a fourth straight time, the longest winning streak against Baltimore in Bengals history. An 80-yard TD pass from QB Andy Dalton to WR A.J. Green lifted Cincinnati from a 17-14 deficit to a 21-17 lead, and after the Ravens went back ahead 24-21, Dalton led an 80-yard drive, capped by a seven-yard TD pass to Green, for the winning points. The Bengals had led 14-0 at halftime, only to see the Ravens come back with 17 unanswered points. Green had 10 catches for a career-high 227 yards, and Dalton posted his third straight triple-digit passer rating of the season, logging a 122.3. The Bengals improved to 3-0 on the season, holding a one-game lead over Pittsburgh in the AFC North Division. Baltimore fell to 0-3 for the first time in the Ravens’ 20-year history. Head coach Marvin Lewis ran his record against his former team to 15-10.

SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Cincinnati................................................... 7 7 0 14 — 28 Baltimore ................................................... 0 0 7 17 — 24

TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — A.Dalton 7 run (M.Nugent kick) ..................................................................... 1-7:20 Cin. — M.Jones 16 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ........................................ 2-12:18 Balt. — S.Smith 50 pass from J.Flacco (J.Tucker kick) ............................................. 3-6:23 Balt. — J.Tucker 21 field goal ................................................................................... 4-13:27 Balt. — C.Mosley 41 fumble return (J.Tucker kick) .................................................... 4-6:49 Cin. — A.Green 80 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) .......................................... 4-6:37 Balt. - S.Smith 16 pass from J.Flacco (J.Tucker kick) ............................................. 4-3-56 Cin. — A.Green 7 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ............................................ 4-2:10 Missed FGs: J.Tucker (50WR). Attendance: 70,970. Time: 3:27.

TEAM STATISTICS CIN. BALT. First downs ..................................................................................................... 23 19 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 8-15 7-16 Total net yards ............................................................................................. 458 398 Net yards rushing ........................................................................................... 86 36 Net yards passing ........................................................................................ 372 362 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 32-20-1 49-32-1 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 2-11 0-0 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 3-54.7 4-43.5 Punt returns-yards ....................................................................................... 4-25 2-35 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................... 1-32 1-26 Penalties-yards ........................................................................................... 9-67 13-116 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 1-1 1-0 Time of possession ................................................................................... 30:08 29:52

RUSHING CIN. ATT YDS LG TD BALT. ATT YDS LG TD G.Bernard 13 49 7 0 J.Forsett 10 13 5 0 J.Hill 12 21 6 0 J.Allen 3 12 9 0 A.Dalton 5 10 7t 1 M.Campanaro 1 8 8 0 M.Sanu 1 6 6 0 A.Levine 1 3 3 0 L.Taliaferro 3 0 1 0 TOTALS 31 86 7t 1 TOTALS 18 36 9 0

PASSING CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I BALT. ATT CMP YDS TD-I A.Dalton 32 20 383 3-1 J.Flacco 49 32 362 2-1 TOTALS 32 20 383 3-1 TOTALS 49 32 362 2-1

RECEIVING CIN. NO YDS LG TD BALT. NO YDS LG TD A.Green 10 227 80t 2 S.Smith 13 186 50t 2 M.Jones 5 94 32 1 J.Forsett 4 16 8 0 G.Bernard 3 34 23 0 M.Williams 3 44 28 0 C.Gillmore 3 40 19 0 M.Brown 2 29 21 0 N.Boyle 2 19 13 0 K.Juszczyk 2 11 9 0 M.Campanaro 2 11 11 0 L.Taliaferro 1 6 6 0 TOTALS 20 383 80 3 TOTALS 32 362 50t 2

DEFENSE Cincinnati (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: V.Rey 4-4-8, A.Hawk 5-1-6, A.Jones 4-2-6, C.Dunlap 3-2-5, R.Maualuga 2-3-5, G.Atkins 2-2-4, D.Kirkpatrick 2-2-4, S.Williams 3-0-3, L.Hall 2-1-3, E.Lamur 2-1-3, R.Nelson 2-1-3, D.Peko 1-2-3, C.Peerman 2-0-2, G.Iloka 1-1-2, B.Thompson 1-1-2, W.Gilberry 1-0-1, M.Johnson 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: None. INT.-YDS.: A.Jones 1-0. PD: A.Jones 1, D.Kirkpatrick 1, D.Peko 1. FF: C.Peerman 1. FR-YDS.: None. Baltimore (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: B.Williams 4-4-8, D.Smith 2-5-7, L.Guy 2-5-7, C.Mosley 4-2-6, L.Webb 3-2-5, W.Hill 4-0-4, J.Smith 3-1-4, T.Jernigan 1-3-4, C.Upshaw 1-2-3, K.Arrington 2-0-2, E.Dumervil 2-0-2, T.Brooks 1-1-2, R.Melvin 1-0-1, Z.Smith 1-0-1, C.Davis 0-1-1, K.Lewis 0-1-1, A.McClellan 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: W.Hill 1-8, E.Dumervil 1-3. INT.-YDS.: J. Smith 1-0. PD: C.Davis 1, K.Lewis 1, C.Mosley 1, J.Smith 1, B.Trawick 1, C.Upshaw 1, L.Webb 1. FF: E.Dumervil 1. FR-YDS.: C.Mosley 1-41.

WEEK 4, GAME 4 Cincinnati Bengals 36, Kansas City Chiefs 21

Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015 at Paul Brown Stadium The Bengals led from the early first quarter to the final gun in going to 4-0 for the season, their first 4-0 start since 2005. It was the first game in Bengals history in which the team had more than 300 net passing yards (321) and four rushing touchdowns. QB Andy Dalton posted a 127.1 passer rating, making him four-for-four in triple-digit ratings on the season. He finished the game, for the second straight week, as first in the AFC and second in the NFL in season passer rating The Chiefs were hanging close late in the third quarter, in possession and facing only a six-point (21-15) deficit. But with 0:33 left in the period, Bengals DE Michael Johnson forced a fumble by TE Travis Kelce that S Reggie Nelson returned 25 yards to the Kansas City five-yard line. The Bengals scored in two plays and were two or more scores up for the remainder of the game. Cincinnati logged a fourth consecutive win in its series against the Chiefs and took a two-game lead over second-place Pittsburgh in the AFC North Division. The Chiefs fell to 1-3.

SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Kansas City ............................................... 3 9 3 6 — 21 Cincinnati ................................................. 14 0 15 7 — 36

TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — J.Hill 8 run (M.Nugent kick) .......................................................................... 1-11:33 K.C. — C.Santos 22 field goal .................................................................................... 1-4:35 Cin. — G.Bernard 13 run (M.Nugent kick) ................................................................. 1-0:53 K.C. — C.Santos 40 field goal .................................................................................. 2-12:44 K.C. — C.Santos 51 field goal .................................................................................... 2-6:09 K.C. — C.Santos 34 field goal .................................................................................... 2-0:04 Cin. — B.Tate 55 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ............................................. 3-8:43 K.C. — C.Santos 40 field goal .................................................................................... 3-4:37 Cin. — J.Hill 5 run (M.Nugent kick) ............................................................................ 3-0:11 K.C. — C.Santos 29 field goal .................................................................................... 4-9:28 Cin. — J.Hill 1 run (M.Nugent kick) ............................................................................ 4-4:50 K.C. — C.Santos 51 field goal .................................................................................... 4-2:34 Missed FGs: None. Attendance: 57,498. Time: 3:17.

TEAM STATISTICS K.C. CIN. First downs ..................................................................................................... 24 18 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 7-16 6-10 Total net yards .............................................................................................. 461 445 Net yards rushing ......................................................................................... 113 124 Net yards passing ......................................................................................... 348 321 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 45-31-0 24-17-0 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 5-38 0-0 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 1-62.0 3-47.7 Punt returns-yards ......................................................................................... 0-0 1-7 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................. 5-109 3-53 Penalties-yards ............................................................................................ 7-46 11-84 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 1-1 1-0 Time of possession ................................................................................... 36:53 23:07

RUSHING K.C. ATT YDS LG TD CIN. ATT YDS LG TD J.Charles 11 75 24 0 G.Bernard 13 62 16 1 A.Smith 5 25 10 0 J.Hill 9 40 10 3 C.West 5 17 9 0 A.Dalton 3 16 8 0 D.Thomas 2 -4 4 0 M.Jones 1 6 6 0 TOTALS 23 113 24 0 TOTALS 26 124 16 4

PASSING K.C. ATT CMP YDS TD-I CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I A.Smith 45 31 386 0-0 A.Dalton 24 17 321 1-0 TOTALS 45 31 386 0-0 TOTALS 24 17 321 1-0

RECEIVING K.C. NO YDS LG TD CIN. NO YDS LG TD J.Maclin 11 148 44 0 A.Green 7 82 36 0 J.Charles 6 70 25 0 M.Sanu 4 84 52 0 T.Kelce 5 49 14 0 T.Eifert 3 69 30 0 J.Avant 4 43 13 0 B.Tate 1 55 55t 1 C.Conley 2 53 44 0 R.Burkhead 1 27 27 0 D.Thomas 1 11 11 0 M.Jones 1 4 4 0 J.O’Shaughnessy 1 8 8 0 C.West 1 4 4 0 TOTALS 31 386 44 0 TOTALS 17 321 55t 1

DEFENSE Kansas City (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: R.Parker 5-3-8, R.Wilson 4-4-8, E.Berry 4-1-5, D.Poe 2-2-4, S.Smith 2-1-3, A.Bailey 2-1-3, M.Peters 2-1-3, J.Houston 1-2-3, J.Howard 0-3-3, H.Abdullah 2-0-2, D.Johnson 1-1-2, N.Williams 1-1-2, J.Mauga 1-0-1, M.Devito 0-1-1, T.Hali 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: None. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: S.Smith 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None. Cincinnati (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: V.Rey 10-5-15, R.Nelson 6-3-9, R.Maualuga 4-4-8, D.Dennard 4-2-6, S.Williams 3-3-6, D.Kirkpatrick 3-2-5, M.Johnson 4-0-4, L.Hall 3-0-3, G.Atkins 2-1-3, E.Lamur 1-2-3, D.Peko 2-0-2, C.Dunlap 2-0-2, W.Gilberry 2-0-2, W.Clarke 1-0-1, P.Sims 0-1-1, A.Hawk 0-1-1, A.Jones 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: D.Peko 2-11, G.Atkins 1-10, M.Johnson 1-9, C.Dunlap 1-8. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: D.Dennard 1, L.Hall 1, M.Johnson 1, E.Lamur 1. FF: M.Johnson. FR-YDS.: R.Nelson 1-25.

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WEEK 5, GAME 5 Cincinnati Bengals 27, Seattle Seahawks 24

Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015 at Paul Brown Stadium The Bengals staged one of the great comebacks in franchise history, rallying from a 24-7 deficit in the fourth quarter to force overtime and win on Mike Nugent’s 42-yard FG with 3:36 remaining in the extra period. NFL teams facing fourth-quarter deficits of 17 or more points had lost 427 consecutive games, dating back to the start of the 2011 season, before Cincinnati’s win. Bengals QB Andy Dalton posted a 136.7 passer rating in the fourth quarter as the Bengals outscored the Seahawks 17-0. He had a 10-yard TD pass to TE Tyler Eifert in the early in the fourth quarter, and later scored himself on a five-yard run. The defense, led by DE Carlos Dunlap and DT Geno Atkins, held the Seahawks to one first down and 27 net yards in the fourth quarter. At the end of the fourth quarter, on fourth down and on Seattle’s 13-yard with no timeouts, the Bengals’ field goal team rushed onto the field while the offense ran off, and Nugent kicked a nail-biting 31-yard FG as time expired to send the game into OT. The Bengals improved to 5-0 and finished Week 5 with a two-game lead over Pittsburgh in the AFC North Division. Seattle fell to 2-3.

SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Seattle ....................................................... 7 3 14 0 0 24 Cincinnati................................................... 7 0 0 17 3 27

TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — T.Eifert 14 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) .......................................... 1-11:02 Sea. — J.Kearse 30 pass from R.Wilson (S.Hauschka kick) ..................................... 1-6:32 Sea. — S.Hauschka 24 field goal ............................................................................... 2-0:00 Sea. — T.Rawls 69 run (S.Hauschka kick) ................................................................ 3-8:38 Sea. — B.Wagner 23 fumble return (S.Hauschka kick) ............................................. 3-6:41 Cin. — T.Eifert 10 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) .......................................... 4-12:18 Cin. — A.Dalton 5 run (M.Nugent kick) ..................................................................... 4-3:38 Cin. — M.Nugent 31 field goal ................................................................................... 4-0:00 Cin. — M.Nugent 42 field goal ................................................................................... 5-3:36 Missed FGs: None. Attendance: 65,004. Time: 3:19.

TEAM STATISTICS SEA. CIN. First downs ..................................................................................................... 16 27 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 5-13 6-15 Total net yards ............................................................................................. 397 419 Net yards rushing ......................................................................................... 200 109 Net yards passing ........................................................................................ 197 310 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 23-15-1 44-30-1 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 4-16 4-21 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 8-50.9 6-48.8 Punt returns-yards ......................................................................................... 2-8 5-93 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................... 1-21 4-87 Penalties-yards ....................................................................................... 10-112 7-50 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 0-0 1-1 Time of possession ................................................................................... 30:35 40:49

RUSHING SEA. ATT YDS LG TD CIN. ATT YDS LG TD T.Rawls 23 169 69t 1 G.Bernard 15 80 13 0 R.Wilson 3 21 9 0 A.Dalton 7 18 6 1 R.Smith 2 5 3 0 J.Hill 8 13 5 0 F.Jackson 2 5 5 0 R.Burkhead 1 -2 -2 0 TOTALS 30 200 69t 1 TOTALS 31 109 13 1

PASSING SEA. ATT CMP YDS TD-I CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I R.Wilson 23 15 213 1-1 A.Dalton 44 30 331 2-1 TOTALS 23 15 213 1-1 TOTALS 44 30 331 2-1

RECEIVING SEA. NO YDS LG TD CIN. NO YDS LG TD D.Baldwin 3 70 46 0 T.Eifert 8 90 25 2 J.Graham 3 30 22 0 A.Green 6 78 22 0 F.Jackson 3 29 12 0 M.Sanu 5 69 25 0 J.Kearse 2 38 30t 1 M.Jones 5 61 44 0 T.Lockett 2 29 22 0 G.Bernard 5 21 10 0 L.Willson 2 17 9 0 J.Hill 1 12 12 0 TOTALS 15 213 46 1 TOTALS 30 331 44 2

DEFENSE Seattle (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: K.Chancellor 8-3-11, R.Sherman 6-2-8, B.Wagner 5-2-7, K.Wright 6-0-6, M.Bennett 5-1-6, C.Avril 4-2-6, D.Shead 4-1-5, A.Rubin 3-1-4, C.Williams 3-1-4, B.Irvin 3-1-4, C.Marsh 2-1-3, B.Mebane 2-0-2, E.Thomas 2-0-2, J.Hill 1-1-2. SKS.-YDS.: C.Avril 1-7, M.Bennett 1-6, D.Shead 1-5, A.Rubin 1-3. INT.-YDS.: E.Thomas 1-32. PD: D.King 1, R.Sherman 1, E.Thomas 1, B.Wagner 1, C.Williams 1. FF: M.Bennett 1. FR-YDS.: B.Wagner 1-23. Cincinnati (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: V.Rey 6-7-13, R.Maualuga 5-3-8, C.Dunlap 3-3-6, A.Jones 4-1-5, G.Iloka 3-1-4, G.Atkins 2-2-4, R.Nelson 2-2-4, D.Peko 2-2-4, M.Johnson 0-3-3, E.Lamur 0-3-3, D.Dennard 2-0-2, A.Hawk 2-0-2, B.Thompson 1-1-2. SKS.-YDS.: C.Dunlap 1.5-11, A.Jones 1-1, G.Atkins 1-0, E.Lamur 0.5-4. INT.-YDS.: A.Jones 1-0. PD: G.Iloka 1, A.Jones 1, D.Kirkpatrick 1, R.Maualuga 1, V.Rey 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None.

WEEK 6, GAME 6 Cincinnati Bengals 34, Buffalo Bills 21

Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015 at Ralph Wilson Stadium The Bengals overcame an early 7-0 deficit and dispatched the Bills with relative ease, moving to a 6-0 record for the third time in franchise history, tying the franchise record for longest unbeaten start to a season. Buffalo trailed only 17-14 at halftime, but the Bengals mounted TD drives on their first two possessions of the second half to put the game away. QB Andy Dalton posted a 118.6 passer rating, with three TD passes and no INTs. WR Marvin Jones had a career-high nine receptions, and DE Carlos Dunlap logged 1.5 sacks to move into the NFL sack lead for the season at 6.5. The Bengals posted a 3-0 start in road games for the first time since the 2009 division championship team won its first four away from home. Cincinnati maintained a two-game lead over 4-2 Pittsburgh for the AFC North Division lead. Buffalo fell to 3-3.

SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Cincinnati ................................................... 7 10 14 3 — 34 Buffalo ....................................................... 7 7 0 7 — 21

TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Buff. — E.Manuel 2 run (D.Carpenter kick) ................................................................ 1-9:21 Cin. — J.Hill 13 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ................................................ 1-3:26 Cin. — G.Bernard 17 run (M.Nugent kick) ............................................................... 2-10:19 Cin. — M.Nugent 47 field goal ................................................................................... 2-7:12 Buff. — S.Watkins 22 pass from E.Manuel (D.Carpenter kick) .................................. 2-0:17 Cin. — M.Jones 10 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ........................................ 3-10:55 Cin. — T.Eifert 4 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) .............................................. 3-1:42 Cin. — M.Nugent 39 field goal ................................................................................. 4-10:40 Buff. — L.McCoy 4 run (D.Carpenter kick) ................................................................. 4-6:50 Missed FGs: None. Attendance: 69,593. Time: 3:09.

TEAM STATISTICS CIN. BUFF. First downs ..................................................................................................... 21 22 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 7-12 5-13 Total net yards .............................................................................................. 355 368 Net yards rushing ......................................................................................... 112 112 Net yards passing ......................................................................................... 243 256 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 33-22-0 42-28-1 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................... 0-0 2-7 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 3-40.3 5-48.6 Punt returns-yards ....................................................................................... 4-37 0-0 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................... 4-84 4-72 Penalties-yards ............................................................................................ 3-20 8-93 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 1-0 0-0 Time of possession ................................................................................... 30:00 30:00

RUSHING CIN. ATT YDS LG TD BUFF. ATT YDS LG TD J.Hill 16 56 10 0 L.McCoy 17 90 33 1 G.Bernard 8 50 17t 1 E.Manuel 6 22 16 1 M.Sanu 1 8 8 0 A.Dalton 3 -2 0 0 TOTALS 28 112 17t 1 TOTALS 23 112 33 2

PASSING CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I BUFF. ATT CMP YDS TD-I A.Dalton 33 22 243 3-0 E.Manuel 42 28 263 1-1 TOTALS 33 22 243 3-0 TOTALS 42 28 263 1-1

RECEIVING CIN. NO YDS LG TD BUFF. NO YDS LG TD M.Jones 9 95 42 1 C.Clay 9 62 19 0 A.Green 4 36 12 0 C.Gragg 5 54 19 0 T.Eifert 4 30 15 1 S.Watkins 4 48 22t 1 M.Sanu 2 30 24 0 R.Woods 4 47 22 0 G.Bernard 1 23 23 0 C.Hogan 2 31 23 0 R.Hewitt 1 16 16 0 D.Herron 2 17 9 0 J.Hill 1 13 13t 1 L.McCoy 2 4 3 0 TOTALS 22 243 42 3 TOTALS 28 263 23 1

DEFENSE Cincinnati (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: R.Nelson 8-3-11, V.Rey 7-1-8, D.Kirkpatrick 6-0-6, G.Iloka 4-2-6, E.Lamur 3-3-6, R.Maualuga 2-4-6, A.Jones 4-1-5, M.Johnson 4-0-4, W.Gilberry 2-1-3, C.Dunlap 1-2-3, D.Peko 0-3-3, G.Atkins 2-0-2, W.Clarke 1-0-1, C.Carter 0-1-1, D.Dennard 0-1-1, B.Thompson 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: C.Dunlap 1.5-7, B.Thompson 0.5-0. INT.-YDS.: D.Dennard 1-10. PD: C.Dunlap 1, D.Dennard 1, A.Jones 1, D.Kirkpatrick 1, R.Nelson 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None. Buffalo (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: P.Brown 7-2-9, C.Graham 4-3-7, R.Darby 6-0-6, D.Williams 5-1-6, M.Lawson 3-3-6, S.Gilmore 5-0-5, M.Dareus 3-1-4, J.Hughes 3-1-4, C.Bryant 1-3-4, N.Bradham 2-1-3, S.Charles 0-2-2, B.Rambo 1-0-1, M.Williams 1-0-1, Ky.Williams 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: None. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: S.Gilmore 2, N.Bradham 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None.

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WEEK 8, GAME 7 Cincinnati Bengals 16, Pittsburgh Steelers 10

Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015 at Heinz Field The Bengals moved to a 7-0 record for the first time in franchise history, rallying from a fourth-quarter deficit for the third time on the season. Pittsburgh had possession and a 10-6 lead in the fourth quarter, but with just under six minutes to play, third-year S Shawn Williams made a diving INT of a QB Ben Roethlisberger pass at the Steelers’ 45-yard line, and the offense responded with a six-play TD drive, capped by a nine-yard pass on third down from QB Andy Dalton to WR A.J. Green. K Mike Nugent’s 44-yard FG pushed the Cincinnati lead to 16-10 at the 1:47 mark, and the Bengals successfully defended a Pittsburgh bid to steal victory when the Steelers failed on a pass to the end zone from the Bengals’ 16 as time expired. S Reggie Nelson was defending on the final play, and Nelson had two INTs for the game. Cincinnati moved to a three-and-one-half game lead in the AFC North Division, as second-place Pittsburgh fell to 4-4. The Bengals’ lead was the largest ever in the 14-year-old AFC North at Week 8 or any earlier part of a season.

SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Cincinnati................................................... 3 3 0 10 — 16 Pittsburgh .................................................. 7 0 3 0 — 10

TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Pitt. — A.Brown 1 pass from B.Roethlisberger (C.Boswell kick) .............................. 1-7:46 Cin. — M.Nugent 44 field goal ................................................................................... 1-2:50 Cin. — M.Nugent 45 field goal ................................................................................. 2-14:55 Pitt. — C.Boswell 32 field goal .................................................................................. 3-6:27 Cin. — A.Green 9 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ............................................ 4-2:57 Cin. — M.Nugent 44 field goal ................................................................................... 4-1:47 Missed FGs: M.Nugent (42B). Attendance: 64,750. Time: 3:22.

TEAM STATISTICS CIN. PITT. First downs ..................................................................................................... 16 21 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 4-15 3-11 Total net yards ............................................................................................. 296 356 Net yards rushing ........................................................................................... 78 116 Net yards passing ........................................................................................ 218 240 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 38-23-2 45-28-3 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 3-13 3-22 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 4-34.0 6-35.5 Punt returns-yards ....................................................................................... 3-38 0-0 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................... 2-52 2-34 Penalties-yards ......................................................................................... 10-94 10-91 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 2-0 0-0 Time of possession ................................................................................... 29:51 30:09

RUSHING CIN. ATT YDS LG TD PITT. ATT YDS LG TD J.Hill 15 60 15 0 De.Williams 9 71 55 0 G.Bernard 1 12 12 0 L.Bell 10 45 7 0 A.Dalton 6 4 5 0 M.Jones 1 2 2 0 TOTALS 23 78 15 0 TOTALS 19 116 55 0

PASSING CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I PITT. ATT CMP YDS TD-I A.Dalton 38 23 231 1-2 B.Roethlisberger 45 28 262 1-3 TOTALS 38 23 231 1-2 TOTALS 45 28 262 1-3

RECEIVING CIN. NO YDS LG TD PITT. NO YDS LG TD A.Green 11 118 38 1 H.Miller 10 105 25 0 T.Eifert 4 39 23 0 A.Brown 6 47 17 1 G.Bernard 2 22 23 0 M.Bryant 4 49 21 0 M.Jones 2 12 6 0 De.Williams 4 39 14 0 M.Sanu 2 10 7 0 L.Bell 2 13 8 0 R.Hewitt 1 22 22 0 M.Wheaton 1 5 5 0 J.Hill 1 8 8 0 M.Spaeth 1 4 4 0 TOTALS 23 231 38 1 TOTALS 28 262 25 1

DEFENSE Cincinnati (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: V.Rey 5-3-8, L.Hall 6-0-6, V.Burfict 5-0-5, A.Jones 5-0-5, R.Nelson 5-0-5, G.Iloka 4-0-4, P.Sims 2-2-4, G.Atkins 2-0-2, C.Dunlap 2-0-2, D.Kirkpatrick 2-0-2, E.Lamur 2-0-2, D.Peko 2-0-2, C.Carter 1-0-1, W.Gilberry 1-0-1, A.Hawk 1-0-1, M.Johnson 1-0-1, S.Williams 1-0-1. SKS.-YDS.: M.Johnson 1-12, G.Atkins 1-8, W.Gilberry 1-2. INT.-YDS.: R.Nelson 2-51, S.Williams 1-0. PD: L.Hall 2, R.Nelson 2, G.Iloka 1, A.Jones 1, V.Rey 1, S.Williams 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None. Pittsburgh (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: A.Blake 8-0-8, R.Shazier 6-2-8, R.Golden 4-1-5, M.Mitchell 3-2-5, R.Cockrell 4-0-4, L.Timmons 2-2-4, W.Gay 2-1-3, A.Moats 2-1-3, C.Heyward 1-2-3, D.McCullers 2-0-2, S.McLendon 2-0-2, J.Jones 0-2-2, B.Dupree 1-0-1, J.Harrison 1-0-1, S.Thomas 1-0-1. SKS.-YDS.: S.McLendon 1-9, B.Dupree 1-0, J.Jones 0.5-2, R.Shazier 0.5-2. INT.-YDS.: A.Blake 1-42, M.Mitchell 1-7. PD: M.Mitchell 2, A.Blake 1, R.Cockrell 1, J.Harrison 1, C.Heyward 1, L.Timmons 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None.

WEEK 9, GAME 8 Cincinnati Bengals 31, Cleveland Browns 10

Thursday night, Nov. 5, 2015 at Paul Brown Stadium After a less-than-stellar first half, which saw them leading only 14-10 and outgained 181-124, the Bengals rolled over visiting Cleveland. They won the second half 17-0 on the scoreboard, 247-32 in yards and 13-2 in first downs. QB Andy Dalton posted a season-high 139.8 passer rating, including three TD passes to TE Tyler Eifert and no INTs. Dalton also had his best completion percentage of the season, 77.8 on 21-of-27. Eifert raised his TD total to a team-leading nine. A key event early in the third quarter, with Cincinnati still leading by only four, was a Bengals challenge of a third-down rush by Cleveland QB Johnny Manziel that was ruled a first down. The first down was reversed after official review, the Browns punted, and the momentum switched back to Cincinnati. DE Carlos Dunlap had two sacks for Cincinnati, raising his total to 8.5 at the season’s halfway mark. The Bengals went to a 45-39 lead in the Battle of Ohio series, tying the largest lead margin (six games) in series history. As the Bengals improved to 8-0, Cleveland fell to 2-7.

SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Cleveland................................................... 3 7 0 0 — 10 Cincinnati ................................................... 7 7 3 14 — 31

TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — T.Eifert 9 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) .............................................. 1-7:08 Cle. — T.Coons 27 field goal ..................................................................................... 1-0:06 Cin. — T.Eifert 2 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) .............................................. 2-4:34 Cle. — D.Johnson 12 pass from J.Manziel (T.Coons kick) ....................................... 2-0:19 Cin. — M.Nugent 28 field goal ................................................................................... 3-4:05 Cin. — M.Sanu 25 run (M.Nugent kick) ................................................................... 4-13:26 Cin. — T.Eifert 19 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ............................................ 4-7:43 Missed FGs: None. Attendance: 65,816. Time: 2:51.

TEAM STATISTICS CLE. CIN. First downs ..................................................................................................... 13 23 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 4-13 8-14 Total net yards .............................................................................................. 213 371 Net yards rushing ........................................................................................... 69 152 Net yards passing ......................................................................................... 144 219 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 33-15-0 27-21-0 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 3-24 2-15 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 6-45.7 3-26.3 Punt returns-yards ......................................................................................... 1-0 3-9 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................... 2-42 1-13 Penalties-yards ............................................................................................ 4-28 2-20 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 0-0 0-0 Time of possession ................................................................................... 23:57 36:03

RUSHING CLE. ATT YDS LG TD CIN. ATT YDS LG TD I.Crowell 10 38 13 0 G.Bernard 13 72 13 0 J.Manziel 4 31 11 0 J.Hill 15 52 13 0 D.Johnson 3 0 5 0 M.Sanu 1 25 25t 1 A.Dalton 6 5 6 0 A.McCarron 2 -2 -2 0 TOTALS 17 69 13 0 TOTALS 37 152 251 1

PASSING CLE. ATT CMP YDS TD-I CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I J.Manziel 33 15 168 1-0 A.Dalton 27 21 234 3-0 TOTALS 33 15 168 1-0 TOTALS 27 21 234 3-0

RECEIVING CLE. NO YDS LG TD CIN. NO YDS LG TD D.Bowe 3 31 16 0 M.Jones 5 78 29 0 I.Crowell 3 26 15 0 T.Eifert 5 53 19t 3 T.Benjamin 3 22 9 0 A.Green 4 53 18 0 D.Johnson 2 38 26 1 M.Sanu 3 25 9 0 G.Barnidge 2 35 25 0 G.Bernard 1 14 14 0 J.Dray 1 13 13 0 R.Burkhead 1 7 7 0 T.Gabriel 1 3 3 0 B.Tate 1 4 4 0 J.Hill 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 15 168 26 1 TOTALS 21 234 29 3

DEFENSE Cleveland (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: K.Dansby 8-3-11, T.Williams 6-1-7, I.Campbell 4-1-5, A.Bryant 3-1-4, T.Gipson 3-1-4, K.Williams 3-1-4, P.Desir 2-2-4, J.Hughes 3-0-3, N.Orchard 2-1-3, C.Robertson 1-2-3, D.Bryant 2-0-2, P.Kruger 2-0-2, D.Shelton 2-0-2, J.Gilbert 1-0-1, J.Meder 1-0-1, B.Mingo 1-0-1, R.Starks 1-0-1, D.Saunders 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: P.Kruger 1-8, D.Bryant 1-7. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: J.Gilbert 1, C.Robertson 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None. Cincinnati (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: V.Rey 5-0-5, C.Dunlap 4-0-4, G.Iloka 4-0-4, D.Kirkpatrick 4-0-4, G.Atkins 3-1-4, V.Burfict 2-1-3, L.Hall 2-0-2, R.Nelson 2-0-2, D.Peko 1-1-2, D.Dennard 1-0-1, M.Johnson 1-0-1, A.Jones 1-0-1, E.Lamur 1-0-1, B.Thompson 1-0-1, W.Gilberry 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: C.Dunlap 2-16, G.Atkins 1-8. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: A.Jones 2, D.Kirkpatrick 1, L.Hall 1, V.Rey 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None.

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(2015 game summaries, continued)

WEEK 10, GAME 9 Houston Texans 10, Cincinnati Bengals 6

Monday night, Nov. 16, 2015 at Paul Brown Stadium The Bengals tasted defeat for the first time of the season, managing only 256 yards and two FGs against a Houston team that came in much in the thick of the AFC South race despite a 3-5 record. The Bengals held leads of 3-0 and 6-3, but Houston got the game-deciding score on a 22-yard TD pass from backup QB T.J. Yates to WR DeAndre Hopkins early in the fourth quarter. Yates was a third-quarter injury replacement for starting Houston QB Brian Hoyer, who was sidelined by a concussion. The Bengals mounted a threat to re-take the lead as time was running out, but after QB Andy Dalton completed a 10-yard pass to A.J. Green to the Houston 23-yard line, Green was stripped of the ball and the Texans recovered with 0:40 left to play. The Bengals’ defense allowed only 256 yards, its lowest total of the season at the time. The Bengals fell to 8-1 and saw their AFC North lead to Pittsburgh slip by one game to two-and-a-half games, with a leg up on the head-to-head tiebreaker by virtue of a Game 7 victory over the Steelers. The Texans improved to 4-5.

SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Houston ..................................................... 0 3 0 7 — 10 Cincinnati................................................... 3 3 0 0 — 6

TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — M.Nugent 42 field goal ................................................................................... 1-1:28 Hou. — N.Novak 22 field goal ................................................................................... 2-12:16 Cin. — M.Nugent 39 field goal ................................................................................... 2-5:26 Hou. — D.Hopkins 22 pass from T.Yates (N.Novak kick) ........................................ 4-14:20 Missed FGs: None. Attendance: 61,381. Time: 2:57.

TEAM STATISTICS HOU. CIN. First downs ..................................................................................................... 16 16 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 5-15 4-14 Total net yards ............................................................................................. 256 256 Net yards rushing ........................................................................................... 82 74 Net yards passing ........................................................................................ 174 182 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 33-17-1 38-22-1 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 3-18 4-15 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 8-46.8 7-41.1 Punt returns-yards ....................................................................................... 1-10 5-43 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................... 3-64 3-51 Penalties-yards ........................................................................................... 5-54 9-70 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 0-0 2-1 Time of possession ................................................................................... 28:34 31:26

RUSHING HOU. ATT YDS LG TD CIN. ATT YDS LG TD J.Grimes 6 33 14 0 G.Bernard 8 36 9 0 A.Blue 12 22 5 0 A.Dalton 4 31 11 0 B.Hoyer 1 15 15 0 J.Hill 7 15 6 0 C.Polk 4 14 13 0 M.Jones 1 -8 -8 0 T.Yates 2 -2 -1 0 TOTALS 25 82 15 0 TOTALS 20 74 11 0

PASSING HOU. ATT CMP YDS TD-I CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I B.Hoyer 22 12 123 0-1 A.Dalton 38 22 197 0-1 T.Yates 11 5 69 1-0 TOTALS 33 17 192 1-1 TOTALS 38 22 197 0-1

RECEIVING HOU. NO YDS LG TD CIN. NO YDS LG TD D.Hopkins 5 57 22t 1 A.Green 5 67 26 0 R.Griffin 3 36 15 0 G.Bernard 5 43 15 0 C.Shorts 3 16 13 0 M.Jones 4 44 16 0 N.Washington 2 32 19 0 T.Eifert 3 26 14 0 C.Fiedorowicz 2 30 25 0 J.Hill 3 5 5 0 J.Grimes 1 12 12 0 R.Hewitt 1 7 7 0 A.Blue 1 9 9 0 M.Sanu 1 5 5 0 TOTALS 17 192 25 1 TOTALS 22 197 26 0

DEFENSE Houston (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: B.McKinney 6-3-9, B.Cushing 5-2-7, C.James 4-2-6, Q.Demps 2-4-6, W.Mercilus 4-1-5, J.Joseph 4-0-4, J.Simon 3-0-3, K.Johnson 2-1-3, E.Pleasant 1-2-3, C.Covington 2-0-2, J.Watt 2-0-2, J.Crick 0-2-2, B.Dunn 1-0-1, A.Hal 1-0-1, V.Wilfork 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: J.Watt 1-8, C.Covington 1-6, W.Mercilus 1-1, J.Simon 1-0. INT.-YDS.: J.Joseph 1-2. PD: J.Joseph 2, K.Johnson 2, A.Hal 1, E.Pleasant 1. FF: Q.Demps 1. FR-YDS.: Q.Demps 1-0. Cincinnati (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: G.Iloka 3-5-8, V.Burfict 2-5-7, R.Nelson 2-4-6, P.Sims 1-5-6, A.Jones 4-1-5, V.Rey 2-2-4, D.Kirkpatrick 2-1-3, G.Atkins 1-2-3, E.Lamur 1-2-3, D.Peko 1-2-3, M.Johnson 0-3-3, L.Hall 1-1-2, A.Hawk 1-1-2, R.Maualuga 1-1-2, W.Clarke 1-0-1, W.Gilberry 1-0-1, D.Dennard 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: V.Rey 1-8, A.Hawk 1-8, D.Peko 1-2. INT.-YDS.: R.Nelson 1-0. PD: D.Kirkpatrick 3, R.Nelson 2, L.Hall 1, M.Johnson 1, E.Lamur 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None.

WEEK 11, GAME 10 Arizona Cardinals 34, Cincinnati Bengals 31 Sunday night, Nov. 22, 2015 at University of Phoenix Stadium

In an interconference matchup of division leaders, the Bengals trailed 28-14 after three quarters, rallied to tie at 31-31 with just over a minute to play, and then fell as Arizona drove 70 yards in the final minute to win with :02 remaining on K Chandler Catanzaro’s 32-yard FG. Bengals QB Andy Dalton passed for 140 yards in the fourth quarter, leading TD drives of 80 and 50 yards, but Cincinnati’s drive for a third TD stalled when WR A.J. Green was unable to stay in bounds while catching a Dalton pass beyond the goal line on a third-and-two play from the Arizona 25. The Bengals followed with a 43-yard FG by K Mike Nugent to tie the score at 31. Bengals CB Leon Hall and S Reggie Nelson each had first-half INTs against Cardinals QB Carson Palmer, the former Cincinnati first-round draft choice, and Palmer finished the quarter with a passer rating of only 14.2. But Palmer rallied to throw four TD passes and finished the game with a rating of 111.2. The result left both teams with 8-2 records, and Cincinnati’s lead over idle Pittsburgh in the AFC North Division fell to two games.

SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Cincinnati ................................................... 7 7 0 17 — 31 Arizona ...................................................... 0 7 21 6 — 34

TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — T.Eifert 3 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) .............................................. 1-0:22 Ariz. — D.Fells 18 pass from C.Palmer (C.Catanzaro kick) ....................................... 2-9:44 Cin. — J.Hill 2 run (M.Nugent kick) ............................................................................ 2-1:07 Ariz. — J.Nelson 64 pass from C.Palmer (C.Catanzaro kick) .................................. 3-11:21 Ariz. — Jo.Brown 18 pass from C.Palmer (C.Catanzaro kick) ................................... 3-5:32 Ariz. — D.Johnson 16 pass from C.Palmer (C.Catanzaro kick) ................................. 3-1:26 Cin. — J.Hill 1 run (M.Nugent kick) .......................................................................... 4-11:26 Ariz. — C.Catanzaro 24 field goal .............................................................................. 4-6:27 Cin. — T.Eifert 10 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ............................................ 4-3:44 Cin. — M.Nugent 43 kick ........................................................................................... 4-1:03 Ariz. — C.Catanzaro 32 field goal .............................................................................. 4-0:02 Missed FGs: None. Attendance: 64,745. Time: 3:18.

TEAM STATISTICS CIN. ARIZ. First downs ..................................................................................................... 24 21 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 5-13 5-11 Total net yards .............................................................................................. 377 383 Net yards rushing ........................................................................................... 99 82 Net yards passing ......................................................................................... 278 301 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 39-22-0 31-20-2 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 4-37 2-16 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 5-48.6 4-46.3 Punt returns-yards ......................................................................................... 2-5 3-23 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................... 2-60 3-82 Penalties-yards ........................................................................................ 10-108 7-40 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 3-1 3-0 Time of possession ................................................................................... 31:15 28:45

RUSHING CIN. ATT YDS LG TD ARIZ. ATT YDS LG TD J.Hill 13 45 9 2 C.Johnson 18 63 9 0 A.Dalton 8 34 12 0 D.Johnson 2 9 9 0 G.Bernard 6 18 10 0 Jo.Brown 2 9 6 0 M.Sanu 1 2 2 0 A.Ellington 2 2 2 0 C.Palmer 1 -1 -1 0 TOTALS 28 99 12 2 TOTALS 25 82 9 0

PASSING CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I ARIZ. ATT CMP YDS TD-I A.Dalton 39 22 315 2-0 C.Palmer 31 20 317 4-2 TOTALS 39 22 315 2-0 TOTALS 31 20 317 4-2

RECEIVING CIN. NO YDS LG TD ARIZ. NO YDS LG TD G.Bernard 8 128 41 0 L.Fitzgerald 8 90 20 0 A.Green 4 79 42 0 J.Nelson 4 142 64t 1 M.Jones 4 60 22 0 Jo.Brown 3 43 18t 1 T.Eifert 3 22 10t 2 D.Johnson 2 17 16t 1 M.Sanu 2 19 10 0 D.Fells 1 18 18t 1 R.Burkhead 1 7 7 0 A.Ellington 1 5 5 0 C.Johnson 1 2 2 0 TOTALS 22 315 42 2 TOTALS 20 317 64t 4

DEFENSE Cincinnati (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: V.Burfict 7-1-8, M.Johnson 6-0-6, L.Hall 4-2-6, G.Atkins 4-0-4, G.Iloka 4-0-4, R.Nelson 3-0-3, D.Dennard 2-0-2, W.Gilberry 2-0-2, A.Hawk 2-0-2, D.Kirkpatrick 2-0-2, E.Lamur 2-0-2, V.Rey 2-0-2, R.Maualuga 1-1-2, C.Dunlap 1-0-1, J.Shaw 1-0-1. SKS.-YDS.: G.Atkins 1-10, M.Johnson 1-6. INT.-YDS.: R.Nelson 1-23, L.Hall 1-0. PD: W.Gilberry 1, L.Hall 1, E.Lamur 1, R.Nelson 1, V.Rey 1. FF: M.Johnson 1, E.Lamur 1. FR-YDS.: None.

Arizona (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: K.Minter 7-3-10, D.Bucannon 8-0-8, F.Rucker 4-2-6, R.Johnson 5-0-5, T.Mathieu 5-0-5, A.Okafor 3-1-4, M.Golden 3-0-3, C.Campbell 1-2-3, P.Peterson 2-0-2, J.Powers 2-0-2, J.Bethel 1-0-1, D.Freeney 1-0-1, R.Gunter 1-0-1. SKS.-YDS.: D.Bucannon 1-11, R.Gunter 1-10, D.Freeney 1-9, M.Golden 1-7. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: J.Powers 2, J.Bethel 1, P.Peterson 1. FF: M.Golden 1. FR-YDS.: D.Bucannon 1-0.

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THE BENGALS ARE: REGULAR SEASON

4-1 at home 4-1 on the road 6-2 when scoring first 2-0 when opponent scored first 1-1 in games decided by three points or fewer 4-2 in games decided by seven points or fewer 6-2 when leading at halftime 0-0 when tied at halftime 2-0 when trailing at halftime 6-1 when leading after three quarters 0-0 when tied after three quarters 2-1 when trailing after three quarters 6-0 when rushing for 100 net yards

3-2 when opponent rushed for less than 100 net yards 5-1 with plus turnover differential 1-0 with even turnover differential 2-1 with minus turnover differential 4-1 when passing for 250 net yards 3-1 when opponent passed for 250 net yards 7-1 when scoring 20 points or more 4-1 when opponent scored 20 points or more 8-2 when game was outdoors (open-air/open retractable roof) 0-0 when game was inside (dome/closed retractable roof) 2-1 on natural grass 6-1 on synthetic surface 4-0 with fewer penalty yards

UNDER MARVIN LEWIS, THE BENGALS ARE:

2003-PRESENT (REGULAR SEASON) 61-38-2 at home 47-54-0 on the road 73-30-1 when scoring first 35-62-1 when opponent scores first 20-19-2 in games decided by three points or fewer 52-43-2 in games decided by seven points or fewer 76-25-2 when leading at halftime 11-2-0 when tied at halftime 21-65-0 when trailing at halftime 85-15-1 when leading after three quarters 7-4-0 when tied after three quarters 16-73-1 when trailing after three quarters 75-33-1 when rushing for 100 net yards

66-24-1 when opponent rushes for less than 100 net yards 66-15-1 with plus turnover differential 26-19-0 with even turnover differential 16-58-1 with minus turnover differential 37-30-1 when passing for 250 net yards 29-33-2 when opponent passes for 250 net yards 87-35-1 when scoring 20 points or more 38-81-1 when opponent scores 20 points or more 103-86-2 when game is outdoors (open-air/open retractable roof) 5-6-0 when game is inside (dome/closed retractable roof) 37-32-0 on natural grass 71-60-2 on synthetic surface 56-46-1 with fewer penalty yards

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BEST PERFORMANCES REGULAR SEASON

RUSHING YARDS 123 — Giovani Bernard, Sept. 20 vs. San Diego 80 — Giovani Bernard, Oct. 11 vs. Seattle 72 — Giovani Bernard, Nov. 5 vs. Cleveland

RUSHING ATTEMPTS 20 — Giovani Bernard, Sept. 20 vs. San Diego 19 — Jeremy Hill, Sept. 13 at Oakland 16 — Jeremy Hill, Oct. 18 at Buffalo

LONGEST RUSHES 28 — Giovani Bernard, Sept. 13 at Oakland 26 — Giovani Bernard, Sept. 20 vs. San Diego 25 — Mohamed Sanu, Nov. 5 vs. Cleveland (TD)

RECEPTIONS 11 — A.J. Green, Nov. 1 at Pittsburgh 10 — A.J. Green, Sept. 27 at Baltimore 9 — (two times)

RECEIVING YARDS 227 — A.J. Green, Sept. 27 at Baltimore 128 — Giovani Bernard, Nov. 22 at Arizona 118 — A.J. Green, Nov. 1 at Pittsburgh

PASSING YARDS 383 — Andy Dalton, Sept. 27 at Baltimore 331 — Andy Dalton, Oct. 11 vs. Seattle 321 — Andy Dalton, Oct. 4 vs. Kansas City

PASS ATTEMPTS 44 — Andy Dalton, Oct. 11 vs. Seattle 39 — Andy Dalton, Nov. 22 at Arizona 38 — (two times)

PASS COMPLETIONS 30 — Andy Dalton, Oct. 11 vs. Seattle 25 — Andy Dalton, Sept. 13 at Oakland 23 — Andy Dalton, Nov. 1 at Pittsburgh

LONGEST PASSES 80 — Andy Dalton to A.J. Green, Sept. 27 at Baltimore (TD) 55 — Andy Dalton to Brandon Tate, Oct. 4 vs. Kansas City (TD) 52 — Andy Dalton to Mohamed Sanu, Oct. 4 vs. Kansas City

YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE 227 — A.J. Green, Sept. 27 at Baltimore 146 — Giovani Bernard, Nov. 22 at Arizona 139 — Giovani Bernard, Sept. 20 vs. San Diego

LONGEST KICKOFF RETURNS 58 — Brandon Tate, Nov. 22 at Arizona 49 — Adam Jones, Oct. 18 at Buffalo 32 — Adam Jones, Sept. 27 at Baltimore

LONGEST PUNT RETURNS 35 — Adam Jones, Oct. 11 vs. Seattle 19 — Adam Jones, Oct. 11 vs. Seattle 18 — (four times)

TOTAL TACKLES* 15 — Vincent Rey, Oct. 4 vs. Kansas City 13 — Vincent Rey, Oct. 11 vs. Seattle 11 — Reggie Nelson, Oct. 18 at Buffalo

SOLO TACKLES* 10 — Adam Jones, Sept. 13 at Oakland 10 — Vincent Rey, Oct. 4 vs. Kansas City 8 — Reggie Nelson, Oct. 18 at Buffalo

*NOTE: The defensive statistics above are press box statistics produced at the games.

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GAME-BY-GAME TEAM STATISTICS OFFENSE

DATE OPPONENT YDS RUSH-YDS PASS YDS COMP-ATT TD-P/INT SKD-YDS 1D 3D-CONV F-FL POSS Sept. 13 at Oakland 396 31-127 269 25-34 2/0 0-0 22 4-13 0-0 32:32 Sept. 20 SAN DIEGO 389 36-175 214 16-26 3/0 0-0 20 4-10 2-2 29:51 Sept. 27 at Baltimore 458 31-86 372 20-32 3/1 2-11 23 8-15 1-1 30:08 Oct. 4 KANSAS CITY 445 26-124 321 17-24 1/0 0-0 18 6-10 1-0 23:07 Oct. 11 SEATTLE 419 31-109 310 30-44 2/1 4-21 27 6-15 1-1 40:49 Oct. 18 at Buffalo 355 28-112 243 22-33 3/0 0-0 21 7-12 1-0 30:00 Oct. 25 — BYE — Nov. 1 at Pittsburgh 296 23-78 218 23-38 1/2 3-13 16 4-15 2-0 29:51 Nov. 5 CLEVELAND 371 37-152 219 21-27 3/0 2-15 23 8-14 0-0 36:03 Nov. 16 HOUSTON 256 20-74 182 22-38 0/1 4-15 16 4-14 2-1 31:26 Nov. 22 at Arizona 377 28-99 278 22-39 2/0 4-37 24 5-13 3-1 31:15 Nov. 29 ST. LOUIS Dec. 6 at Cleveland Dec. 13 PITTSBURGH Dec. 20 at San Francisco Dec. 28 at Denver Jan. 3 BALTIMORE TOTALS 3762 291-1136 2626 218-335 20/5 19-112 210 56-131 13-6 30:55

DEFENSE DATE OPPONENT YDS RUSH-YDS PASS YDS COMP-ATT TD-P/INT SKD-YDS 1D 3D-CONV F-FL POSS Sept. 13 at Oakland 246 16-63 183 30-43 2/1 2-20 16 3-12 2-1 27:28 Sept. 20 SAN DIEGO 354 25-131 223 21-27 2/1 4-18 19 4-11 2-2 30:09 Sept. 27 at Baltimore 398 18-36 362 32-49 2/1 0-0 19 7-16 1-0 29:52 Oct. 4 KANSAS CITY 461 23-113 348 31-45 0/0 5-38 24 7-16 1-1 36:53 Oct. 11 SEATTLE 397 30-200 197 15-23 1/1 4-16 16 5-13 0-0 30:35 Oct. 18 at Buffalo 368 23-112 256 28-42 1/1 2-7 22 5-13 0-0 30:00 Oct. 25 — BYE — Nov. 1 at Pittsburgh 356 19-116 240 28-45 1/3 3-22 21 3-11 0-0 30:09 Nov. 5 CLEVELAND 213 17-69 144 15-33 1/0 3-24 13 4-13 0-0 23:57 Nov. 16 HOUSTON 256 25-82 174 17-33 1/1 3-18 16 5-15 0-0 28:34 Nov. 22 at Arizona 383 25-82 301 20-31 4/2 2-16 21 5-11 3-0 28:45 Nov. 29 ST. LOUIS Dec. 6 at Cleveland Dec. 13 PITTSBURGH Dec. 20 at San Francisco Dec. 28 at Denver Jan. 3 BALTIMORE TOTALS 3432 221-1004 2428 237-371 15/11 28-179 187 48-131 9-4 29:05

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TRANSACTIONS (TRANSACTIONS FROM 6-18-14 THROUGH 6-24-15 ARE IN BENGALS’ 2015 MEDIA GUIDE)

June 24, 2015 — Signed QB Keith Wenning (FA). July 28, 2015 — Waived WR James Wright (injured). July 29, 2015 — WR James Wright cleared waivers and reverted to the Reserve/Injured list. July 30, 2015 — Signed WR Greg Little (FA) and WR Desmond Lawrence (FA); Waived WR Cobi Hamilton. Aug. 19, 2015 — Signed WR Michael Bennett (CFA-Georgia); Waived TE Jake Murphy. Aug. 25, 2015 — Terminated the contract of QB Josh Johnson; Waived S Erick Dargan and DT Kalafitoni Pole. Aug. 31, 2015 — Terminated the contract of WR Denarius Moore; Waived DT Kwame Geathers, C/G Chris Jasperse, LB Nico Johnson, WR Desmond Lawrence, DE Sam Montgomery and TE John Peters. Aug. 31, 2015 — Waived FB Mark Weisman (injured) and WR Tevin Reese. Sept. 1, 2015 — Placed OT Cedric Ogbuehi on the Reserve/Non-Football Injury list; Placed LB Sean Porter on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list; Waived WR Onterio McCalebb (injured); FB Mark Weisman cleared waivers and reverted to the Reserve/Injured list. Sept. 2, 2015 — WR Onterio McCalebb cleared waivers and reverted to the Reserve/Injured list. Sept. 5, 2015 — Placed LB Vontaze Burfict on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list; Terminated the contracts of CB Brandon Ghee and S Shiloh Keo, Waived the following 19 players: WR Michael Bennett, LB Jayson DiManche (injured), LB Marquis Flowers (injured), G Dan France, G Tanner Hawkinson, CB Troy Hill, G Trey Hopkins, WR Jake Kumerow, TE Matt Lengel, OT Matthew

O’Donnell, K Tom Obarski, S Floyd Raven Sr., LB Trevor Roach, C Jake Smith, DT Devon Still, HB Terrell Watson, QB Keith Wenning, HB James Wilder Jr. and DT DeShawn Williams. Sept. 6, 2015 — Signed 10 players to the practice squad: G Dan France, CB Troy Hill, G Trey Hopkins, WR Jake Kumerow, TE Matt Lengel, LB Trevor Roach, HB Terrell Watson, QB Keith Wenning, HB James Wilder Jr. and DT DeShawn Williams; LB Jayson DiManche and LB Marquis Flowers cleared waivers and reverted to the Reserve/Injured list; Waived WR Onterio McCalebb from the Reserve/Injured list (injury settlement). Sept. 11, 2015 — Signed WR A.J. Green* to a contract extension; Waived LB Jayson DiManche from the Reserve/Injured list (injury settlement); Waived FB Mark Weisman from the Reserve/Injured list. Sept. 23, 2015 — Signed OT Andrew Whitworth* to a contract extension. Oct. 29, 2015 — Announced that LB Vontaze Burfict (Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list) was eligible to return to practice. Oct. 31, 2015 — Activated LB Vontaze Burfict from the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list; Terminated the contract of WR Greg Little. Nov. 10, 2015 — Announced that OT Cedric Ogbuehi (Reserve/Non-Football Injury list) and LB Sean Porter (Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list) were eligible to return to practice.

* NOTE: Signed a new contract before finishing the final season(s) of existing contract.

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PARTICIPATION CHART LEGEND

(NOTE: Position designation indicates start.) P — played as a substitute DNP — did not play IL — inactive list PS — practice squad

RI — reserve/injured list RPUP — reserve/physically unable to perform list RNFI — reserve/non-football injury list RNF-I — reserve/non-football illness list RSBC — reserve/suspended by commissioner list

RF — reserve/future list REX — roster exemption ^ — reserve/injured player designated for return * — eligible to practice while on a reserve list NWT — not with team

Cin. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 NAME G-S @Oak. S.D. @Balt. K.C. SEA. @Buff. @Pitt. CLE. HOU. @Ariz. STL. @Cle. PITT. @S.F. @Den. BALT. Alford, Mario ............................ 0-0 IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL Atkins, Geno ............................ 10-10 DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT Bernard, Giovani ..................... 10-0 P P P P P P P P P P Bodine, Russell ....................... 10-10 C C C C C C C C C C Boling, Clint ............................. 10-10 LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG Burfict, Vontaze ....................... 4-4 RPUP RPUP RPUP RPUP RPUP RPUP WLB WLB LB WLB Burkhead, Rex ........................ 10-0 P P P P P P P P P P Carter, Chris ............................ 10-0 P P P P P P P P P P Clarke, Will .............................. 10-0 P P P P P P P P P P Dalton, Andy ............................ 10-10 QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB Dawson, P.J. ........................... 7-0 P P P P P P IL P IL IL Dennard, Darqueze ................. 10-1 P P P P P P P P P RCB Dunlap, Carlos ........................ 10-10 LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE Eifert, Tyler .............................. 10-9 TE TE TE TE TE TE TE TE P TE Fisher, Jake ............................. 10-1 P P P P P P P P TE P Flowers, Marquis ..................... 0-0 RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI France, Dan ............................ 0-0 PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Gilberry, Wallace ..................... 10-1 RDE P P P P P P P P P Green, A.J. .............................. 10-10 WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR Hall, Leon ................................ 9-3 P nklDB P SS P IL P P nklDB P Hardison, Marcus .................... 0-0 IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL Harris, Clark ............................ 10-0 P P P P P P P P P P Hawk, A.J. ............................... 10-6 SLB P SLB P SLB P SLB SLB P SLB Hewitt, Ryan ............................ 10-8 H-B H-B H-B P H-B H-B P H-B H-B H-B Hill, Jeremy ............................. 10-10 HB HB HB HB HB HB HB HB HB HB Hill, Troy .................................. 0-0 PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Hopkins, Trey .......................... 0-0 PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Huber, Kevin ........................... 10-0 P P P P P P P P P P Hunt, Margus ........................... 2-0 IL IL IL IL IL IL IL P P IL Iloka, George ........................... 9-9 SS SS SS IL SS SS SS SS SS SS Johnson, Michael .................... 10-9 P RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE Johnson, T.J. ........................... 6-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP P P P P P P Jones, Adam ........................... 9-9 RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB CB RCB RCB IL Jones, Marvin .......................... 10-8 P WR WR 3rdWR P WR 3rdWR WR WR WR Kirkpatrick, Dre ........................ 10-9 LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB P LCB LCB LCB Kroft, Tyler ............................... 10-1 P P P P 2ndTE P P P P P Kumerow, Jake ....................... 0-0 PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Lamur, Emmanuel ................... 10-2 P P P SLB P SLB P P P P Lengel, Matt ............................ 0-0 PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Lewis-Harris, Chris .................. 4-0 P IL IL P IL P IL IL IL P Little, Greg ............................... 0-0 IL IL IL IL IL IL NWT NWT NWT NWT Maualuga, Rey ........................ 9-9 MLB LB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB IL LB MLB McCarron, AJ .......................... 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP P DNP DNP Nelson, Reggie ........................ 10-10 FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS Nugent, Mike ........................... 10-0 P P P P P P P P P P Ogbuehi, Cedric ...................... 0-0 RNFI RNFI RNFI RNFI RNFI RNFI RNFI RNFI RNFI* RNFI* Peerman, Cedric ..................... 10-0 P P P P P P P P P P Peko, Domata ......................... 10-10 NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT Porter, Sean ............................ 0-0 RPUP RPUP RPUP RPUP RPUP RPUP RPUP RPUP RPUP* RPUP* Rey, Vincent ............................ 10-7 WLB LB WLB WLB WLB WLB P MLB P P Roach, Trevor ......................... 0-0 PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Sanu, Mohamed ...................... 10-3 WR P P WR P P WR P P P Shaw, Josh .............................. 9-0 IL P P P P P P P P P Sims, Pat ................................. 5-0 P P IL P IL IL P IL P IL Smith, Andre ........................... 8-8 ROT ROT ROT ROT ROT ROT ROT IL IL ROT Smith, Derron .......................... 10-0 P P P P P P P P P P Tate, Brandon ......................... 10-0 P P P P P P P P P P Thompson, Brandon ................ 5-0 IL IL P IL P P IL P IL P Uzomah, C.J. .......................... 0-0 IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL Watson, Terrell ........................ 0-0 PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Wenning, Keith ........................ 0-0 PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Whitworth, Andrew .................. 10-10 LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT Wilder, James Jr...................... 0-0 PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Williams, DeShawn ................. 0-0 PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Williams, Shawn ...................... 10-1 P P P P P P 3rdS P P P Winston, Eric ........................... 10-2 P P P P P P P ROT ROT P Wright, James ......................... 0-0 RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI Zeitler, Kevin ........................... 10-10 RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG

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STARTING LINEUPS OFFENSE

DATE OPPONENT WR LOT LG C RG ROT TE H-B WR QB HB Sept. 13 at Oakland Green Whitworth Boling Bodine Zeitler A.Smith Eifert Hewitt Sanu Dalton Hill Sept. 20 SAN DIEGO Green Whitworth Boling Bodine Zeitler A.Smith Eifert Hewitt M.Jones Dalton Hill Sept. 27 at Baltimore Green Whitworth Boling Bodine Zeitler A.Smith Eifert Hewitt M.Jones Dalton Hill Oct. 4 KANSAS CITY Green Whitworth Boling Bodine Zeitler A.Smith Eifert M.Jones(3rdWR) Sanu Dalton Hill Oct. 11 SEATTLE Green Whitworth Boling Bodine Zeitler A.Smith Eifert Hewitt Kroft(3rdTE) Dalton Hill Oct. 18 at Buffalo Green Whitworth Boling Bodine Zeitler A.Smith Eifert Hewitt M.Jones Dalton Hill Oct. 25 — BYE — Nov. 1 at Pittsburgh Green Whitworth Boling Bodine Zeitler A.Smith Eifert M.Jones(3rdWR) Sanu Dalton Hill Nov. 5 CLEVELAND Green Whitworth Boling Bodine Zeitler Winston Eifert Hewitt M.Jones Dalton Hill Nov. 16 HOUSTON Green Whitworth Boling Bodine Zeitler Winston Fisher Hewitt M.Jones Dalton Hill Nov. 22 at Arizona Green Whitworth Boling Bodine Zeitler A.Smith Eifert Hewitt M.Jones Dalton Hill Nov. 29 ST. LOUIS Dec. 6 at Cleveland Dec. 13 PITTSBURGH Dec. 20 at San Francisco Dec. 28 at Denver Jan. 3 BALTIMORE

DEFENSE DATE OPPONENT LDE NT DT RDE SLB MLB WLB LCB RCB SS FS Sept. 13 at Oakland Dunlap Peko Atkins Gilberry Hawk Maualuga Rey Kirkpatrick A.Jones Iloka Nelson Sept. 20 SAN DIEGO Dunlap Peko Atkins M.Johnson Hall(nickel) Maualuga(LB) Rey(LB) Kirkpatrick A.Jones Iloka Nelson Sept. 27 at Baltimore Dunlap Peko Atkins M.Johnson Hawk Maualuga Rey Kirkpatrick A.Jones Iloka Nelson Oct. 4 KANSAS CITY Dunlap Peko Atkins M.Johnson Lamur Maualuga Rey Kirkpatrick A.Jones Hall Nelson Oct. 11 SEATTLE Dunlap Peko Atkins M.Johnson Hawk Maualuga Rey Kirkpatrick A.Jones Iloka Nelson Oct. 18 at Buffalo Dunlap Peko Atkins M.Johnson Lamur Maualuga Rey Kirkpatrick A.Jones Iloka Nelson Oct. 25 — BYE — Nov. 1 at Pittsburgh Dunlap Peko Atkins M.Johnson Hawk Maualuga Burfict Williams(3rdS) A.Jones(CB) Iloka Nelson Nov. 5 CLEVELAND Dunlap Peko Atkins M.Johnson Hawk Rey Burfict Kirkpatrick A.Jones Iloka Nelson Nov. 16 HOUSTON Dunlap Peko Atkins M.Johnson Hall(nickel) Maualuga(LB) Burfict(LB) Kirkpatrick A.Jones Iloka Nelson Nov. 22 at Arizona Dunlap Peko Atkins M.Johnson Hawk Maualuga Burfict Kirkpatrick Dennard Iloka Nelson Nov. 29 ST. LOUIS Dec. 6 at Cleveland Dec. 13 PITTSBURGH Dec. 20 at San Francisco Dec. 28 at Denver Jan. 3 BALTIMORE

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DEPTH CHART NOV. 24, 2015

OFFENSE WR 18 A.J. GREEN 19 Brandon Tate 15 Mario Alford LOT 77 ANDREW WHITWORTH 74 Jake Fisher LG 65 CLINT BOLING 74 Jake Fisher C 61 RUSSELL BODINE 60 T.J. Johnson RG 68 KEVIN ZEITLER 73 Eric Winston ROT 71 ANDRE SMITH 73 Eric Winston TE 85 TYLER EIFERT 81 Tyler Kroft H-B/TE 89 RYAN HEWITT (H-back) 87 C.J. Uzomah (TE) WR 82 MARVIN JONES 12 Mohamed Sanu QB 14 ANDY DALTON 5 AJ McCarron HB 32 JEREMY HILL 25 Giovani Bernard 30 Cedric Peerman 33 Rex Burkhead

DEFENSE LDE 96 CARLOS DUNLAP 99 Margus Hunt NT 94 DOMATA PEKO 92 Pat Sims DT 97 GENO ATKINS 98 Brandon Thompson 91 Marcus Hardison RDE 90 MICHAEL JOHNSON 95 Wallace Gilberry 93 Will Clarke SLB 50 A.J. HAWK 59 Emmanuel Lamur 51 Chris Carter MLB 58 REY MAUALUGA 57 Vincent Rey WLB 55 VONTAZE BURFICT 57 Vincent Rey 47 P.J. Dawson LCB 27 DRE KIRKPATRICK 21 Darqueze Dennard 26 Josh Shaw RCB 24 ADAM JONES 29 Leon Hall 37 Chris Lewis-Harris SS 43 GEORGE ILOKA 36 Shawn Williams FS 20 REGGIE NELSON 40 Derron Smith

SPECIAL TEAMS P 10 Kevin Huber K 2 Mike Nugent LS 46 Clark Harris H 10 Kevin Huber PR 24 Adam Jones 19 Brandon Tate 25 Giovani Bernard 15 Mario Alford KOR 19 Brandon Tate 24 Adam Jones 15 Mario Alford

NOTE: Players whose names are CAPITALIZED are projected starters in the team’s base units. Rookies are underlined.

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Geno Atkins ................................................................................................. JEE-no Giovani Bernard ..............................................................................jee-o-VAHN-ee Russell Bodine ........................................................................................... BO-dine Vontaze Burfict ................................... VONN-tez BER-fict(rhymes with “perfect”) Darqueze Dennard .............................................................. dar-KWEZ deh-NARD Tyler Eifert ........................................................................ IE(rhymes with “tie”)-fert Marquis Flowers (Reserve/Injured list) ............ mar-KEECE(rhymes with “peace”) Paul Guenther (defensive coordinator) .................................................... GUN-thur Ryan Hewitt .................................................................................................. HUE-it Margus Hunt .......................................................................................... MAR-guss George Iloka ............................................................... ie(rhymes with “tie”)-LO-kuh Dre Kirkpatrick ............................................................................................... DRAY Jake Kumerow (Practice Squad) ......................................................... KOO-mer-o

Emmanuel Lamur ...................................................................................... luh-MER Matt Lengel (Practice Squad) ................ LENG-guhl (hard “g” on second syllable) Rey Maualuga .................................... RAY mow(rhymes with “now”)-uh-LOO-guh Cedric Ogbuehi (Reserve/Non-Football Injury list) ............................ o-BWAY-hee Domata Peko ..................................................................... DOE-mah-tah PECK-o Vincent Rey ..................................................................................................... RAY Mohamed Sanu ........................................................................................ suh-NOO Derron Smith ......................................................................................... duh-RONN C.J. Uzomah ..................................................................................... yew-ZAH-mah Terrell Watson (Practice Squad) ................................................................. ter-ELL Ken Zampese (quarterbacks coach) ................................................. zam-PEE-zee Kevin Zeitler ............................................................................................... ZITE-ler

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ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NOV. 24, 2015

NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. BORN EXP. COLLEGE HOMETOWN HOW ACQ. 15 Alford, Mario ......................................................... WR 5-9 180 2-25-92 R West Virginia Greenville, Ga. D7’15 97 Atkins, Geno .......................................................... DT 6-1 300 3-28-88 6 Georgia Pembroke Pines, Fla. D4a’10 25 Bernard, Giovani .................................................... HB 5-9 205 11-22-91 3 North Carolina Boca Raton, Fla. D2a’13 61 Bodine, Russell ........................................................ C 6-3 308 6-30-92 2 North Carolina Scottsville, Va. D4’14 65 Boling, Clint .............................................................. G 6-5 305 5-9-89 5 Georgia Alpharetta, Ga. D4’11 55 Burfict, Vontaze ...................................................... LB 6-1 250 9-24-90 4 Arizona State Corona, Calif. CFA’12 33 Burkhead, Rex ....................................................... HB 5-10 210 7-2-90 3 Nebraska Plano, Texas D6a’13 51 Carter, Chris ........................................................... LB 6-1 240 4-6-89 5 Fresno State Fontana, Calif. FA’14 93 Clarke, Will ............................................................. DE 6-6 291 5-4-91 2 West Virginia Pittsburgh, Pa. D3’14 14 Dalton, Andy .......................................................... QB 6-2 216 10-29-87 5 Texas Christian Katy, Texas D2’11 47 Dawson, P.J. ........................................................... LB 6-0 240 1-13-93 R Texas Christian Dallas, Texas D3b’15 21 Dennard, Darqueze ............................................... CB 5-11 197 10-10-91 2 Michigan State Dry Branch, Ga. D1’14 96 Dunlap, Carlos ....................................................... DE 6-6 280 2-28-89 6 Florida North Charleston, S.C. D2’10 85 Eifert, Tyler ............................................................ TE 6-6 250 9-8-90 3 Notre Dame Fort Wayne, Ind. D1’13 74 Fisher, Jake ....................................................... OT/G 6-6 306 4-23-93 R Oregon Traverse City, Mich. D2’15 95 Gilberry, Wallace ................................................... DE 6-2 270 12-5-84 8 Alabama Bay Minette, Ala. FA’12 18 Green, A.J. ............................................................ WR 6-4 207 7-31-88 5 Georgia Summerville, S.C. D1’11 29 Hall, Leon ............................................................... CB 5-11 195 12-9-84 9 Michigan Vista, Calif. D1’07 91 Hardison, Marcus .................................................. DT 6-3 315 2-14-92 R Arizona State Punta Gorda, Fla. D4b’15 46 Harris, Clark ............................................................ LS 6-5 250 7-10-84 7 Rutgers Manahawkin, N.J. FA’09 50 Hawk, A.J. ............................................................... LB 6-1 240 1-6-84 10 Ohio State Centerville, Ohio FA’15 89 Hewitt, Ryan ......................................................... H-B 6-4 254 1-24-91 2 Stanford Denver, Colo. CFA’14 32 Hill, Jeremy ............................................................ HB 6-1 235 10-20-92 2 Louisiana State Baton Rouge, La. D2’14 10 Huber, Kevin ............................................................. P 6-1 214 7-16-85 7 Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio D5’09 99 Hunt, Margus ......................................................... DE 6-8 290 7-14-87 3 Southern Methodist Karksi-Nuia (Estonia) D2b’13 43 Iloka, George ............................................................ S 6-4 225 3-31-90 4 Boise State Houston, Texas D5c’12 90 Johnson, Michael ................................................... DE 6-7 280 2-7-87 7 Georgia Tech Selma, Ala. FA’15 60 Johnson, T.J. ........................................................... C 6-4 300 7-17-90 2 South Carolina Aynor, S.C. D7b’13 24 Jones, Adam .......................................................... CB 5-10 180 9-30-83 9 West Virginia Atlanta, Ga. FA’10 82 Jones, Marvin ....................................................... WR 6-2 198 3-12-90 4 California Fontana, Calif. D5b’12 27 Kirkpatrick, Dre ...................................................... CB 6-2 190 10-26-89 4 Alabama Gadsden, Ala. D1a’12 81 Kroft, Tyler ............................................................. TE 6-6 246 10-15-92 R Rutgers Downingtown, Pa. D3a’15 59 Lamur, Emmanuel .................................................. LB 6-4 245 6-8-89 4 Kansas State West Palm Beach, Fla. CFA’12 37 Lewis-Harris, Chris ................................................ CB 5-10 186 2-11-89 3 Tennessee-Chattanooga Smyrna, Ga. CFA’12 58 Maualuga, Rey........................................................ LB 6-2 255 1-20-87 7 Southern California Eureka, Calif. D2’09 5 McCarron, AJ ......................................................... QB 6-3 210 9-13-90 1 Alabama Mobile, Ala. D5’14 20 Nelson, Reggie ......................................................... S 5-11 210 9-21-83 9 Florida Melbourne, Fla. T(Jax.)’10 2 Nugent, Mike ............................................................. K 5-10 190 3-2-82 11 Ohio State Centerville, Ohio FA’10 30 Peerman, Cedric .................................................... HB 5-10 212 10-10-86 6 Virginia Gladys, Va. W(Det.)’10 94 Peko, Domata ........................................................ DT 6-3 325 11-27-84 10 Michigan State Pago Pago (American Samoa) D4’06 57 Rey, Vincent ........................................................... LB 6-0 255 9-6-87 5 Duke Far Rockaway, N.Y. CFA’10 12 Sanu, Mohamed ................................................... WR 6-2 210 8-22-89 4 Rutgers South Brunswick, N.J. D3a’12 26 Shaw, Josh ............................................................ CB 6-1 201 3-27-92 R Southern California Palmdale, Calif. D4a’15 92 Sims, Pat ............................................................... DT 6-2 340 11-29-85 8 Auburn Fort Lauderdale, Fla. UFA(Oak.)’15 71 Smith, Andre .......................................................... OT 6-4 325 1-25-87 7 Alabama Birmingham, Ala. D1’09 40 Smith, Derron ............................................................ S 5-10 200 2-4-92 R Fresno State Banning, Calif. D6’15 19 Tate, Brandon ....................................................... WR 6-1 195 10-5-87 7 North Carolina Burlington, N.C. W(N.E.)’11 98 Thompson, Brandon .............................................. DT 6-2 305 10-19-89 4 Clemson Thomasville, Ga. D3b’12 87 Uzomah, C.J. ......................................................... TE 6-6 271 1-14-93 R Auburn Suwanee, Ga. D5’15 77 Whitworth, Andrew ................................................ OT 6-7 330 12-12-81 10 Louisiana State West Monroe, La. D2’06 36 Williams, Shawn ....................................................... S 6-0 210 5-13-91 3 Georgia Damascus, Ga. D3’13 73 Winston, Eric ...................................................... OT/G 6-7 302 11-17-83 9 Miami (Fla.) Midland, Texas FA’14 68 Zeitler, Kevin ............................................................ G 6-4 315 3-8-90 4 Wisconsin Waukesha, Wis. D1b’12

PRACTICE SQUAD (date signed) 64 France, Dan (9-6-15) ............................................... G 6-5 305 4-1-91 1 Michigan State North Royalton, Ohio CFA’14 28 Hill, Troy (9-6-15) ................................................... CB 5-11 180 8-29-91 R Oregon Youngstown, Ohio CFA’15 66 Hopkins, Trey (9-6-15) ............................................. G 6-3 300 7-6-92 2 Texas Houston, Texas CFA’14 84 Kumerow, Jake (9-6-15) ....................................... WR 6-4 206 2-17-92 R Wisconsin-Whitewater Bartlett, Ill. CFA’15 88 Lengel, Matt (9-6-15) ............................................. TE 6-7 266 12-27-90 R Eastern Kentucky Mechanicsburg, Pa. CFA’15 45 Roach, Trevor (9-6-15) ........................................... LB 6-2 237 3-6-92 R Nebraska Elkhorn, Neb. CFA’15 31 Watson, Terrell (9-6-15) ........................................ HB 6-1 242 8-22-93 R Azusa Pacific Oxnard, Calif. CFA’15 3 Wenning, Keith (9-6-15) ........................................ QB 6-3 225 2-14-91 1 Ball State Coldwater, Ohio FA’15 34 Wilder, James Jr. (9-6-15) ..................................... HB 6-3 232 4-14-92 1 Florida State Tampa, Fla. CFA’14 69 Williams, DeShawn (9-6-15) .................................. DT 6-1 295 12-29-92 R Clemson Central, S.C. CFA’15

RESERVE/NON-FOOTBALL INJURY (date assigned; injury) 70 = Ogbuehi, Cedric (9-1-15; knee) ............................. OT 6-5 310 4-25-92 R Texas A&M Allen, Texas D1’15

RESERVE/PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO PERFORM (date assigned; injury) 56 = Porter, Sean (9-1-15; knee) .................................... LB 6-1 235 1-12-91 3 Texas A&M Schertz, Texas D4’13

RESERVE/INJURED (date assigned; injury) 53 Flowers, Marquis (9-6-15; shoulder) ...................... LB 6-3 250 2-16-92 2 Arizona Phoenix, Ariz. D6’14 86 Wright, James (7-29-15; knee) ............................. WR 6-1 201 12-31-91 2 Louisiana State Buras, La. D7a’14 COACHING STAFF: Head coach: Marvin Lewis. Assistants: Paul Alexander (assistant head coach/offensive line), Brian Braswell (offensive quality control/assistant offensive line), Matt Burke (linebackers), Mark Carrier (defensive backs), Kyle Caskey (running backs), Brayden Coombs (offensive quality control/special teams assistant), Jeff Friday (assistant strength and conditioning), Paul Guenther (defensive coordinator), Jay Hayes (defensive line), Jonathan Hayes (tight ends), Hue Jackson (offensive coordinator), Vance Joseph (defensive backs), Marcus Lewis (defensive assistant/quality control), David Lippincott (assistant linebackers/quality control), Robert Livingston (defensive quality control/special teams assistant), Chip Morton (strength and conditioning), Darrin Simmons (special teams coordinator), James Urban (wide receivers), Ken Zampese (quarterbacks). NOTE: An equals sign (=) indicates a player on a reserve list who has been declared eligible to practice.

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NUMERICAL ROSTER NOV. 24, 2015

NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. BORN EXP. COLLEGE HOMETOWN HOW ACQ. 2 Mike Nugent .............................................................. K 5-10 190 3-2-82 11 Ohio State Centerville, Ohio FA’10 5 AJ McCarron .......................................................... QB 6-3 210 9-13-90 1 Alabama Mobile, Ala. D5’14 10 Kevin Huber .............................................................. P 6-1 214 7-16-85 7 Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio D5’09 12 Mohamed Sanu .................................................... WR 6-2 210 8-22-89 4 Rutgers South Brunswick, N.J. D3a’12 14 Andy Dalton ........................................................... QB 6-2 216 10-29-87 5 Texas Christian Katy, Texas D2’11 15 Mario Alford .......................................................... WR 5-9 180 2-25-92 R West Virginia Greenville, Ga. D7’15 18 A.J. Green ............................................................. WR 6-4 207 7-31-88 5 Georgia Summerville, S.C. D1’11 19 Brandon Tate ........................................................ WR 6-1 195 10-5-87 7 North Carolina Burlington, N.C. W(N.E.)’11 20 Reggie Nelson .......................................................... S 5-11 210 9-21-83 9 Florida Melbourne, Fla. T(Jax.)’10 21 Darqueze Dennard ................................................ CB 5-11 197 10-10-91 2 Michigan State Dry Branch, Ga. D1’14 24 Adam Jones ........................................................... CB 5-10 180 9-30-83 9 West Virginia Atlanta, Ga. FA’10 25 Giovani Bernard ..................................................... HB 5-9 205 11-22-91 3 North Carolina Boca Raton, Fla. D2a’13 26 Josh Shaw ............................................................. CB 6-1 201 3-27-92 R Southern California Palmdale, Calif. D4a’15 27 Dre Kirkpatrick ....................................................... CB 6-2 190 10-26-89 4 Alabama Gadsden, Ala. D1a’12 29 Leon Hall ................................................................ CB 5-11 195 12-9-84 9 Michigan Vista, Calif. D1’07 30 Cedric Peerman ..................................................... HB 5-10 212 10-10-86 6 Virginia Gladys, Va. W(Det.)’10 32 Jeremy Hill ............................................................. HB 6-1 235 10-20-92 2 Louisiana State Baton Rouge, La. D2’14 33 Rex Burkhead ........................................................ HB 5-10 210 7-2-90 3 Nebraska Plano, Texas D6a’13 36 Shawn Williams ........................................................ S 6-0 210 5-13-91 3 Georgia Damascus, Ga. D3’13 37 Chris Lewis-Harris ................................................. CB 5-10 186 2-11-89 3 Tennessee-Chattanooga Smyrna, Ga. CFA’12 40 Derron Smith ............................................................. S 5-10 200 2-4-92 R Fresno State Banning, Calif. D6’15 43 George Iloka ............................................................. S 6-4 225 3-31-90 4 Boise State Houston, Texas D5c’12 46 Clark Harris ............................................................. LS 6-5 250 7-10-84 7 Rutgers Manahawkin, N.J. FA’09 47 P.J. Dawson ............................................................ LB 6-0 240 1-13-93 R Texas Christian Dallas, Texas D3b’15 50 A.J. Hawk ................................................................ LB 6-1 240 1-6-84 10 Ohio State Centerville, Ohio FA’15 51 Chris Carter ............................................................ LB 6-1 240 4-6-89 5 Fresno State Fontana, Calif. FA’14 55 Vontaze Burfict ....................................................... LB 6-1 250 9-24-90 4 Arizona State Corona, Calif. CFA’12 57 Vincent Rey ............................................................ LB 6-0 255 9-6-87 5 Duke Far Rockaway, N.Y. CFA’10 58 Rey Maualuga......................................................... LB 6-2 255 1-20-87 7 Southern California Eureka, Calif. D2’09 59 Emmanuel Lamur ................................................... LB 6-4 245 6-8-89 4 Kansas State West Palm Beach, Fla. CFA’12 60 T.J. Johnson ............................................................ C 6-4 300 7-17-90 2 South Carolina Aynor, S.C. D7b’13 61 Russell Bodine ......................................................... C 6-3 308 6-30-92 2 North Carolina Scottsville, Va. D4’14 65 Clint Boling ............................................................... G 6-5 305 5-9-89 5 Georgia Alpharetta, Ga. D4’11 68 Kevin Zeitler ............................................................. G 6-4 315 3-8-90 4 Wisconsin Waukesha, Wis. D1b’12 71 Andre Smith ........................................................... OT 6-4 325 1-25-87 7 Alabama Birmingham, Ala. D1’09 73 Eric Winston ....................................................... OT/G 6-7 302 11-17-83 9 Miami (Fla.) Midland, Texas FA’14 74 Jake Fisher ........................................................ OT/G 6-6 306 4-23-93 R Oregon Traverse City, Mich. D2’15 77 Andrew Whitworth ................................................. OT 6-7 330 12-12-81 10 Louisiana State West Monroe, La. D2’06 81 Tyler Kroft .............................................................. TE 6-6 246 10-15-92 R Rutgers Downingtown, Pa. D3a’15 82 Marvin Jones ........................................................ WR 6-2 198 3-12-90 4 California Fontana, Calif. D5b’12 85 Tyler Eifert ............................................................. TE 6-6 250 9-8-90 3 Notre Dame Fort Wayne, Ind. D1’13 87 C.J. Uzomah .......................................................... TE 6-6 271 1-14-93 R Auburn Suwanee, Ga. D5’15 89 Ryan Hewitt .......................................................... H-B 6-4 254 1-24-91 2 Stanford Denver, Colo. CFA’14 90 Michael Johnson .................................................... DE 6-7 280 2-7-87 7 Georgia Tech Selma, Ala. FA’15 91 Marcus Hardison ................................................... DT 6-3 315 2-14-92 R Arizona State Punta Gorda, Fla. D4b’15 92 Pat Sims ................................................................ DT 6-2 340 11-29-85 8 Auburn Fort Lauderdale, Fla. UFA(Oak.)’15 93 Will Clarke .............................................................. DE 6-6 291 5-4-91 2 West Virginia Pittsburgh, Pa. D3’14 94 Domata Peko ......................................................... DT 6-3 325 11-27-84 10 Michigan State Pago Pago (American Samoa) D4’06 95 Wallace Gilberry .................................................... DE 6-2 270 12-5-84 8 Alabama Bay Minette, Ala. FA’12 96 Carlos Dunlap ........................................................ DE 6-6 280 2-28-89 6 Florida North Charleston, S.C. D2’10 97 Geno Atkins ........................................................... DT 6-1 300 3-28-88 6 Georgia Pembroke Pines, Fla. D4a’10 98 Brandon Thompson ............................................... DT 6-2 305 10-19-89 4 Clemson Thomasville, Ga. D3b’12 99 Margus Hunt .......................................................... DE 6-8 290 7-14-87 3 Southern Methodist Karksi-Nuia (Estonia) D2b’13

PRACTICE SQUAD (date signed) 3 Keith Wenning (9-6-15) ......................................... QB 6-3 225 2-14-91 1 Ball State Coldwater, Ohio FA’15 28 Troy Hill (9-6-15) .................................................... CB 5-11 180 8-29-91 R Oregon Youngstown, Ohio CFA’15 31 Terrell Watson (9-6-15) ......................................... HB 6-1 242 8-22-93 R Azusa Pacific Oxnard, Calif. CFA’15 34 James Wilder Jr. (9-6-15) ...................................... HB 6-3 232 4-14-92 1 Florida State Tampa, Fla. CFA’14 45 Trevor Roach (9-6-15) ............................................ LB 6-2 237 3-6-92 R Nebraska Elkhorn, Neb. CFA’15 64 Dan France (9-6-15) ................................................ G 6-5 305 4-1-91 1 Michigan State North Royalton, Ohio CFA’14 66 Trey Hopkins (9-6-15) .............................................. G 6-3 300 7-6-92 2 Texas Houston, Texas CFA’14 69 DeShawn Williams (9-6-15) ................................... DT 6-1 295 12-29-92 R Clemson Central, S.C. CFA’15 84 Jake Kumerow (9-6-15) ........................................ WR 6-4 206 2-17-92 R Wisconsin-Whitewater Bartlett, Ill. CFA’15 88 Matt Lengel (9-6-15) .............................................. TE 6-7 266 12-27-90 R Eastern Kentucky Mechanicsburg, Pa. CFA’15

RESERVE/NON-FOOTBALL INJURY (date assigned; injury) 70 = Cedric Ogbuehi (9-1-15; knee) .............................. OT 6-5 310 4-25-92 R Texas A&M Allen, Texas D1’15

RESERVE/PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO PERFORM (date assigned; injury) 56 = Sean Porter (9-1-15; knee) ..................................... LB 6-1 235 1-12-91 3 Texas A&M Schertz, Texas D4’13

RESERVE/INJURED (date assigned; injury) 53 Marquis Flowers (9-6-15; shoulder) ....................... LB 6-3 250 2-16-92 2 Arizona Phoenix, Ariz. D6’14 86 James Wright (7-29-15; knee) .............................. WR 6-1 201 12-31-91 2 Louisiana State Buras, La. D7a’14 COACHING STAFF: Head coach: Marvin Lewis. Assistants: Paul Alexander (assistant head coach/offensive line), Brian Braswell (offensive quality control/assistant offensive line), Matt Burke (linebackers), Mark Carrier (defensive backs), Kyle Caskey (running backs), Brayden Coombs (offensive quality control/special teams assistant), Jeff Friday (assistant strength and conditioning), Paul Guenther (defensive coordinator), Jay Hayes (defensive line), Jonathan Hayes (tight ends), Hue Jackson (offensive coordinator), Vance Joseph (defensive backs), Marcus Lewis (defensive assistant/quality control), David Lippincott (assistant linebackers/quality control), Robert Livingston (defensive quality control/special teams assistant), Chip Morton (strength and conditioning), Darrin Simmons (special teams coordinator), James Urban (wide receivers), Ken Zampese (quarterbacks). NOTE: An equals sign (=) indicates a player on a reserve list who has been declared eligible to practice.

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STATISTICS RECORD: 8-2

DATE W-L SCORE OPPONENT ATTENDANCE 9-13 W 33-13 at Oakland 54,500 9-20 W 24-19 SAN DIEGO 57,579 9-27 W 28-24 at Baltimore 70,970 10-4 W 36-21 KANSAS CITY 57,498 10-11 W 27-24 (OT) SEATTLE 65,004 10-18 W 34-21 at Buffalo 69,593 10-25 — BYE — 11-1 W 16-10 at Pittsburgh 64,750 11-5 W 31-10 CLEVELAND 65,816 11-16 L 6-10 HOUSTON 61,381 11-22 L 31-34 at Arizona 64,745 11-29 ST. LOUIS 12-6 at Cleveland 12-13 PITTSBURGH 12-20 at San Francisco 12-28 at Denver 1-3 BALTIMORE

TEAM STATISTICS BENGALS OPPONENTS TOTAL FIRST DOWNS ........................................... 210 187 Rushing ............................................................... 63 48 Passing .............................................................. 124 122 Penalty ................................................................. 23 17 3rd Down: Made-Att. .................................... 56-131 48-131 3rd Down Pct. ................................................... 42.7 36.6 4th Down: Made-Att. .......................................... 4-6 6-11 4th Down Pct. ................................................... 66.7 54.5 POSSESSION AVG. ............................................. 30:55 29:05 TOTAL NET YARDS .............................................. 3762 3432 Avg. Per Game ............................................... 376.2 343.2 Total Plays ......................................................... 645 620 Avg. Per Play ...................................................... 5.8 5.5 NET YARDS RUSHING ......................................... 1136 1004 Avg. Per Game ............................................... 113.6 100.4 Total Rushes ...................................................... 291 221 NET YARDS PASSING ......................................... 2626 2428 Avg. Per Game ............................................... 262.6 242.8 Sacked-Yards Lost ...................................... 19-112 28-179 Gross Yards ..................................................... 2738 2607 Att.-Completions ........................................ 335-218 371-237 Completion Pct. ................................................ 65.1 63.9 Had Intercepted ..................................................... 5 11 PUNTS-AVG. .................................................... 42-44.0 51-45.8 Net Punting Avg. ......................................... 42-40.6 51-38.2 PENALTIES-YARDS .......................................... 76-638 77-676 FUMBLES-BALLS LOST ....................................... 13-6 9-4 TOUCHDOWNS ........................................................ 32 20 Rushing ............................................................... 12 3 Passing ................................................................ 20 15 Returns .................................................................. 0 2

SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS BENGALS ............................................. 69 61 44 89 3 266 OPPONENTS ....................................... 30 39 55 62 0 186

SCORING TD TD-R TD-P TD-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS Mike Nugent ................... 0 0 0 0 30-31 14-17 0 72 Tyler Eifert ................... 11 0 11 0 — — 0 66 Jeremy Hill ..................... 8 7 1 0 — — 0 50 A.J. Green...................... 4 0 4 0 — — 0 24 Marvin Jones ................. 3 0 3 0 — — 0 18 Giovani Bernard ............. 2 2 0 0 — — 0 12 Andy Dalton ................... 2 2 0 0 — — 0 12 Mohamed Sanu ............. 1 1 0 0 — — 0 6 Brandon Tate ................. 1 0 1 0 — — 0 6 BENGALS .................... 32 12 20 0 30-31 14-17 0 266 OPPONENTS .............. 20 3 15 2 18-18 16-18 0 186 Two-point conversions: Jeremy Hill 1 (1 R). BENGALS 1-1 (1-1 R, 0-0 P), OPPONENTS 0-2 (0-0 R, 0-2 P). Sacks-yards: Carlos Dunlap 8.5-57.5, Geno Atkins 7-55, Michael Johnson 3-27, Domata Peko 3-13, Wallace Gilberry 2-4, A.J. Hawk 1-8, Vincent Rey 1-8, Adam Jones 1-1, Emmanuel Lamur 0.5-4, Will Clarke 0.5-1.5, Brandon Thompson 0.5-0. BENGALS 28-179, OPPONENTS 19-112. Fumbles-lost: Andy Dalton 5-2, Jeremy Hill 2-2, Russell Bodine 2-0, Rex Burkhead 1-1, A.J. Green 1-1, Mohamed Sanu 1-0, Brandon Tate 1-0. BENGALS 13-6, OPPONENTS 9-4.

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD Giovani Bernard ............................... 105 565 5.4 28 2 Jeremy Hill ....................................... 124 404 3.3 15 7 Andy Dalton ....................................... 51 127 2.5 12 2 Mohamed Sanu ................................... 4 41 10.3 25t 1 Marvin Jones ....................................... 4 3 0.8 6 0 Rex Burkhead ...................................... 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0 AJ McCarron ........................................ 2 -2 -1.0 -1 0 BENGALS ....................................... 291 1136 3.9 28 12 OPPONENTS .................................. 221 1004 4.5 69t 3

RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LG TD A.J. Green ......................................... 59 848 14.4 80t 4 Tyler Eifert ......................................... 43 482 11.2 31 11 Marvin Jones ..................................... 39 515 13.2 45t 3 Giovani Bernard ................................. 34 326 9.6 41 0 Mohamed Sanu ................................. 24 319 13.3 52 0 Jeremy Hill ........................................... 8 40 5.0 13t 1 Rex Burkhead ...................................... 5 73 14.6 27 0 Ryan Hewitt ......................................... 3 45 15.0 22 0 Brandon Tate ....................................... 2 59 29.5 55t 1 Jake Fisher .......................................... 1 31 31.0 31 0 BENGALS ....................................... 218 2738 12.6 80t 20 OPPONENTS .................................. 237 2607 11.0 64t 15

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD Reggie Nelson ..................................... 5 74 14.8 37 0 Adam Jones......................................... 2 0 0.0 0 0 Darqueze Dennard .............................. 1 10 10.0 10 0 Leon Hall ............................................. 1 0 0.0 0 0 Vincent Rey ......................................... 1 0 0.0 0 0 Shawn Williams ................................... 1 0 0.0 0 0 BENGALS ......................................... 11 84 7.6 37 0 OPPONENTS ...................................... 5 83 16.6 42 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN-20 LG BLK. Kevin Huber ................ 41 1847 45.0 40.6 2 17 67 1 BENGALS .................. 42 1847 44.0 40.6 2 17 67 1 OPPONENTS ............. 51 2336 45.8 38.2 4 13 64 0

PUNT RETURNS NO FC YDS AVG LG TD Brandon Tate ............................17 7 134 7.9 18 0 Adam Jones..............................15 1 175 11.7 35 0 BENGALS ................................32 8 309 9.7 35 0 OPPONENTS ...........................13 12 103 7.9 21 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD Brandon Tate ..................................... 12 270 22.5 58 0 Adam Jones....................................... 10 235 23.5 49 0 Giovani Bernard ................................... 1 6 6.0 6 0 Cedric Peerman ................................... 1 7 7.0 7 0 Mohamed Sanu ................................... 1 2 2.0 2 0 BENGALS ......................................... 25 520 20.8 58 0 OPPONENTS .................................... 27 590 21.9 33 0

FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Mike Nugent .............................. 0-0 2-2 5-6 7-9 0-0 BENGALS ................................. 0-0 2-2 5-6 7-9 0-0 OPPONENTS ............................ 0-0 7-7 4-4 3-4 2-3 Mike Nugent: (32G, 35G), (36WR, 21G), (—), (44LU), (31G, 42G), (47G, 39G), (44G, 45G, 42B, 44G), (28G), (42G, 39G), (43G). Opponents: (—), (40G, 32G, 47WL), (50WR, 21G), (22G, 40G, 51G, 34G, 40G, 29G, 51G), (24G), (—), (32G), (27G), (22G), (24G, 32G).

DEFENSE* ST AT TT SKS-YDS INT-YDS PD FF FR-YDS Vincent Rey .............. 49 27 76 1-8 1-0 5 0 0-0 Adam Jones ............. 39 8 47 1-1 2-0 9 1 0-0 Reggie Nelson .......... 32 15 47 0-0 5-74 7 0 1-25 Rey Maualuga .......... 21 22 43 0-0 0-0 1 0 0-0 George Iloka ............. 29 10 39 0-0 0-0 2 0 0-0 Dre Kirkpatrick .......... 30 5 35 0-0 0-0 8 0 0-0 Geno Atkins .............. 20 11 31 7-55 0-0 0 1 0-0 Carlos Dunlap........... 20 11 31 8.5-57.5 0-0 1 0 0-0 Leon Hall .................. 24 5 29 0-0 1-0 7 0 0-0 Michael Johnson ...... 19 8 27 3-27 0-0 2 2 1-0 Emmanuel Lamur ..... 15 12 27 0.5-4 0-0 3 1 0-0 Vontaze Burfict ......... 16 7 23 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 Domata Peko.............. 9 12 21 3-13 0-0 1 0 0-0 A.J. Hawk ................. 12 6 18 1-8 0-0 0 0 0-0 Darqueze Dennard ... 12 4 16 0-0 1-10 3 0 0-0 Wallace Gilberry ....... 11 3 14 2-4 0-0 1 1 0-0 Shawn Williams .......... 9 3 12 0-0 1-0 1 0 0-0 Pat Sims ..................... 3 9 12 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 Brandon Thompson .... 3 3 6 0.5-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 Chris Carter ................ 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 1-0 Will Clarke .................. 3 1 4 0.5-1.5 0-0 1 0 0-0 Cedric Peerman ......... 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0-0 Josh Shaw .................. 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 P.J. Dawson ............... 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0

SPECIAL TEAMS* ST AT TT FF FR-YDS BP BFG BXP Cedric Peerman .................... 9 1 10 0 0-0 0 0 0 Rex Burkhead........................ 3 3 6 0 0-0 0 0 0 Emmanuel Lamur .................. 4 0 4 0 1-0 0 0 0 Tyler Kroft .............................. 3 1 4 0 0-0 0 0 0 P.J. Dawson .......................... 2 2 4 0 0-0 0 0 0 Darqueze Dennard ................ 2 2 4 0 0-0 0 0 0 Josh Shaw ............................. 2 2 4 0 0-0 0 0 0 Shawn Williams ..................... 2 1 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 Reggie Nelson ....................... 1 2 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 Chris Carter ........................... 2 0 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 Derron Smith ......................... 0 2 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 Clark Harris ........................... 1 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 Kevin Huber .......................... 1 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 Mike Nugent .......................... 1 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 Vincent Rey ........................... 1 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0

* NOTE: All defensive statistics above are press box statistics produced at the games.

PASSING ATT CMP YDS CMP% YDS/ATT TD TD% INT INT% LG SKD-YDS RAT

Andy Dalton ................................... 335 218 2738 65.1 8.17 20 6.0 5 1.5 80t 19-112 104.0 BENGALS ..................................... 335 218 2738 65.1 8.17 20 6.0 5 1.5 80t 19-112 104.0 OPPONENTS ................................ 371 237 2607 63.9 7.03 15 4.0 11 3.0 64t 28-179 85.7