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1 CINCINNATI BENGALS One Paul Brown Stadium Cincinnati, Ohio (513) administrative offices (513) administrative fax (513) 621-TDTD (8383) ticket office WEEKLY NEWS RELEASE NOV. 11, 2014 CINCINNATI BENGALS (5-3-1) AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (4-5-0) Kickoff: 1 p.m. Eastern. Television: CBS broadcast with Greg Gumbel (play-by-play), Trent Green (analyst) and Evan Washburn (sideline reporter). The game will air in the Bengals home market on WKRC-TV (Channel 12) in Cincinnati, WHIO-TV (Channel 7) in Dayton and WKYT-TV (Channel 27) 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 also will be aired to a national audience on affiliates of Sports USA Media. Broadcasters are Larry Kahn (play-by-play), Doug Plank (analyst) and Troy West (sideline reporter). Setting the scene: Two games over.500, and part of the tightest and toughest division race in the NFL. For most teams, it would be a cause of some satisfaction. But the Bengals are not happy at and a half-game out of the AFC North lead. Leaders in the division for most of this season, they were knocked a half-game back last week, thumped 24-3 at home by North rival Cleveland. When we won our first three, we thought we were a pretty good team, said CB Terence Newman. Now we have to face up to the fact that as things stand now, we re not as good as we thought we were. To get outplayed at home like we did... We just have to put this behind us and know we can be a much better team than we were against the Browns. Playing before a national audience on Thursday Night Football, the Browns snagged an interception on the Bengals game-opening possession, and the offense responded with a quick 18-yard TD drive. The Bengals closed the gap to 7-3 by quarter s end and had one chance to drive for a lead, but could not get beyond their 34. The Browns went up 17-3 by halftime, and Cleveland spent most of the second half trying to kill the clock against a Bengals offense that would muster only 165 net yards for the game. But with a win at New Orleans this week, Cincinnati could be back in first. There s still a lot of football ahead, said head coach Marvin Lewis. It s a seven-game season ahead of us now. If we take care of business internally, everything will be fine. We lick our wounds and come out and do better. But we have to learn from this, Lewis continued. We paid a dear price, with a loss in a division game at home. In every way we did not do what we needed to do. And starting with me, nobody in here can say. It wasn t me and then go have a little pity party. No one is above it. It s all of us. QB Andy Dalton will be ready to lead by example on that. Asked who should get the blame for the Cleveland loss, Dalton said: I should, and I deserve it. It all starts with me. It all goes through the quarterback. I ve got to play better to put our team in a position to win. But Lewis all of us comment is more on target. The Bengals have been subpar statistically in almost every respect, ranking 20th in the NFL on offense but 30th on defense. What the team retains, however, is a veteran core from three straight playoff teams and the knowledge that they ve climbed out of much tougher spots than this one in the past. All of us have to make a commitment this week to look honestly at our performance and own that it has to be much better, said OT Andrew Whitworth. But we re still a confident team. We have reason to be. Now it s time to back that up for our fans. It had been a long time since we lost at home (14 straight games in regular season), but we let our fans down last week. GAME NOTES 1 WEEK 11, GAME 10 SUNDAY, NOV. 16 AT MERCEDES-BENZ SUPERDOME UP NEXT: WEEK 12, GAME 11 NOV. 23 AT HOUSTON New Orleans lost in overtime to visiting San Francisco last week after winning two straight, by margins of 21 and 18 points. Though their record (4-5) is inferior to Cincinnati s, the Saints lead the NFC South Division over Carolina (3-6-1) and Atlanta (3-6). The Saints boast the NFL s second-ranked offense (435.0 yards per game), and it s a balanced attack, ranked sixth in rushing (130.2) and third in passing (304.8). But the Saints rank 28th in turnover differential, a minus-eight. The Bengals dipped to even in turnover differential after going minus-three against Cleveland. The series: The Saints halted a three-game losing streak to the Bengals in the teams last meeting, prevailing at Paul Brown Stadium. The result lifted New Orleans to a 6-6 tie with Cincinnati in the all-time series. The road team has done well in the series. The Bengals lead 3-2 in New Orleans, and the Saints lead 4-3 in Cincinnati. The most recent Bengals win was a decision in 2006 at New Orleans. A complete listing of past Bengals-Saints results can be found on page 211 of the Bengals 2014 Media Guide. Team bests from the series: Bengals MOST POINTS: 31, in a win at New Orleans in LARGEST VICTORY MARGIN: 21, in a 21-0 win at New Orleans in FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED: 0, in the 21-0 win in Saints MOST POINTS: 41, in a win in 1987 at Riverfront Stadium. LARGEST VICTORY MARGIN: 17, in the win in 87. FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED: 7 (twice), most recently in a 21-7 win at Riverfront Stadium in The last meetings: Summaries of the two most recent Bengals- Saints meetings at New Orleans in 2006 and at Cincinnati in 10 are on page 16 of this news release. Cradle of Coaches connection: Saints head coach Sean Payton is among the long line of prominent coaches with connections to Miami (Ohio) University. He was on the Miami coaching staff in , and four of his assistants also have ties to the RedHawks. Offensive line coach Bret Ingalls coached at Miami in Coaching assistant Frank Smith played OL at Miami from and coached there from Strength and conditioning coach Dan Dalrymple played OL at Miami from and was on the coaching staff from Assistant strength and conditioning coach Charles Byrd was born in Oxford, Ohio, and coached at Miami from More Bengals-Saints connections: Bengals OT Andrew Whitworth, HB Jeremy Hill and WR James Wright all played at Louisiana State; Whitworth is from West Monroe, La., Hill is from Baton Rouge, La. and Wright is from Buras, La.... Saints T Zach Strief is from Milford, Ohio (Milford HS)... Saints NT Brandon Deaderick is from Elizabethtown, Ky.... Saints defensive coordinator Rob Ryan coached at Western Kentucky in 1987 and Ohio State in Bengals defensive backs coach Vance Joseph is from Marrero, La.... Bengals defensive backs coach Mark Carrier is from Lake Charles, La.... Bengals running backs coach Kyle Caskey was a graduate assistant coach at Louisiana-Monroe from Saints running backs coach Dan Roushar coached at the University of Cincinnati from Saints tight ends coach Terry Malone coached at Bowling Green from Saints secondary coach Wesley McGriff coached at Kentucky State ( ), Eastern Kentucky

2 (More Bengals-Saints connections, continued) (2000) and University of Kentucky ( )... Saints strength and conditioning assistant Rob Wenning is from Coldwater, Ohio, and coached at Findlay (Ohio) from and at Ohio State in Dalton rules against NFC: This week s game marks the first appearance for Bengals QB Andy Dalton against New Orleans, but Dalton has had few problems with the Saints NFC brethren during his pro career. Dalton has a record against NFC clubs, a winning percentage of.750. His three losses have come by a total of 12 points, and his 10 wins have come by an average margin of Dalton and the Bengals are against the NFC this season. Cincinnati won vs. Atlanta on Sept. 14 and tied vs. Carolina on Oct. 12. Here s a roundup of his history against NFC opposition: DATE OPP. RESULT COMP-ATT-YDS-TD-INT RATING S.F. 49ers, Bengals, Bengals, ARIZ. Bengals, Bengals, NYG Bengals, DALL. Cowboys, Bengals, Bears, G.B. Bengals, Bengals, MINN. Bengals, ATL. Bengals, CAR. Tie, Records vs. Saints: Bengals WR Chad Johnson had 190 receiving yards at New Orleans in 2006, the week after he had posted a club-record 260 vs. San Diego. The 450 yards from those two games is a Bengals record for consecutive contests and ranks fourth all time in the NFL in the category. Also: Johnson s three TD catches against the Saints in 2006 ties the Bengals record for most receiving TDs in a game. At New Orleans in 2006, though the Bengals won, the Saints set a THE HEAD COACHES 2 Cincinnati opponents record with 504 net passing yards. QB Drew Brees had 510 gross passing yards, which ranks second for a Bengals foe behind 513 by Phil Simms of the N.Y. Giants in The Bengals won that game, too. BENGALS-SAINTS NFL RANKINGS BENGALS SAINTS SCORING (AVERAGE POINTS): Points scored... T-18th (21.9) 6th (27.9) Points allowed... T-18th (23.4) 22nd (25.0) NET OFFENSE (AVERAGE YARDS): Total... 20th (339.8) 2nd (435.0) Rushing... 12th (117.4) 6th (130.2) Passing... 21st (222.3) 3rd (304.8) NET (AVERAGE YARDS): Total... 30th (391.9) 19th (366.0) Rushing... 31st (143.0) 11th (106.8) Passing... 20th (248.9) 24th (259.2) TURNOVERS: Differential... T-14th (even) 28th (minus-8) BENGALS RED-ZONE REPORT OFFENSE Inside-20 possessions: 27 Inside-20 possessions: 35 Total scores: 25 (92.6%) Total scores: 28 (80.0%) TDs: 15 (55.6%) TDs: 19 (54.3%) FGs: 10 (37.0%) FGs: 9 (25.7%) TD% rank: 18th TD% rank: 13th No scores: 2 (7.4%) No scores: 7 (20.0%) SAINTS RED-ZONE REPORT OFFENSE Inside-20 possessions: 37 Inside-20 possessions: 28 Total scores: 33 (89.2%) Total scores: 26 (92.9%) TDs: 23 (62.2%) TDs: 17 (60.7%) FGs: 10 (27.0%) FGs: 9 (32.7%) TD% rank: T-9th TD% rank: 20th No scores: 4 (10.8%) No scores: 2 (7.1%) Marvin Lewis in 2014 extends his Bengals record for head coaching tenure to 12 seasons. He has led the team to the postseason in four of the last five years, including three straight. The Bengals are one of only five NFL teams to be in the playoffs every year since 2011, and they are one of only six clubs to qualify as many as four times in the last five years. In total, Lewis has coached five Bengals playoff teams, also a franchise record. Paul Brown is second in the category, with three. Lewis has 95 career victories, most in Bengals history by a margin of 31 over Sam Wyche (64). Lewis record is in the regular season and including postseason. The Bengals went 11-5 in the regular season in 2013, winning the AFC North Division championship by three games over both Baltimore and Pittsburgh. Cincinnati lost in the first round of the playoffs, however, falling to San Diego at Paul Brown Stadium. Last year s division title was Cincinnati s third under Lewis. In a 2009 title season in which the Bengals swept all six division games, Lewis was the consensus choice as NFL Coach of the Year. Lewis also led Cincinnati to an AFC North title in Lewis ranks second in the NFL in longest current tenure with one team, trailing only Bill Belichick, who is in his 15th straight season with New England. In the category of most seasons as an NFL head coach with one or more teams, Lewis in 2014 ranks sixth among active coaches, behind Belichick (20th season in 2014), Jeff Fisher (20), Tom Coughlin (19), the Chiefs Andy Reid (16) and John Fox (13). Lewis was named the ninth head coach in Bengals history on Jan. 14, 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 ( ) 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 singleseason NFL defenses of all time. Lewis entered the NFL as linebackers coach with Pittsburgh from , 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 Sean Payton is in his eighth season as Saints head coach and has led the team to five playoff appearances, three NFC South titles, two NFC Championship berths and the Super Bowl XLIV title. His record is 83-48, including 6-4 in postseason play. Payton began his NFL coaching career as quarterbacks coach for the Philadelphia Eagles in He was offensive coordinator for the final three years of a four-year stay ( ) with the New York Giants, and he was with the Dallas Cowboys from 03-05, serving as assistant head coach with an emphasis on quarterbacks and the passing game. He coached in college at Indiana State, San Diego State and Miami (Ohio). At Miami, he was as quarterbacks coach/co-offensive coordinator in Payton was a three-time Division I-AA All-American quarterback at Eastern Illinois, and finished his career with a school-record 10,665 passing yards. He played in the pro ranks with Chicago of the Arena Football League and the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian League before joining the Chicago Bears for a portion of the 1987 season. Payton was born Dec. 29, 1963 in San Mateo, Calif., and was raised in Naperville, Ill. Lewis vs. Saints: Tied, 1-1. Lewis vs. Payton: Tied, 1-1. Payton vs. Bengals: Tied, 1-1.

3 NFL s best division won t loosen up: For the second time in three weeks, the AFC North Division standings show the four teams all within a half-game of each other. When it happened after Week 8, it was the only time in 45 years since the 1970 merger for all teams in a division to be within a half-game that late in a season and all have winning records. And of course it again so now. Cleveland is first now, a half-game ahead of the Bengals, Steelers and Ravens. Next week, who knows? With the right set of results, any of the four teams could be alone in first place after this weekend s play. Not only are all four teams so close, they all are at least two games over All of the other divisions have one or more teams at least three games under The North retains the NFL s best aggregate winning percentage in games against teams from other divisions, now at.661 with an mark. The next-best division is the NFC West at.654 (17-9). The AFC North was 1-1 against non-division foes last week, Baltimore winning at home against Tennessee and Pittsburgh losing at the N.Y. Jets. Besides the AFC North and NFC West, other divisions with aggregate winning records are the NFC North (15-11). NFC East (15-12) and AFC East (14-13). The AFC West is even at 13-13, and the two South divisions are far in the rear, the AFC South at 8-19 and the NFC South at Here s the AFC North picture entering Week 11: TEAM W-L-T PCT. DIVISION NEXT TWO GAMES Cleveland Houston; at Atlanta Cincinnati at New Orleans; at Houston Pittsburgh at Tennessee; Bye Baltimore Bye; at New Orleans (Mon.) First in 79 years? With all four AFC North teams at least two games over.500, and the season more than half over, it must be considered possible that all four clubs could end the season with winning records. But that hasn t happened in an NFL division since In 35, Detroit won the NFL s Western Division at 7-3-2, followed by Green Bay (8-4-0), the Chicago Bears (6-4-2) and the Chicago Cardinals (6-4-2). Though Detroit and Green Bay each were four games over.500, Detroit was the division winner based on a better winning percentage (.700 to Green Bay s.667). That was in the era when the NFL threw out ties before calculating winning percentage. In today s NFL, ties count as half a win and half a loss, so a repeat of 1935 would result in both teams having a.667 winning percentage, and the title would be decided via tiebreakers. The AFC North s current.661 aggregate winning percentage, based on its record in games against teams from other divisions, is still a bit shy of the best divisional records since the 2002 NFL realignment. The 2013 NFC West and the 2007 AFC South both posted.692 wining percentages outside the division, with records of Home unbeaten streak comes to rest at 14: Last week s loss to Cleveland put an unwanted cap on the longest home unbeaten streak (14) in Bengals history in regular season games. The streak spanned three seasons, as Cincinnati went at Paul Brown Stadium from late 2012 through Nov. 2 of this year. Prior to the Cleveland game, the Bengals had not lost at home since dropping a squeaker to Dallas on Dec. 9, Prior to the just-ended streak, the all-time team mark for consecutive home games without a loss had been 10, over from The Bengals also this year have established a club-record winning streak in regular-season home games. That streak reached 11 on Sept. 21 of this season, when Cincinnati defeated Tennessee. The old streak for consecutive home wins covered the same games as the former best unbeaten streak all eight games in 1988 and the first two of 89. Cincinnati s record unbeaten run began in the 2012 season finale. It continued through an 8-0 home sweep in 2013 and a home start this season. There s no question we ve created this as a tough place to come win, says OT Andrew Whitworth. We have a lot of pride and resolve in protecting our home turf, and offenses are struggling to play well here because not only do we have a great defense, the atmosphere is loud and it affects your calls and makes it hard when you want to get the ball out quick. I like it that every single team has to worry about coming into a tough environment, and they ve also got to play us. The Bengals actually won 12 straight at home (Riverfront Stadium) over , but two of those were 1988 playoff wins, and playoffs are a separate category in official NFL record-keeping. BENGALS NOTES Here s a full recap of the record 14-game unbeaten streak: 3 DATE OPPONENT SCORE COMMENT Baltimore Bengals win despite yards deficit Pittsburgh Win on MNF after halftime tie Green Bay Bengals led 14-0, then trailed New England 13-6 Pats held to 1-for-12 on third down N.Y. Jets 49-9 Marvin Jones club-record four TD catches Cleveland Club-record 31 points in a quarter (2nd) Indianapolis Andy Dalton passer rating Minnesota Win plus help delivers AFC North title Baltimore Largest ever Bengals win margin vs. Ravens Atlanta No sacks allowed, no giveaways, three takeaways Tennessee 33-7 Sanu-to-Dalton TD pass opens floodgates Carolina Bengals miss win with missed FG at OT buzzer Baltimore Dalton rallies team from fourth-quarter deficit Jacksonville Rookie Jeremy Hill rushes for 154 Jones second in PR and KOR: After leading the NFL in both punt return and kickoff return average through Week 9, Bengals CB Adam Jones dropped to second in each category through Week 10 play. Jones was held to just four yards on his only punt return vs. Cleveland last week, and his season average is now Philadelphia s Darren Sproles, who broke a 65-yarder last week vs. Carolina, is the league leader at Jones is No. 1 in the AFC, with Julian Edelman of New England ranked second in the conference and third in the league at 13.9 Jones averaged 27.5 yards on two kickoff returns last week. His season average went to 31.9, and Miami WR Jarvis Landry moved barely ahead for the year at No player has led the league for a full season in both punt and kickoff returns in 22 years. In 1991, Detroit s Mel Gray topped the charts with a 15.4 yards on punt returns and 25.8 on kickoff returns. Players must be averaging at least 1.25 returns per team game to qualify for the NFL rankings. Jones has 13 punt returns and thus will not need a punt return at New Orleans to remain in the rankings next week, when the Bengals will have played 10 games. With 12 kickoff returns, Jones will need one KOR against the Saints to remain a qualifier. Jones long punt return for this season has been 47 yards, on Oct. 5 at New England, and he also had a 45-yarder on Sept. 7 at Baltimore and a 31-yarder on Nov. 2 vs. Jacksonville. For his entire NFL career, dating back to a 2005 rookie year with Tennessee, Jones has averaged 10.6 yards on 141 punt returns, with five TDs. His TD total, which includes one for Cincinnati, is tied for second in the NFL among active players, behind only Atlanta s Devin Hester. Jones KOR average is fueled by a 97-yarder on Oct. 12 vs. Carolina. The return set up a Bengals TD, but when Jones was stopped at the three-yard line, he was denied his first NFL kickoff return for a score. The 97-yarder stands as the longest play in Bengals history that did not go for a touchdown. Jones is used situationally on kick returns by the coaching staff. He also has CB duties also to perform he s the No. 3 CB behind starters Leon Hall and Terence Newman and last week, with Hall sidelined by a concussion, Jones played 75 of the 76 defensive snaps. WR Brandon Tate also returns punts and kickoffs for Cincinnati. He has 12 kickoff returns and seven punt returns this season. Tate also has been the coaches choice in punt return situations where the need for a solid fair catch seems likely, and Tate has 10 fair catches this season. The coaching staff has said there are no plans to move away from the tandem roles, but special teams coordinator Darrin Simmons concedes that Jones is on a special level for explosiveness. He has a natural feel for eluding players, Simmons said. I ve never been around somebody who can set somebody down in a hole like he can and then get them to move. It s all natural to him. He doesn t think about doing that. It s just something that happens for him, and he does it a lot. I still don t know how he makes some of the cuts he makes. He s earned more shots, Simmons continued. Situations dictate when we put him in there, but I probably should have put him in there earlier this season on kickoff returns: Said Bengals P Kevin Huber: He (Jones) runs with a purpose. He s fearless. He s just got a knack for finding the hole, hitting the hole hard, avoiding tacklers. He s a shifty guy. He s always been like that. He can make guys miss. I m just glad he s on our team, and not a team we have to play.

4 (Jones second in PR and KOR, continued) Two Bengals have led the AFC and/or the NFL in punt returns for a full season. WR Mike Martin led the league at 15.7 in 1984, and CB Lemar Parrish led the league at 18.8 in Parrish s 18.8 is the Bengals season record. No Bengal has led the NFL in kickoff returns for a season. Tremain Mack won Cincinnati s only AFC kickoff return title in 1999, at 27.1, which stands as the franchise record. He s not about fair : When Bengals CB Adam Jones says he doesn t like to fair catch on punt returns, he s not kidding. He has had 90 returns since his last fair catch, which came for Tennessee on Nov. 16, He has had 57 returns without a fair catch as a Bengal. For perspective on those numbers, consider that in 2013, for the full NFL season, there were 58.1 percent as many fair catches (636) as there were punts returned (1094). Jones has five career punt returns for touchdowns, second-most among active NFL players. I m trying to score, Jones says. I don t get excited over 10 yards. More on Adam Jones: Though Adam Jones is well-known for his kick return exploits (see previous items), and though he is not a starting CB on the depth chart, his accomplishments on defense this season should be noted. He leads the team in passes defensed (nine), and he has an interception and a fumble recovery. He ranks sixth on the team in tackles (42). Though listed behind CBs Terence Newman and Leon Hall on the depth chart, he has seen plenty of action on defense all season. He is the team s nickel CB, and the Bengals have played considerable nickel fronts, particularly due to injuries to the LB corps. Also, Jones has been an injury replacement for Hall, who has missed one game and most of another. Homecoming for Hill: Bengals rookie HB Jeremy Hill returns this week to his home state of Louisiana and to hordes of fans who cheered for him at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Hill is a native of Baton Rouge, some 80 miles from New Orleans, but this week s game will mark his first playing experience in the Superdome. Neither LSU nor his high school (Baton Rouge Redemptorist) played at the dome during his time. Hill will arrive in Louisiana with a bit of personal momentum. Though no one had a good night on offense last week for the Bengals, someone had to be the team leader in scrimmage yards gained, and for the second straight week, it was Hill. Though he suffered the first fumble of his pro career, he rushed 12 times for 55 yards (4.6) and had a six-yard reception. The previous week vs. Jacksonville, Hill had a breakout game and was named the NFL s FedEx Ground Player of the Week. Not only did he rush for 154 yards on 24 carries (6.4), he lifted the Bengals in the fourth quarter from the specter of an upset loss. Jacksonville had stunned a Paul Brown Stadium crowd with two quick touchdowns, closing a deficit to 26-23, but on Cincinnati s first scrimmage play after the second Jacksonville score, Hill brightened moods considerably with a 60-yard TD run. He didn t get a chance on that play to show any of the power he has in his 235-pound frame, but he showed plenty of the speed and moves that make him an exceptional prospect for his size. Hill also scored early in the third quarter, on a one-yard run on which he ran wide and then made a sharp cut into the end zone. Hill has started the last two games in place of No. 1 HB Giovani Bernard, who has been out with hip and collarbone injuries. Bernard s status for New Orleans has yet to be determined. We ve challenged Jeremy the last couple weeks, and he s done well, said QB Andy Dalton. That s why we picked him. It was great to see. Hill missed some time in the second quarter of the Jacksonville game after sustaining a knee bruise, but he returned to complete his load of 24 carries. I see myself as a tough guy who can hang in there, take the punishment and take care of the ball, Hill said. I didn t like the way (the knee) felt when it first happened, but coming out was precautionary. I wanted to play through it. For the season, Hill has 404 rushing yards on 76 carries (4.7) and 146 receiving yards on 15 catches (9.7). Those numbers compute to 550 yards from scrimmage and 5.4 yard per touch. Hill (6-1, 235) is the biggest back on whom the Bengals have spent a high draft pick since 248-pound Pete Johnson in 1977 (also second round). In college, he set an LSU career record for yards per carry (6.25). In 2013, his final college season, he had six rushes of 50 or more yards. Come back soon, Gio: Though the Bengals have gotten good production the last two games from rookie HB Jeremy Hill (detail in previous 4 item), Hill s performance makes fans ever more eager to see HB Giovani Bernard back from injuries and running in tandem with Hill. Bernard has missed the last two games with hip and clavicle injuries sustained Oct. 26 vs. Baltimore. His status for New Orleans remains undetermined, but it s not expected he will be out for an extended period. Bernard started the first seven games, and he leads the Bengals in rushing yards (446) and ranks second in yards from scrimmage (625). He also is tied with Hill for the team lead in touchdowns (five). Bernard is super quick and shifty, with surprising power for his size (5-9, 208). Hill (6-1, 235) is powerful most of all, but he also has surprising speed and agility. The combination is a potential dream for Bengals offensive game-planning. Despite having missed the two games, Bernard has totals that project to 1111 scrimmage yards through 16 games. Last year as a rookie, he had 1209, ranking second on the team behind WR A.J. Green (1426). On Oct. 12 of this season vs. Carolina, Bernard had an 89-yard TD run, the second-longest rush in Bengals history, behind only a 96-yarder for a TD by HB Corey Dillon at Detroit in It is also the longest rush in the NFL this season. He went on against Carolina to log his first career 100-yard rushing game (18-for-137), and he added 20 yards on four receptions to finish with 157 scrimmage yards for the day. That was only his second-highest scrimmage total of the season, as he had 169 (90 rushing, 79 receiving) on Sept. 14 vs. Atlanta. Bernard and Hill have combined for 1175 yards from scrimmage, an average of per contest. The duo s biggest day this season has been Sept. 14 vs. Atlanta, when Bernard had 169 yards and Hill had 96. Their 265 combined scrimmage yards was the most by two Bengals backs in one game since Dec. 3, 2000, when Corey Dillon (216) and Brandon Bennett (70) combined for 286. The Bernard-Hill total was more than the scrimmage yards total of any combo of Bengals backs since Dec. 22, 2002, when Dillon (142), Nick Luchey (65) and Bennett (64) combined for 271. Both Bernard and Hill were second-round Bengals draft choices. Bernard was the 37th overall pick in the 2013 draft, and Hill went at No. 55 in this past spring s draft. Obviously Jeremy s bigger than me, says Bernard. I m faster than him. I ll take that. But he s a great back. We re not fighting for whatever. We want to help the team win. We both have that mindset, and that s good to have. It s not about one guy getting more carries than the other. It s about helping the team win. A.J. points to final seven: After a disappointing Bengals performance last week vs. Cleveland, head coach Marvin Lewis told his team that the final seven games on the schedule represent a new season. And no one should have an easier time taking that to heart than WR A.J. Green. Not because Green has played poorly, but just because he hasn t played much at full speed, due to a turf toe injury. The injury, suffered in Game 2, Sept. 14 vs. Atlanta, caused him to miss virtually all of that game, and he missed Games 5-7 after aggravating the condition. Green returned to action in Game 8, Nov. 2 vs. Jacksonville, but didn t take a full load, seeing action on 38 of 68 offensive snaps. He had three receptions for 44 yards, including an 18-yard TD catch that gave the Bengals a lead early in the fourth quarter. Last week vs. Cleveland, coming back on just four days rest, he took a full load on offense for the first time since Oct. 5 at New England. But it was a very poor night for the offense overall, and Green managed just three catches for 23 yards. Green averaged receiving yards over his first three full games this season. He caught six-for-131 with a TD on Sept. 7 at Baltimore, six-for-102 vs. Tennessee and five-for-81 with a TD at New England. He and the offense hope to regain that kind of form against the Saints, a game the Bengals will enter after a 10-day break, following their Thursday night contest vs. Cleveland. Green entered this season with three Pro Bowl berths on his three-year resume. His 260 receptions over are the most in NFL history for a player in his first three seasons, and his 3833 receiving yards in that span are second-most for a player in his first three seasons. His total numbers for 2014 won t match past seasons, due to his missed time, but there is every reason to believe he can be better than ever as the Bengals drive for a fourth straight playoff berth. We re getting A.J. back into it, said QB Andy Dalton. Obviously there s a little transition with him having missed that time, and we as an offense didn t give him much of a chance against Cleveland. But he s just so good. We ve been together our whole time in the league, so anytime he s in there, it s nice. Last season, Green became the first Bengal to log six 100-yard games in a season, and he became the first Bengal to get 100 in five consecutive games. Green s presence on the field also helps the Bengals rushing game, as head coach Marvin Lewis noted after the team s 191-yard rushing performance vs. Jacksonville.

5 (A.J. s points to final seven, continued) Just him being out there, it affects what a defense can do, Lewis said. The threat is there, and they have to account for it. They can t load up on you in other spots putting eight in the box and things like that that they might be able to do otherwise. Sanu accelerates 1000-club bid: Though he may be targeted less often as A.J. Green returns full-speed to the Bengals lineup, WR Mohamed Sanu is piling up some yards in his third pro season. With a team-leading 648 yards through nine games, he s on a pace for 1152 yards through 16 games. He ranks eighth in the AFC in receiving yards per team game (72.0). Sanu ranked sixth in the AFC through Week 9, but he was held to a seasonlow 20 yards (on three catches) in last week s offensive struggle vs. Cleveland. He led the team in receiving yards for each of the four weeks prior to Cleveland, averaging 98.5 yards over the span. He had a career-best 125 yards (on five caches) on Oct. 26 vs. Baltimore, just two weeks after catching a career-high 10 for a then-career-high 120 yards vs. Carolina. In the Bengals last win, Nov. 2 vs. Jacksonville, Sanu beat tight coverage to control a 19-yard TD pass, scoring his fourth TD of the season and putting the Bengals ahead to stay at 7-3 early in the second quarter. But his best catch of the day came on the next possession, when he fielded a ball coming in at a tough angle for a 33-yard gain to convert a third-down-and-nine situation. The play led to a field goal. Mo not only has good numbers, he s made really good catches, said QB Andy Dalton. Important catches, third-down catches. He has such strong hands that if anything is contested, he ll come down with it. It s nice having a guy like that. Said Green: Mo is playing outrageous right now, which is only going to help me. In key division action on Oct. 26 vs. Baltimore, Sanu s 53-yard catch on a third-and-10 play was the biggest gain of the game-winning TD drive. And that wasn t his best catch of the day. That one came in the first quarter, when he made a one-handed snag that almost defies description, turning an overthrown ball into a 48-yard gain for the key play of a TD drive. I appreciate the ability I have with my hands, Sanu said. God blessed me with them, and I also get em from my Mom. For the season ahead, Sanu says simply: You have to stay as even as you can, and when your number is called, you have to make plays. Sanu also leads the team for the season with his four receiving TDs and his 41 catches. He also has a two-point conversion catch, which doesn t count toward his statistics. He beat tight coverage in the season opener at Baltimore and claimed a contested ball for the two-pointer. Still Mr. Perfect: Bengals WR Mohamed Sanu threw one pass as a rookie in The perfectly thrown ball went 50 yards in the air and produced a 73-yard TD to WR A.J. Green at Washington. The play left Sanu with a perfect score on the NFL s passer rating computer Last season, Sanu s only pass produced a 25-yard gain to HB Giovani Bernard vs. Cleveland. That was good enough to keep his career rating at the magic 158.3, and when then-offensive coordinator Jay Gruden was asked after the game about Sanu possibly throwing more passes, Gruden joked that Sanu might not want to risk messing up his perfect score. But that s not Sanu s call, of course, and coordinator Hue Jackson has called for two Sanu passes this season. On Sept. 14 vs. Atlanta, Sanu did what he had to do. He threw a ball more than 50 yards in the air to WR Brandon Tate, precisely placed beyond coverage for a 50-yard gain, and his career rating stayed right there at And on Sept. 21 vs. Tennessee, Sanu completed an 18-yard TD pass to QB Andy Dalton. He got some help on the play, as Dalton made a nice catch and a nice run to the end zone, but the ratings computer didn t care. It left Sanu yet again with the magic as his career rating. Beyond the yards gained and points scored, Sanu s passes have impressed onlookers with their arc, perfect spirals and accuracy. It is no exaggeration to say he literally can throw it like a top quarterback. When Dalton was asked in his Atlanta post-game news conference if he has ever advised Sanu on throwing mechanics or release point, Dalton said: Absolutely not. He doesn t even warm up. You just get him the ball and let him throw. On both of Sanu s completions this season, Dalton took the center snap and pitched laterals to Sanu, who appeared to be running a reverse until he stopped and threw the aerial. On Sanu s 73-yarder to Green as a rookie, he took a direct center snap in a shotgun formation. 5 The NFL s only one: 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 four-for-four for 166 yards, with two TDs and no INTs. He is the only Bengals WR ever to throw a TD pass. Pass protection still near top: The Bengals rank tied for third in the NFL in fewest sacks allowed (12). Denver leads at nine, followed by Oakland (10). Philadelphia is also at 12. The Bengals gave up two sacks to Cleveland last week. Those two amounted to 14 yards in losses, and in sack yardage allowed for the season, the Bengals rank fifth in the NFL at 76. With six sacks allowed in the last three games, however, the Bengals have fallen off a pace they held earlier to re-set the franchise record for fewest sacks allowed. The record-low is 17, set in 2007, and Cincinnati is now on pace to allow 21. That would tie for second-best in club history, matching the total from The offensive line has weathered the loss of starting RG Kevin Zeitler to a calf injury for most of Game 2, all of Games 3-5 and 8 and a portion of Game 7. Seventh-year pro Mike Pollak has filled in capably when needed. The other starting G is fourth-year pro Clint Boling, and between the guards is rookie C Russell Bodine, on course to become the first Bengals rookie offensive lineman to hold down a starting position for a season since G Eric Steinbach in Cincinnati s OTs are two veterans in their prime, Andrew Whitworth on the left side and Andre Smith on the right, but Smith left the Nov. 2 Jacksonville game with an ankle injury and did not play against Cleveland. Smith s status for New Orleans is undetermined. Veteran Marshall Newhouse has taken the ROT spot during Smith s absence. Pass defense has its bright spots: The Bengals rank 20th in the NFL in fewest passing yards allowed per game but opponents have been throwing the ball a lot. The Bengals rank fourth in most pass attempts by opponents (353). And in other crucial pass defense areas, Cincinnati ranks near the top of the league: After leading the NFL for two straight weeks, Cincinnati now ranks second in lowest aggregate passer rating by opponents. Cincinnati s nine foes have combined for a 76.5 rating. Only Cleveland is better, at Bengals opponents have now completed 209 passes in 353 attempts (59.2 percent) for 2321 yards (257.9 per game), with 10 TDs and 10 INTs. The Bengals are one of only four teams to have as many interceptions as TD passes allowed on the season. The Bengals have 10 interceptions and 10 TD passes allowed. Arizona (14-14). Buffalo (12-12) and Detroit (10-10) join Cincinnati in being even in the two categories. In lowest completion percentage by opponents, the Bengals rank second in the AFC and fourth in the NFL, at Cleveland leads the AFC and the league, at The Bengals do not rank highly for sacks (tied for 29th with 13), but their 10 INTs rank tied for seventh. And statistics crews have credited the Bengals with 56 total passes defensed, an average of 6.2 per game and a sign of tight coverage. Head coach Marvin Lewis gives much of the credit to a veteran secondary. The Bengals top five secondary players average 7.8 years experience. The depth of our secondary, and their experience and maturity and their knowledge of the game of football is very important to us, Lewis said. It makes a huge difference in the things that you re able to do. Starting corners Terence Newman and Leon Hall have 12 and eight seasons, respectively, and they are playing alongside one another for the third straight year. When we re in the nickel and Leon s on my side, it s kind of weird because we sometimes look at each other and know to pass off a route, Newman said. We just look at each other and nod. I think it s just that we ve played awhile and we watch film together, so there s different routes we see on film and say, Hey let s just pass it off, it s easier. We understand what each other thinks. Lewis has Dalton s back: Bengals QB Andy Dalton had arguably the worst of his 57 career Bengals games last week, limited to 10 pass completions in 33 attempts for 86 yards, with no TDs and three interceptions. The good thing, Dalton said after a 24-3 loss to Cleveland, is that it only counts as one (loss). Indeed, the Bengals are still for the season, and Dalton is (.623) career as Cincinnati s starter. That s the best career winning percentage of any Bengals QB with more than 10 starts, and Dalton is still very much alive in a bid to become only the second starting QB in the Super Bowl era to lead a team to the playoffs in his first four seasons.

6 (Lewis has Dalton s back, continued) Andy will break out of this night he had tonight, head coach Marvin Lewis said after the Browns game. He had a bad day, but he ll come out of this and be fine. Dalton has started all 57 Bengals games since arriving as a second-round draft choice in 2011, plus all three in the postseason. Andy s our leader, says rookie HB Jeremy Hill. Coach Jackson (offensive coordinator Hue Jackson) says it all the time. We can t go without Andy. All we have to do as individuals is make sure he s protected, and catch the ball and make plays for him. We know we need Andy down the stretch. Dalton is one of only five starting QBs in NFL history to lead his team into the playoffs his first three pro seasons. And with the Bengals just a half game out of the AFC North lead, he is in position to join Baltimore s Joe Flacco as the only starting QBs in the Super Bowl era to lead a team to postseason in each of his first four campaigns. Andy is still a young player, says Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis, and by far we have not seen the best of him yet. Dalton has a pair of fourth-quarter comeback wins on his 2013 resume, both over Baltimore. He posted four game passer rating of 93.0 or better, including two over But the Bengals have suffered all three of their losses by more than 20 points. We ve got to find a way to be more consistent, Dalton said. We haven t been in the losses. Every week we have to come to play. And you can t focus on what s already happened. You have to focus on what s next and have the confidence the next play is going to be the big one. I ve been that way my whole career, and things can turn around pretty quickly when you have everyone on board. Dalton signed up through 2020: Two weeks into preseason, the Bengals signed QB Andy Dalton to a contract extension running through the 2020 season. His original contract had run through 14. A second-round Bengals draft choice in 2011, Dalton has led the Bengals to the playoffs in each of his three previous seasons, including an AFC North Division championship in 13. In 13, he set franchise season records for passing yards (4293) and TD passes (33). Andy is being rewarded for his accomplishments with a significant contract, said Katie Blackburn, Bengals executive vice-president, and we are pleased to have a deal that will make him a key part of our team for a number of years. Dalton in 2013 won two AFC Offensive Player of the Week awards and was named AFC Offensive Player of the Month for October. He joined S David Fulcher as the only Bengals to win three AFC weekly or monthly awards in a season. It s stating the obvious that this is a key move for the ongoing success of our team, said Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis, I congratulate our front office, and Andy and his representatives, for coming together to make this happen in a constructive way for the football team. It s great that the Bengals have shown this confidence in me, Dalton said. This is only a beginning. We have higher goals than just making the playoffs, and it s my job to lead us there. The Bengals and Dalton have received praise for structuring a contract that preserves the team s ability to retain other key players under the salary cap while still rewarding the quarterback handsomely. That s important to Andy, said OT Andrew Whitworth. He understands the game. He understands what makes it go. He won in college at a place (TCU) where not many people won as much as he did. He understands that he needs other guys that help him win. He came in as a rookie and played on a team when it lost its franchise quarterback and was supposed to go Whitworth s reference was to 2011, when the Bengals opened the season with QB Carson Palmer holding out. The team was widely forecast as a lastplace finisher, but Dalton, a second-round draft choice, led a 9-7 playoff season and earned a Pro Bowl berth. A parallel for Dalton? Bengals QB Andy Dalton hasn t yet won a playoff game, but he has led the team to three berths in three seasons, and that s a far better start than most including one Peyton Manning, Denver s Hall-of-Fame lock of a QB. Manning needed his first five seasons ( ) 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 s playoff passer rating is not a point of pride at 56.2, but head coach Marvin Lewis points out that Cincinnati s highly rated defenses allowed opposing QBs to post an aggregate 94.9 rating in the three postseason contests. 6 So obviously it s not all on Andy, Lewis says. We all know the way it works, how the pressure falls on the quarterback, but that doesn t mean it s always valid. The pressure is on us as an entire team to improve. Dalton has had no bigger backer than Bengals president Mike Brown. Prior to the Aug. 4 completion of Dalton s new contract, Brown said: I like him on the field; he s steady Eddie, Brown said. He competes. He doesn t do stupid things. He keeps us focused. He makes us a winning team. He s won nine games, then 10, then 11. That s pretty good. Everybody knows we didn t win in the playoffs, and we have to get over that hump. And we are counting on Andy to get us to that point. Dalton has a history of earning statistical comparisons with the biggest names among NFL QBs. For example, he threw more TD passes (80) over his three seasons than anyone except Manning and Drew Brees. But Brown takes the comparison with the best to off-field matters as well. I think he is an exceptional person, Brown said. Nobody has more respect in our building than he. I would tell you that of all the quarterbacks we have had, he is respected by his teammates as much as any of them. Apprised of Brown s remarks, Dalton said: It means a lot to hear him say that. To know I have support from the top down, that is exactly what you want. And saying how everyone in the organization respects me... not that I doubted that, but it s really good to hear. Andy by the numbers: A roundup of reasons why QB Andy Dalton draws such high praise from his bosses and teammates: CAREER: His record as a starter gives him a.623 winning percentage, best in Bengals history for a QB with 10 or more starts. He is one of only five starting QBs in NFL history to lead a team to the playoffs his first three seasons. His 80 TD passes from stand as third-most in NFL history for a player in his first three seasons, trailing only Dan Marino (98) and Peyton Manning (85). His career passer rating, which has improved steadily over time, is now at 86.0, within range of Carson Palmer s franchise record of He was on the throwing end for 256 of A.J. Green s 260 catches from , most in NFL history for a player in his first three seasons. LAST SEASON: He joined Peyton Manning and Cam Newton as the only QBs in league history to pass for 3000 yards in their first three seasons. He broke Bengals season records set by Carson Palmer for touchdown passes (33) and passing yards (4293). He finished the season with a passer rating of 88.8, improving that mark for the third straight season. He ranked fifth in the AFC. He joined S David Fulcher as the only Bengals to win three of the NFL s weekly or monthly AFC offensive player awards in a season. He became the first Bengals passer to throw for 300 or more yards in four consecutive games. THIS SEASON: In Games 1-2, he became the first Bengals QB to throw completions of 75-plus yards in consecutive games. In Game 3 vs. Tennessee, he became the first Bengals QB to catch a touchdown pass, beating tight coverage to convert an 18-yard score on an aerial from WR Mohamed Sanu. In an Oct. 26 showdown win vs. Baltimore, he led the team back from a fourth-quarter deficit with an 80-yard drive that included a clutch 53-yard pass to Sanu and his own rushing TD on fourth-and-goal from the one. The tricky Mr. Jackson: The Sept. 21 TD pass from WR Mohamed Sanu to QB Andy Dalton was one of a number of what might be called innovative plays this season by new Bengals offensive coordinator Hue Jackson. Jackson also called for a Sanu pass on Sept. 14 vs. Atlanta, and the result was a 50-yard completion to WR Brandon Tate. On several occasions this season, the offense has run plays with a somewhat wild look, as OTs Andrew Whitworth and Andre Smith have been split wide on each side, separated from the three interior linemen. The Bengals have both run and passed out of this formation. On Oct. 5 at New England, Sanu lined up in the backfield, took a short pitch from QB Andy Dalton and then pitched to Tate on an end-around. 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