[Stardust]

Another good game by Benson, but Palmer just never seemed to get into a rythm. He has not been the Pro Bowl quarterback he once was. Plus we killed ourselves with penalties early on.

I also have no idea what Marvin Lewis was doing at the end of the first half, if you're going to kill the clock, then kill the clock, if you're going to try to score, then stop the clock and try to score.

Overall a bad showing by the Bengals. I don't know if I expected to win, but I expected a better game. Defense played pretty well though.

I think that's where I am at as well. I can't really say that I thought the Bengals would win, but I did expect a playoff caliber game. What I saw was a playoff team against a team that has not proved they deserve a playoff spot. Watching San Diego's defense right now against the Cowboys, I don't expect much of a different outcome next week.