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Sports Gab Network Editor Matt Loede previews Sunday’s NFL Hall of Fame Game between the AFC Cincy Bengals and the NFC Dallas Cowboys to be played in Canton, Oh right outside the Hall of Fame.

Fellow Bengals fans, its been a great offseason. Let’s face it, our team had a solid turnaround season last year, and followed it up by doing us proud in free agency and the draft. On paper, at least, we look good. And another NFL insider is noticing.
Dave Razzano, a 22-year veteran NFL scout and member [...]

One thing can be said about the Minnesota Vikings that could not be said in the past: they have been consistent this season. Consistently good quarterbacking by Brett Favre (save for the past couple weeks) and their rushing game. It would be unimaginable how mediocre they would be without Adrian Peterson (with apologies to Chester [...]

The Cincinnati Bengals were happier than a pig in slop knowing that running back Cedric Benson would start for them during Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions at Paul Brown Stadium. And to stay on the pig-in-slop reference, Benson ran like the proverbial pig running to the trough; he ran for 110 yards in his [...]

The Oakland Raiders, by and large, are an unlucky team that happens to be offensively challenged, as well. And as luck would have it, they on Sunday would have to host the Cincinnati Bengals over at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Bengals’ rushing attack was better than expected and their run defense stopped the Raiders, for [...]

It is looking very unlikely that Cincinnati Bengals running back Cedric Benson will suit up Sunday against the Oakland Raiders after missing practice again due to a hip injury. Assuming that is the case, recently signed RB Larry Johnson should see an increased workload.

The Indianapolis Colts and Houston Texans actually have something in common – not much in their rushing department but make up for it in spades with superior passing. Texans quarterback Matt Schaub, while obviously not Peyton Manning (heck, who is?), has save for Week 1 made a decent accounting of himself. In Houston’s game agaisnt [...]

Here is the most up-to-date injury list for the Pittsburgh Steelers-Cincinnati Bengals game this Sunday:
Cincinnati Bengals
OUT
CB David Jones (foot)
T Andre Smith (foot)
QUESTIONABLE
DT Jonathan Fanene (illness)
DE Michael Johnson (illness)
G Nate Livings (knee)
PROBABLE
RB Cedric Benson (ankle)
WR Chris Henry (quadricep)
CB Johnathan Joseph (ankle)
DE Antwan Odom (non-football related)
Pittsburgh Steelers
OUT
S Troy Polamalu (knee)
PROBABLE
S Tyrone Carter (thigh)
LB James Harrison (illness)
WR Limas [...]

In the NFL’s hopes that the Cincinnati Bengals continue their current 44-game regular season and postseason game sellout streak, the league has granted the team an additional 24 hours to fill the stadium to avoid the dreaded “blackout”; the game must be sold out by Friday at 1:00 PM (local time) in order to be [...]