Andy Dalton, Bengals rout miserable Browns 37-3

The Bengals are acting like they’ve been there before, even if they have yet to win a playoff game in the Marvin Lewis era. The Browns beat the Bengals 34-0 at Cincinnati in 1987.

Cleveland Browns left guard Joel Bitonio aggravated an ankle injury in the first quarter in Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

The full list of Bengals receivers who had a catch in order of their total yards is: Green, Jones, Kroft, Alford, Giovani Bernard, Ryan Hewitt, Rex Burkhead and Uzomah.

With a strong defense and a balanced, quick-strike offense, the Bengals are 10-2 for just the second time in team history. “It’s a new mentality for us. We are going to coach our players hard and we will see what happens”. “It was a big win for us”.

The Cincinnati Bengals have their eyes focused on clinching their fifth consecutive postseason berth while the Cleveland Browns are finding new and creative ways to lose games.

The Browns (2-10) are heading the opposite direction.

“We haven’t had those discussions”, Pettine said when asked if ownership gave him an assurance that he would finish the season.

At the end of a dismal first half, the Browns ensured they wouldn’t be shut out.

Jeremy Hill added a 1-yard TD run he punctuated with a leap into the stands for the Bengals, who were never threatened and have now outscored the Browns 98-13 in their last three meetings.

Dalton completed 14 of 19 passes with no interceptions and had a passer rating of 146.8.

An interim coach would do no better, so Pettine will likely be around until the end of the season.

For most of the season, I had hoped that Pettine would get to see this through. Pettine stopped to sign a few autographs and talked to some friends before climbing into the passenger seat of his pickup truck for the drive home.

As his team continues to circle the drain, Pettine, following the latest ugly Sunday, admitted the Browns are enduring “a healthy dose of adversity”.

“You find out who you are”.

The Browns season is a bit of a lost cause and still, Johnny Manziel did not get the start as part of his punishment for being filmed partying.

ESPN’s Tony Grossi said he is “hearing the [Cleveland] Browns will give [the] next four games to quarterback Johnny Manziel”, according to a report by Bleacher Report’s Scott Polacek.

Eight-time Pro Bowl tackle Joe Thomas said Davis did “a nice job” commanding the huddle, while two-time Pro Bowl center Alex Mack praised him for “managing the game”.

“I thought we battled and tried to keep moving forward, but whatever my performance was, it wasn’t good enough”.

Dalton got the Bengals on the board in the first quarter with a 3-yard sneak from a spread formation that had the Browns defense scrambling.

“At least I didn’t get pushed back this time”, cracked Hill, who was rebuffed by fans last season.

This season has been tough for Brown fans to watch, winning only two out of 12 games.

Reggie Nelson recorded the lone interception on the day for reading the quarterback’s eyes and putting himself in the right place at the right time on an offensive miscommunication.