Quotable

"We're the laughingstock of the league. It's embarrassing. It's a disgrace. Teams just look at you with no respect."

- Bengals fullback Lorenzo Neal

AFC North

Is headed South. Look at it this way, the Bengals are only 2½ games out of the division lead:

Team	Record
Baltimore	2-3
Pittsburgh	2-3
Cleveland	2-4
Bengals	0-6

Worst starts

The Bengals are 0-6 for the seventh time in team history. Here are the starts of those seasons:

2002	0-6
2000	0-6
1994	0-8
1993	0-10
1991	0-8
1979	0-6
1978	0-8

Out early and often

- The Bengals have been outscored 123-17 in the first half.

- The Bengals have fallen behind by at least 20-0 in five of the six games.

- In the Tampa Bay game, the Bengals scored first and the Bucs scored 21 straight points.

- In 360 minutes played this season, the Bengals held a lead for 2:30.

QB troubles

Opposing quarterbacks have posted a QB rating of 98.4 against the Bengals. Jon Kitna, Gus Frerotte and Akili Smith have a combined 48.6. Kitna has seven interceptions this year.

Record watch

The Bengals are on pace to allow a franchise-record 483 points; they also are on pace to score a franchise-low 136 points.

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