Nov 2nd 2008 7:33PM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Bengals, Jaguars, AFC North, AFC SouthIf I know Bengals fans, they are hyped that their team is 1-8. Okay that doesn’t sound like much but when that “1″ came today, forgive Cincinnati for celebrating. They should celebrate as the pressure of a winless season finally goes away.

Chad Johnson is. He broke out of a season long funk with two TD grabs and a kiss on the cheek for both head coach Marvin Lewis and quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. Cincinnati got their first win with a gutsy 21-19 victory over Jacksonville.

Here’s a screwed up stat for you: the Bengals are 8-1 when they wear the orange jerseys they sported today.

It wasn’t their duds that won the game. Cincinnati was aggressive on both sides of the ball and finally played somewhat physical. They even had a guy (Andrew Whitworth) ejected from the game for exchanging punches with the Jags’ John Henderson (Henderson was given the boot, too).

Still, Jacksonville nearly stole this one away.

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