--Welcome to another down to the wire week to see if the Bengals can sell out a game. The team announced that over 6,000 seats remain for Sunday's contest against Detroit. The Bengals have sold out their first six regular season games but three have needed 24-hour extensions from the league to lift a local television blackout. "It's a long, uphill road. We're hopeful but we still have a long way to go," said Bengals ticket manager Andrew Brown. "We're about the same spot as the Houston game. Heading into that game we beat Baltimore on the road. Early this morning, we haven't seen that same response but we're still hopeful." Through 12 weeks, 14 of the league's 176 games have been blacked out (eight percent). That percentage will increase in the last five weeks as Cleveland, St. Louis, Jacksonville, Oakland and Detroit all face blackouts in the final month.
--Carson Palmer was asked if he'd like to be on the receiving end of a pass, ala Brady Quinn from Josh Cribbs in Sunday's victory over Cleveland.
That play went for 18 yards and was part of the Browns' lone scoring drive of the day. Palmer smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, I wouldn't mind," he said. "I've got pretty decent hands."
Who's going to throw it?
"Cedric (Benson) is a baseball player," Palmer said. "He's got a nice arm."
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