Bengals Love A Rainy Night

We're not sure when the Bengals defense suddenly got all uppity, but jeez, that could be an entirely different team all of a sudden. In the Bengals' 13-7 win over the Ravens last night, the Cincy defense almost threw another shutout, their second in a row, and staved off the Ravens' attempt to clinch the AFC North.

We didn't get to watch the game — we're not gonna bitch about Time Warner, we're not — but, reading through the comments, we are impressed that Cris Collinsworth was in the booth. We like him in the booth, though we're disappointed we didn't have any "I'm not watching these stupid white people ski" moments out of Bryant Gumbel.

But, again, we weren't able to watch the game — grrrrrr — so we're not going to pretend we have any insight, except to say that we think Baltimore's the most likely AFC division champ to lose their first playoff game. And that Paul Brown Stadium looks kind of cool in the rain.

Zeroing In On Playoff Race [Cincinnati Enquirer]