Last Updated on November 1, 2012 4:04 pm by admin
DENVER (4-3) At CINCINNATI (3-4)
Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS
OPENING LINE – Broncos by 3 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Denver 4-3; Cincinnati 2-4-1
SERIES RECORD – Broncos lead 18-8
AP PRO32 RANKING – Broncos No. 8; Bengals No. 21
LAST MEETING – Broncos beat Bengals 24-22, Sept. 18, 2011
LAST WEEK – Broncos beat Saints 34-14; Bengals had bye
BRONCOS OFFENSE – OVERALL (3), RUSH (14), PASS (4)
BRONCOS DEFENSE – OVERALL (8), RUSH (15), PASS (8)
BENGALS OFFENSE – OVERALL (17), RUSH (23), PASS (11)
BENGALS DEFENSE – OVERALL (21), RUSH (22), PASS (16)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Last time Broncos played at Paul Brown Stadium, Brandon Stokley caught deflected pass and went 87 yards for touchdown with 11 seconds left for 12-7 win, longest game-winning TD play from scrimmage in final minute of game in NFL history. … QB Peyton Manning 7-0 career against Cincinnati with 17 TD passes and three INTs. He has thrown for at least three TDs in four of those games. … Manning has thrown for at least 300 yards and three TDs in each of his last four games, the first player to do so since Steve Young in 1998. … Manning has thrown for at least 300 yards in five straight games, matching personal best from 2009 with Indianapolis. .. Manning has thrown for 300 yards in 68 regular-season games, an NFL record. Including postseason, he has 76 games with 300 yards, also a record. … WR Eric Decker has caught TD pass in four consecutive games. He can become fifth player in franchise history to do it in five straight games with TD catch Sunday. … K Matt Prater 9 of 9 on field goal attempts. … Broncos have outscored opponents 89-13 in fourth quarter, a 76-point differential that is most in NFL history through seven games in season. … Manning leads AFC with 119.6 passer rating in fourth quarter. Bengals QB Andy Dalton second at 105.3. … Dalton has thrown an interception in each of Cincinnati’s seven games. He has thrown 10 INTs overall, including six in last three games. … Bengals have lost three in row for first time since 2010, when they dropped 10 straight and finished 4-12. … Coach Marvin Lewis publicly challenged Dalton and MLB Rey Maualuga to become more vocal leaders this week, underscoring that team’s season is on line. … WR A.J. Green has caught TD pass in six straight games, tied for third-longest streak in franchise history. Carl Pickens holds team record of 10. T.J. Houshmandzadeh caught TD pass in eight straight. … In loss at Denver last year, Green caught 10 passes for 124 yards and touchdown. It was most completions by rookie QB-and-WR tandem in NFL history. … Rookie CB Dre Kirkpatrick, Bengals’ top pick, expects to get in game for his NFL debut. He hasn’t played because of knee injury over summer.
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