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Dispatch

Bengals may be as close to do or die as team can get
Win puts Cincinnati in race; loss wipes out hope for future
Sunday, October 28, 2007 4:06 AM
By Bill Rabinowitz


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

• Closing window
  
• Fourteen players on the Bengals roster will be at least 30 by the start of next season. (Players' ages listed will be as of September 2008.)
• DE Bryan Robinson, 34
• OT Willie Anderson, 33
• DT Michael Myers, 32
• LS Brad St. Louis, 32
• OG Bobbie Williams, 31
• DT John Thornton, 31
• CB Deltha O?€™Neal, 31
• TE Reggie Kelly, 31
• S Dexter Jackson, 31
• WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh, 30
• K Shayne Graham, 30
• WR Chad Johnson, 30
• LB Dhani Jones, 30
• RB Kenny Watson, 30

They're all big games. Ask any NFL player and he will act as if that Sunday's game holds the key to the season, and perhaps Western civilization.
Usually, it's baloney. Almost every team loses at least a handful of games. They can't all be life or death.
Today's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers may be the exception for the Cincinnati Bengals. The outcome could shape not only the rest of the season but the team's future.

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