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Sunday is almost here...Football all day! I have been waiting for this weekend all year. Last week was great with the start of college, Wednesday was a taste of things to come with the NFL Kickoff, but this weekend is where it is at! Saturday college, Sunday NFL Football all day and all night, and then the greatest day of all for us Bengals fans...Monday night Football Baby!! We are going to go to that Dirty Birds Nest and burn it down! Whooo! Who's with me?!?

This is also a very exciting time for the Bengals because the team is poised to sell out its first home game! Anyone who went last year when the team played the 49ers, knows that aside from the lower bowl, attendance was very spotty. This year they said they are only a couple of 1000 seats off from being sold out. Which is a plus, not only, for home team advantage but also because everyone who doesn't buy tickets will actually be able to see the team play on their local CBS affiliate. So I encourage everyone who reads this blog that can get to the stadium on Sunday to get there! Not to mention, if you know anyone with season tickets, you should hit them up to get cheaper tickets at their cost. The Bengals really want to sell this game out so that was the new offer to STH's. Let's do this Bengal Fans! Let's rock out the stadium and flush out those Brownies for the Battle of Ohio on September 16! Who Dey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The official injury/inactives report won't come out until 90 minutes before game time. However, for those of you dying for knowledge, the current reports out there say that Dunlap has not practiced with the team, but has been doing his own drills on the side. It appears, though, that with Marvin's no practice, no play rule he will be out still on Monday night. Carlos is saying he is ready to play though, so he intends on finishing rehab and hopes to be re-evaluated to play. All signs point to no though. He is still suffering from his sprained knee that he suffered in the first preseason game against the Jets. Also, Jason Allen, has yet to practice after the quad injury that he suffered. Donald Lee was limited in practice, but is expected to play. Aside from that, no other reports have surfaced as of yet. I suppose to keep Baltimore guessing.

Here is the rest of the injury report leading up to today, not including today's practice. Remember nothing at this point is set in stone and this is the unofficial report. Nothing will be official until Monday afternoon:

Player                           POS         INJ                     Thurs Pract.                        Fri Pract.        


Jason Allen                  CB         Quad               Did Not Participate          Limited Participation
Andy Dalton                 QB       R. Bicep             Full Participation             Full Participation
Carlos Dunlap             DE           Knee              Did Not Participate           Did Not Participate
Robert Geathers         DE            Knee               Full Participation             Full Participation
Jermaine Gresham    TE            Knee               Full Participation             Full Participation
Dre Kirkpatrick           CB          Knee                        OUT                                       OUT
Donald Lee                   TE         Thigh             Limited Participation   Limited Participation
Bernard Scott             RB          Hand                Did Not Participate           Did Not Participate
Dan Skuta                  LB          Head                  Full Participation             Full Participation