CINCINNATI (AP) -The Bengals lost three starters to injury - linebacker David Pollack, center Rich Braham and safety Dexter Jackson - during the first half of their game Sunday against the Cleveland Browns.

Pollack hurt his neck while tackling running back Reuben Droughns on Cleveland's second play. Pollack, a first-round pick last year, hit Droughns with his right shoulder, then lay face-down on the field.

He remained conscious and gave a thumbs-up sign with both hands as he left the field on a back boa

CINCINNATI (AP) -Bengals linebacker David Pollack hurt his neck while making a tackle Sunday against the Cleveland Browns, and was taken off the field on a cart to get precautionary X-rays.

Pollack remained conscious and gave a thumbs-up sign with both hands as he left the field on a back board. The team said he had full feeling in his extremities.

Pollack, a first-round draft pick last year, tackled running back Reuben Droughns with his right shoulder on the Cleveland Browns' second play. Pollack remain

CLEVELAND BROWNS-Released WR Kendrick Mosley from the practice squad. Signed DE Jovan Haye to the practice squad.

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- Publicly unveil this year's ``who-didn't-cover-me'' list.

- Do the ``Chicken Dance'' at the city's Oktoberfest.

- Top it off with a big game, and, maybe, a new touchdown celebration, against the Cleveland Browns.

Nothing could be finer for the defending AFC North champs.

``Everyone will have something to look forward to,'' the Pro Bowl receiver said. ``If I'm able to score this week, it's not going to be a big shebang but more of a teaser, more of a war

Before Cincinnati's talkative, touchdown-making, free-spirited wide receiver had a chance to make any bold predictions for Sunday's game between the Bengals and Cleveland Browns, Winslow offered his own guarantee.

``My boy, Bodden, is going to shut him down as he did last year,'' Winslow said, referring to Browns cornerback Leigh Bodden. ``He's the best corner in the league. It's a big challenge for him, but it's also a b

``We thought he had all those tools that are necessary and yet there's that uncertainty as to all the other things. So I'm excited about a young player.''

Colston made four clutch catches in the Saints' season-opening victory over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. All came on third downs - three for first downs, the other for New Orleans' only touchdown.

He was not even certain to make the roster on draft day, yet Colston strolled calmly from the end zone after his first NFL touchdown. His vetera

So was his presence in the end zone, and more than a little emotion.

Winslow, who nearly was killed in a motorcycle accident last year, was the highlight of the Cleveland Browns' otherwise dismal 19-14 loss to New Orleans.

The tight end stiff-armed his way into the end zone on an 18-yard reception and sparked the lifeless Browns in the second half.

``It felt great,'' Winslow said. ``Just all the hard work I've been thro

No one has ever started a head coaching career more successfully coach than Larry Coker. And no college football coach has ever inherited a team better than the one Coker took over after Butch Davis left Miami for the Cleveland Browns in 2001.

Coker had come to Miami with Davis in 1995, when the Hurricanes needed to clean up their image as a renegade program with thug players.

Davis led Miami the through NCAA sanctions incurred during the Dennis Erickson era and assembled som

Reggie Bush has grand plans for his pro football career. On Sunday, he'll begin putting them in motion.

The Heisman Trophy winner makes his pro debut as the Saints open the 2006 season against the Cleveland Browns, a team trying to restore its own proud history as it celebrates 60 years of existence.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina's destruction a year ago, along came Bush, Southern California's do-it-all-quickly tailback who seemed to score a touchdo

Bentley is a former starter with the Cleveland Browns who helped shut down Carolina star receiver Steve Smith in some exotic defensive alignments during January's NFC championship game.

``I don't think it scrambles our game plan,'' Rollins said. ``Linebacker is a position where we've got great depth.