Reincarnation Weekend, Part Two: Jets vs. Bengals, Sanchez vs. Palmer

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Published: January 8, 2010

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... Bengals host the New York Jets.

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These teams have a lot in common.

Neither team has a “playoff experience” advantage. 

Since 1990, the word “winning” itself has been foreign to Bengal players, while the Jets start a rookie quarterback.

Both teams feature starting running backs who are cast aways from Chicago. Thomas Jones was released by the Bears to feature a fourth overall pick named Cedric Benson. Jones would land in New York, while Benson underperformed and was shipped off to Cincinnati where his career has been revived.

Both quarterbacks, Carson Palmer and Mark Sanchez, are former Heisman trophy winners out of the University of Southern California.

The irony here is that neither team has excelled with a passing attack. The Bengals rank 26th in passing yards per...

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