Would Dillon be better off staying in Cincy?
Taking another big step to shed their image as laughable losers, the Cincinnati Bengals manhandled the sad-sack San Diego Chargers 34-27 on Sunday to continue their remarkable turnaround under first-year coach Marvin Lewis. Welcome back, Bengals. Say goodbye to the Bungles. And just like that, the Chargers’ worst fears were realized. They inherited the role of the NFL’s biggest laughingstocks. “Whatever the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL means, now people far and near will relate that failure to the San Diego Chargers, until we do something about it,” defensive end Marcellus Wiley said. “They’re doing something about it.” Are they ever. Jon Kitna matched his career high with four touchdown passes, three to Chad Johnson, and a healthy Corey Dillon ran for 108 yards on 18 carries to help the Bengals gain a season-high 454 yards and win for the fifth time in six games. It was Johnson who guaranteed Cincinnati’s 24-19 win over previously undefeated Kansas City a week earlier, a victory that
