Friday morning links and notes -- prepping for weekend scrimmages

Geoff Hobson's Friday night scrimmage primer -- Chris Perry is happy, James Johnson has explosiveness, Daniel Coats is nervous, and Brandon Johnson is stepping up.

Great story on David Jones.

The Bengals are making another push to sign T.J. Houshmandzadeh beyond 2008.

Q & A with Ben Utecht.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will be in Cincinnati's camp Saturday morning.

The spot for the #3 quarterback is heating up. "(This weekend is) very critical. With Jeff and I getting maybe six reps a day, if I do six right and he does six right, that's not enough to tell who's the better player."

Chick Ludwig on Chinedum Ndukwe: "...Ndukwe is among the tone-setters on defense. He has adopted coordinator Mike Zimmer's physical style."

Our old boy, Chris "Slim" Henry has been suspended for the season's first four games. That's not his biggest worry though; he's still unemployed.

Another our old boy, Kevin Kaesviharn is fighting or a starting job with the New Orleans Saints.

Still no change on the Derrick Harvey front meaning that signing Keith Rivers still isn't close.