Hue Jackson traded for Palmer 55 weeks ago -- but not to do what he did late in the fourth quarter Sunday against Tampa Bay. With the Raiders coming back to within 35-32 and the crowd in the Black Hole going nuts, Palmer lofted up a duck to no one in particular that first-year Buc safety Ahmad Black picked off to ice the game. Can't do that, Carson.

"I kind of summed it up to the football team, we’re very, very good at stinking up October. We needed to do a cleanse and the best thing going forward is to be better in November and December. A lot of the positives we had in September, we truly found a way to flush them down the toilet in October."

Just gave to tickets to a homeless guy and they going crazy

47-103: The Browns’ record since 2003, when Randy Lerner took over as the principal owner. This is expected to be Lerner’s final game as owner as the league is expected to approve Jimmy Haslem’s purchase of the club at next week’s meetings.

On deciding to pick up Vontaze Burfict and his continued development: "When I watched him on tape, he had traits of a very good linebacker. I said, ‘Okay, let’s give it a shot.’ We weren’t going to pick him unless he fell through and if we could sign him, we would. I’ve got to credit Vontaze for chiseling off the weight that he showed up in Indianapolis with or even in his senior season. And from the day I was there on campus at Arizona State, I guess, even though I didn’t think it did, he took some of what I said to heart. And even though I left there upset with him and others were upset with him, he took us to heart and Adam Marchaletta, a great pro…a guy who made the most of his ability, guys like that had been trying to talk to Vontaze and said, ‘This is how you’ve got to do it, man.’ It just didn’t sink in at the time, but credit him for making the change. He’s a very, very good player."

When wide receivers A.J. Green, Andrew Hawkins and Armon Binns caught the longest balls of their careers for touchdowns of 73, 59 and 48 yards, respectively, it marked the first game in franchise history three different players each had a touchdown catch of at least 48 yards.

But Dunlap was raving about Johnson's huge game. "When (RG III) goes to the bathroom tonight he's going to see Mike Johnson right behind him."

Redskins WR Pierre Garcon will not play today vs. Cincinnati.

Opportunity knocks: At one time, then-Arizona State linebacker Vontaze Burfict was regarded as one of the top defensive players in the country. But while the NFL was evaluating him, he gained weight, demonstrated a poor attitude, looked out of shape at the 2012 scouting combine and somehow tumbled from a potential first-round pick to an undrafted free agent. Not only did Burfict wind up making the Bengals, but he started at weakside linebacker in Week 2 against the Browns. It wasn't planned that way. Burfict was working as the Bengals' backup middle linebacker. But weakside linebacker Thomas Howard tore his ACL during practice last Thursday, and Cincinnati felt its best option was to move Burfict from middle to weakside. The Bengals believe Burfict has great football instincts, in addition to disproving all his doubters. And now he has become Cincinnati's version of an unusual riches-to-rags-to-potential-riches story.

"I marvel at his abilities in many ways," said head coach Marvin Lewis. "He is amazing with the ball in his hands. He’s amazing when they do their individual DB drills and they’re doing a tackling drill and he’s the ball carrier. He’s very, very difficult to get your hands on."