Bengals

• Andy Daltons desperate pass into the end zone fell incomplete in the scrum of players, leaving the Bengals still winless against playoff teams this season. And, playoff-bound themselves.
(San Francisco Gate)
• Three things to know about next Saturdays Cincinnati Bengals-Houston Texans wild-card game: 1. Improve the run defense. The Bengals entered the regular-season finale as the NFLs fifth-best run defense.
(ESPN)
• CINCINNATI (AP) – Standing in the raucous Ravens locker room, Dennis Pitta slipped the blue AFC North Champions cap onto his head and tugged it tight. The hat fits great, the tight end decided. Not just great, but perfect.
(USA Today)
• CINCINNATI -- Ray Rice hushed a sellout crowd early at Paul Brown Stadium. He silenced it late.
(CBS Sports)
• CINCINNATI -- The Bengals didnt know. They had just qualified for the playoffs, and word was racing electronically through the crowd, but the Bengals didnt know.
(CBS Sports)
• Even without any Tim Tebow heroics, the Denver Broncos won the AFC West. They did it despite falling 7-3 to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday because San Diego knocked off Oakland, 38-26.
(Asbury Park Press)
• If you've been watching the NFL on television for any length of time, you know that in any team of two analysts, one has to take team A and one has team B. For the Bengals-Texans game at 3:30 p.m.
(Houston Chronicle)
• Cincinnati • Standing in the raucous Ravens locker room, Dennis Pitta slipped the blue AFC North Champions cap onto his head and tugged it tight. "The hat fits great," the tight end decided. Not just great, but perfect.
(Salt Lake Tribune)
• Big plays were the difference the first time the Bengals faced the Ravens. They ended up looming large again on Sunday.
(Cincinnati.com)
• The Denver Broncos and Cincinnati Bengals clinched places in the National Football League playoffs despite losing their final regular season games on Sunday, while the streaking New England Patriots captured the top seed in the AFC.
(NBC Sports)