The Cincinnati Bengals announced Oct. 30 that they signed linebacker Brian Asamoah II to the practice squad. The 6-foot-1, 230-pound Asamoah spent the first eight weeks of this season on the Las Vegas Raiders ' practice squad.

The Bengals hit rock bottom in Week 8 in a 39-38 home loss to the New York Jets where the visitors piled up 502 yards of offense, which is more than they had totaled in their past two games COMBINED (302). The performance was so bad that the Cincinnati defense called a players only meeting one day later .