Carson Palmer has been throwing the ball well in practice and the Bengals have their fingers crossed that he will be ready to start against the Cowboys on Sunday.  If they have to start Ryan Fitzpatrick again this game could turn into a bloodbath.  The Bengals should just come out throwing the ball in this game as T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Chad Johnson and Chris Henry could give the Cowboys’ D big trouble if Palmer has time to throw the ball.  That’s a big if as the Bengals have allowed 12 sacks this season and the Cowboys’ D also has 12 sacks this year.  The Cowboys don’t have a great run defense but Chris Perry (208 yards, 2.9 ypc, 2 TDs) has not looked good this year.

The Cowboys would like to have a balanced offense against the Bengals and that will be possible as the Bengals are allowing 164.3 yards rushing per game and 4.3 ypc this season.  Marion Barber should have a huge game against the Bengals tomorrow.  The Bengals’ defense only has 2 sacks this season so Tony Romo should have all day to pick apart the pass D.  Jason Witten, Patrick Crayton, T.O. and Miles Austin should all have big games here.

PREDICTION:  WITH CARSON PALMER:  DALLAS COWBOYS 31, CINCINNATI BENGALS 21

                             WITHOUT CARSON PALMER:  DALLAS COWBOYS 49, CINCINNATI BENGALS 3