Wrung-out Bengals Clinch Afc North (ap)

Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco(notes) (85) signals No. 15 to honor his late teammate Chris Henry after scoring a touchdown in the second half of an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009, in Cincinnati. Cincinnati won the game 17-10.

The head coach was dry as he ran off the field after clinching a title — no celebratory sideline dousing. Players' eyes were dry, too — all the tears had been wrung out. In their finest moment, the Cincinnati Bengals didn't act like champions. Maybe it was the ugly way they won. Maybe those tearful practices and wrenching eulogies had something to do with it as well.

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