Recap: The vaunted Chiefs offense looks like a shell of its former self with its new offensive tackles, meanwhile Carson Palmer looks like his old self after shaking off some early rust Palmer was masterful in handing the Chiefs a home embarrassment.

A brutal hit by Cincinnati's Robert Geathers left the Kansas City quarterback unconscious on the turf. The game was delayed 11 minutes while he was carefully carted away on a stretcher. After the game, it appears that the injury is not as serious as it had appeared.

Green had "pretty severe head trauma," said Chiefs general manager Carl Peterson, but X-rays were negative.

Carson Palmer was not sharp at the beginning. But then the Bengals went to their no huddle offense and he hit nine passes in a row in an impressive stretch that seemed to announce he's ready to return to the league's elite as the Bengals amassed a 17 point second quarter putting the game out of reach and the Kansas City quarterbacks lives in serious danger.

The KC offense is predicated on being able to manhandle a defensive line. With the tackles unable to stop anyone up the middle (7 sacks!), or open up running lanes, this is going to be a long season for the Chiefs if they cannot find their offensive line magic and soon as next week they get a chance to redeem themselves in Denver where historically they do not play very well.

Gamebook:

	Bengals	Chiefs
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS	12	18
By Rushing	6	6
By Passing	6	12
By Penalty	0	0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4-13-31%	5-15-33%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY	0-0-0%	3-4-75%
TOTAL NET YARDS	236	289
Total Offensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing)	54	67
Average gain per offensive play	4.4	4.3
NET YARDS RUSHING	116	113
Total Rushing Plays	34	25
Average gain per rushing play	3.4	4.5
Tackles for a loss-number and yards	1-1	3-3
NET YARDS PASSING	120	176
Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass	1-7	7-54
Gross yards passing	127	230
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED	19-13-0	35-23-1
Avg gain per pass play (inc.# thrown passing)	6.0	4.2
KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks	6-3-2	3-1-0
PUNTS Number and Average	5-42.6	4-41.3
Had Blocked	0	0
FGs - PATs Had Blocked	0-0	0-0
Net Punting Average	33.6	40.8
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs)	1	5
No. and Yards Punt Returns	1-2	3-5
No. and Yards Kickoff Returns	2-48	4-87
No. and Yards Interception Returns	1--1	0-0
PENALTIES Number and Yards	5-40	5-40
FUMBLES Number and Lost	2-1	4-2
TOUCHDOWNS	2	1
Rushing	2	0
Passing	0	1
EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts	2-2	1-1
Kicking Made-Attempts	2-2	1-1
FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts	3-3	1-2
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY	1-3-33%	1-2-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY	1-1-100%	0-0-0%
SAFETIES	0	0
FINAL SCORE	23	10
TIME OF POSSESSION	28:03	31:57