The SUV was hooked to the tow truck, but didn't get towed because the lot's owners ordered the tow truck off the lot. The lot owners said that, since they didn't call the truck, it couldn't take the SUV.

Yesterday, I wrote that the key to the Bengals 2008 season will be their ability to stop the run. They will face an 1,000 yard rusher in 13 of their 16 games next season ... with the other three games against some damn good backs, too.

In that post, I focused on who Cincinnati would face. The names and stats of those backs that will be licking their chops at the Bengals maligned defense. Today, I'm looking at what the Bengals did against such backs last season.

Let me preface this by saying that Cincinnati's defense should be a bit improved this year. They added some free agents, a new defensive coordinator and the young guys are a year older. Still, I'm going to look back at what the Bengals defense ... with a lot of the same personnel ... did last year.

Over at The Cincy Jungle, they point out that the Bengals were pretty good against the 1,000 yd rushers they faced last year. Of the 12 games they faced 1,000 yd rushers ... only four topped the 100 yd mark against the Bengals. That's pretty good.

Except for one thing: why is 100 yards the bar set for these guys? I know that a 100-yd day is usually looked at as success for a running back, but how is holding a back to a little less that 100-yds looked at as a great game?

Bengals WR Chad Johnson has settled in the class action suit against him regarding a bogus raffle.

To get you up to speed, Ocho Cinco and the Funny Bone Comedy Club were sued because there was a raffle held at the club in which Chad Johnson was giving away a Lexus. Well, the Lexus was instead given to Chad's girlfriend as the raffle ticket buyers stood by and watched.

Come to find out that there were other prizes that Chad agreed to raffle off (trips, tickets) that winners were stiffed on, too. Hence the class action suit.

Well, Chad and the club have agreed to pay $100,000 to the 30 people involved in the suit. The case was set to go to trial next Monday.

So, what does this mean? Well, that payment equals out to $3,333 per person ... and that is before legal fees and all that kind of stuff comes out. At best, the patrons will receive much more than their money back, justice was served (I guess) and we can freeze frame out into the credits.

Perry appears to have his work cut out for him in what is turning out to be a crowded backfield for the Bengals. He will have to prove himself during training camp and will have some stiff competition. Kenny Watson, DeDe Dorsey and rookie free agent James Johnson, who has been very impressive in practice thus far, are vying for playing time behind starter Rudi Johnson.

"He looked at film and looked at the things we missed on from Week 1 to Week 16 and he said 1,800 (yards) was reachable if we're perfect," Johnson said. "Of course, Carson and I were off on plays we usually clicked. We left a lot of plays on the field. We talked about what he and I need to do starting in July. We have a lot of work to do."

NFL.com's Adam Schefter is reporting that Bengals WR Chad Johnson will have surgery tomorrow on his ankle to remove bone chips.

Johnson is expected to be ready for training camp. Last week, Johnson and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, pointed out that the receiver had bone chips in his ankle that required surgery. Now Johnson is scheduled to have it.

Johnson fully participated in drills for the first time Saturday as the Bengals wrapped up their minicamp. He limited himself to a few drills during workouts on Thursday and Friday, complaining through Rosenhaus that he had a bad ankle.