Tackle Randy Starks led the defensive charge with half a sack, two passes broken up and a remarkable interception, where he raised his arms as Andy Dalton threw and managed to snatch the ball from point-blank range.

The defensive line had practiced that very sort of interception in a drill Friday - with ugly results.

''Balls were bouncing everywhere,'' defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle recalled with a chuckle.

But the practice paid off in the game, and the 305-pound Starks came away with his fourth career interception.

''He looks like Jerry Rice out there,'' Coyle said.