Belichick: Bengals "impressive"

Patriots coach Bill Belichick said this morning that the Bengals have a "pretty impressive offense. They do everything well."

Belichick recalled the Bengals performance, albeit a losing one, in December 2004 at Gillette Stadium and said the Bengals gained more yards against New England that year.

The New England coach, a three-time Super Bowl winner, said he also notes the impressive manner in which Marvin Lewis and Mike Brown are building the Bengals as a team to last.

This morning, the Bengals also made this announcement:

"Due to the late (4:15 p.m.) kickoff for Sunday’s Bengals-Patriots game at Paul Brown Stadium, opening times for the stadium gates, and for letter-designated parking lots around the stadium, have been adjusted.

Stadium gates, which normally open 90 minutes prior to kickoff, will open two hours before kickoff for this game, at 2:15 p.m.

Letter-designated parking lots, which normally open 4 hours before kickoff, will open five hours and 15 minutes before kickoff this week, at 11 a.m."