Jones practices, will play at Denver, Lewis says

Left tackle Levi Jones, who has not played since starting Oct. 15 at Tampa Bay, will play Sunday at Denver, coach Marvin Lewis said after practice this afternoon.

Jones dressed but did not play Monday night at Indianapolis.

"Yeah," Lewis said when asked if Jones would play.

"I don't know," he said when asked if Jones would start. "I haven't made that decision. ... He's excited, and his teammates are excited for him. He's the guy we feel like is a very, very good player. We made a commitment to him to be our tackle. He's been fighting to get back, so it's good."

Jones remained listed as questionable on the official injury report but did practice today. Rookie Andrew Whitworth, who has started and played well since Jones' injury, struggled for the first time Monday night, allowing Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney three sacks.

As rumors continue to swirl about Carson Palmer and his shoulder injury, he did practice today and remained listed as probable.

Defensive end Bryan Robinson (toe) and offensive tackle Willie Anderson (foot) remained probable but did not practice. They are expected to play.

The Bengals will fly tonight to Denver, which was hit with 2 feet of snow Wednesday.

"There's no problem with any weather for us," Lewis said. "We have a longer trip, when you take a longer trip you go earlier."

Nothing his team's serious mood Wednesday, two days after dropping the Indianapolis game, Lewis said, "It's that way after any loss, disappointing, especially when it was as fresh as that one. We don't want them to be merry."