After four injury-plagued seasons with the Bengals, Keith Rivers to hoping for a revival in New York. "It's exciting being with a team that is contending every year," said the Giants linebacker. "It's been a great experience (and) they got some great guys in the locker room. It's been a great experience thus far." Cincinnati drafted Rivers with the ninth overall pick in 2008.

Bengals second-year quarterback Andy Dalton is showing some improvement in his leadership skills. "I think I've done a better job this spring," he says of taking charge. "If a guy runs a route a little differently, instead of letting a coach do it, I'm going to go over there and talk to him. Last year I was trying to get the next play or trying to do things like that and let the coach handle it (other issues). Right now, I feel like I can go over there and say something, because getting the next play is second nature."

Bengals first-round pick Dre Kirkpatrick is entering the pros without a significant skill. "I never backpedaled," the cornerback said. Kirkpatrick played a lot of press man coverage in a Cover 2 scheme under Nick Saban at Alabama. He said he wasn't asked to sit back and read receivers on their routes. All of this has made his first offseason in Cincinnati an adventure. "It didn't look pretty," Kirkpatrick said of his first three days of practice with the team.

Bengals cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones must pay $11M in damages to two Las Vegas strip club employees injured in 2007 when a lone gunman claiming he was doing Jones' bidding attacked, according to an ESPN.com report on Friday.

Keith Rivers believes the Giants will have robbed the Bengals if he plays to the level in which he was drafted. "I was the ninth pick in the draft," Rivers said. "Anywhere near that (level of play for the Giants) and it's beyond a steal. It's armed robbery." The Giants acquired Rivers from the Bengals in exchange for a 2012 fifth-round draft pick. Rivers missed all of the 2011 season with a wrist injury.

The NFL has asked Bengals cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones to be part of a panel discussion at this year's rookie symposium. "The message is, this is not a joke. At the end of the day you have to treat it like a business," Jones said. "And you're a business owner, and every decision you make is a reflection of you." Jones, 28, has played five years in the NFL and will enter his third season with the Bengals. The sixth overall pick of the Titans in 2005, Jones started 28 games in his first two seasons with Tennessee, but repeated arrests scuttled his career.

BenJarvus Green-Ellis, who signed with the Bengals this offseason, is fine with sharing carries in the backfield. After Bernard Scott said last week he feels Cincinnati will go with a running-backs-by-committee approach, Green-Ellis made it clear that wouldn't bother him at all. "Everyone is at the bottom and working themselves up the depth chart. We have a very good group right now," Green-Ellis said. "It's not just about me and Bernard splitting carries right now because you don't know who the starters are going to be."

The Bengals have signed third-round draft pick Mohamed Sanu, according to his agent. As the 83rd overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, Sanu's contract is expected to include a signing bonus of $563,252. A three-year starter at Rutgers, the 6-foot-1, 211-pound Sanu is a big, physical receiver who caught 210 passes for 2,263 yards and 12 touchdowns with 653 rushing yards and nine touchdowns during his 38-game career.