Andy Dalton didn't react well to comments made by J.J. Watt after the Cincinnati Bengals lost to the Houston Texans on Monday.

"Our goal was to come out here and make the Red Rifle look like the Red Ryder BB Gun and I think we did that," said Watt.

"I'm disappointed in him because of the integrity of this game," Dalton said. "I have a lot of respect for him. He's a really good player. There are a lot of kids and people who look up to him, and for him to make comments like that, he's just showing that's acceptable to say that kind of stuff.

"It's disappointing for one of the best players in this league to come out and say something like that, so that's all I'm going to say about that. He's a good player, but for him to be one of the best in this league and to show that integrity, it shows what he's about, and that's disappointing."

"It would make me worry if I was the Bengals," one GM said. "Just when you thought [Dalton's] skin had thickened, he maybe showed us he's not prepared for the pressure games in January."

Four years after Carson Palmer was traded by the Cincinnati Bengals to the Oakland Raiders, he still doesn't talk about his departure.

“I’m not going to get into a 'he said, she said' situation with [Bengals owner] Mike Brown,” Palmer said. “We obviously disagreed, and it ended in a very colorful, heated argument, and we disagree with each other. That’s how it ended, but now is not the time or place to get into a 'what he said, what she said' type of deal.”

Brown’s story: "We sat here in the office on a couple of occasions and argued about what the future should be for him and us,” Brown told FoxSports.com. "Whether he really believed it or not, I rather doubt. But my argument then with him was, 'You're a top quarterback and you've got real productive years in front of you.'

"He would say to me, 'Oh, no. I'm all beat up. I'll be lucky to play another year or two,' which I didn't take to heart."

Brown wouldn't grant Palmer's request to be traded before the 2011 season and he threatened to retire.

“I know the truth and I know my side and obviously his side,” Palmer said. “You can’t worry about other people’s opinions.”

Palmer didn't shy away from a question about Sunday's game being like any other game.

“It’s not,” Palmer said. "Any time you play a team where you spent some time, and especially for as much time as I spent there, it’s not just another game. I’m solely focused on this and we’re solely focused on this.

“There’s obviously a little bit extra on it, but it’s a big game for us, it’s a big game for them, and I’m very focused on my job.”

Johnny Manziel is expected to start this weekend for the Cleveland Browns against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Manziel went 15-for-33 for 168 yards and one touchdown along with four rushes for 31 yards last week against the Cincinnati Bengals.