The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Indianapolis Colts, 38-7, in the 2009 preseason finale.

It wasn’t close. It wasn’t expected to be. The Colts played almost no starters, and they hung tough for a while. The Bengals ran for big yards and Colts QB Jim Sorgi looked good in his first appearance.

As I wrote on Examiner, if you’re a Colts fan, don’t worry about this. It’s preseason and although the Colts say the right things about wanting to win, they want to be healthy and get a read on young players. They did that, and there are more positives than negatives out of this preseason. A lot more.

That’s the quick overview. We’ll break it down in the coming hours/days.

And don’t forget to ask questions or make comments on my Examiner page. Let me know who you think will make the team and who shouldn’t. I’ll answer/respond soon.