"At 4-2 and going into the bye week, the Bengals are well under the national radar when it comes to teams who have had surprising starts.

And in coach Marvin Lewis' world, that is perfectly fine.

"It doesn't matter where the radar is, all that matters is do you go out and do your job on Sunday," Lewis said Monday. "At the end of the year the best team gets to be there. And that is all that counts. Nothing else matters. People talking about you doesn't matter. If that wasn't proven a year ago, nothing was.""