CINCINNATI (AP)The Bengals are celebrating their 50th season. None has been worse when it comes to their running game. Cincinnati ranks last in the NFL in running the ball and is on pace to shatter franchise records for ineptitude on the ground. There?s no relief in sight for the fading Bengals (3-6) Womens John Miller Jersey , who play in Denver (3-6) on Sunday. Jeremy Hill is out for the rest of the season with an ankle injury that requires surgery, leaving it to rookie Joe Mixon and Giovani Bernard to try to get yards behind a line that?s not giving them much of a chance. There?s only so much they can change so late in the season. ?You can?t go to the triple option, right?? offensive coordinator Bill Lazor said. ?You can?t change everything in midseason. But there are things you can do, and these are NFL players so they also can adjust as you go, and that?s part coaching.? Hill managed only 116 yards and a 3.1-yard average as Mixon grew into the role of lead runner. The second-round pick has 321 yards, a 3-yard average and all three of the Bengals? touchdowns rushing. Giovani Bernard has 113 yards. The line was so overwhelmed during a 23-7 loss at Jacksonville that the Bengals had only seven plays that gained yards in the second half; they lost yards on seven plays. Hill went on injured reserve before a 24-20 loss at Tennessee last Sunday. The Bengals have converted only 2 of 18 third down plays in the past two games. They ran the ball 18 times on first down in those games and lost yards six times while being limited to 3 yards or fewer eight other times. ?What?s really been the problem is losing on first down, getting negative plays on first down,? receiver Brandon LaFell said Wednesday. ?We?ve been making it third-and-long and all that dudes are doing is dropping eight guys in coverage and that?s not good for any offense.? The Bengals are on pace to rush for 1,122 yards, easily their worst for a non-strike season. The club low for a non-strike season is 1,439 yards in 1995. Their 3.1-yard average per carry also would shatter the previous club mark of 3.6 yards. To put their projected total of 1 Trey Hopkins Jersey ,122 yards rushing in perspective: Corey Dillon ran for more than that by himself in six consecutive seasons from 1997-2002 when they had a losing record each season leading up to Marvin Lewis? arrival as head coach. Mixon is on pace to run for 571 yards, which would be the fourth-lowest total for a lead Bengals running back in franchise history. Charlie Davis ran for 375 yards in 1974, Derrick Fenner ran for 468 yards in 1994, and Larry Kinnebrew ran for 570 yards in 1987. The biggest problem is the offensive line, which hasn?t been able to open holes for the running backs or protect Andy Dalton, who is on pace to get sacked 44 times. McCARRON SITS: Lewis said he?s not inclined to play backup quarterback AJ McCarron even as the Bengals fade from contention. The Bengals agreed to deal McCarron to the Browns on Oct. 31, but Cleveland didn?t get its paperwork finished before the trade deadline, scuttling the deal. Dalton has taken all the snaps this season. INJURY UPDATE: The Bengals practiced outdoors on a rainy, 45-degree afternoon ? they?re the only northern NFL team without a covered practice field. Cornerbacks William Jackson III (toe) and Adam ?Pacman? Jones (concussion) were held out, along with LaFell (knee). Defensive lineman Michael Johnson (back) and safety Shawn Williams (hamstring) were among those limited. ? Last Wednesday, sports analyst Colin Cowherd Cordy Glenn Jersey , on his show ?The Herd,?decided to sum up every NFL team?s season in just three words. In the ?3-word game,? Cowherd tossed a splash of criticism at Andy Dalton.?Yeah, he?s still running the show.?Colin Cowherd had these words to say about Bengals? quarterback Andy Dalton last week. On his show The Herd, he ran a segment on Wednesday summing up every team?s 2016 season in just three words.Article continues below ...For the most part, Cowherd nailed it. The Cleveland Browns were tagged as ?One-win wonders? and the Baltimore Ravens garnered the phrase, ?Our kicker?s awesome.? Both are undeniably true as Cleveland did win just one game under former Bengals? coordinator Hue Jackson and the Ravens had just one offensive skilled player in the Pro Bowl, fullback Kyle Juszczyk.But then came the Bengals. Sitting at the number-nine spot in the NFL Draft after a 6-9-1 season, Cowherd gave Cincinnati these three words: Playmakers on three.Want your voice heard?Join the Stripe Hype team!The phrase is referring to Dalton, who included those three words in a pre-game speech before the 2015 regular-season opener against Oakland. Yes, Cowherd dug back an entire year ? even though the segment was for the 2016 season ? to find the quote that best sums up the Bengals.Besides the New England Patriots Dre Kirkpatrick Jersey , Cowherd spent the most time on the Bengals, playing the entire speech Dalton gave his team in the Oakland Coliseum tunnel that day.Dalton?s hypeMore from Stripe HypeTrevor Roach Tells Bengals, NFL Goodbye1 d agoWho Dey Notes: Bengals? McCarron, Chris Brown Gets The Call2d agoCincinnati Bengals: Stripe Hype Seeks New Writers4d agoWho Dey Notes: Bengals? Dalton, Green On Free Agency, Shayne Graham5d agoFormer Bengal Terrell Owens Snubbed For NFL Hall Of Fame6d agoWorth noting that day Dalton threw for 269 yards and two touchdowns, helping the Bengals get their first-ever win in Oakland.Yes, it?s long been discovered that Dalton is not the best speech giver. He has the casual, nice-guy tone that isn?t suited for passionate presentations similar to Aaron Rodgers? ?Not here, not ever!? commercial.But the way Cowherd ended the portion on the Bengals is the mind-boggling part ? ?Yeah, he?s still running the show.?The segment aimed at summing up each team?s 2016 season. If you hadn?t watched one team all year http://www.thebengalslockerroom.com/authentic-c.j.-uzomah-jersey , just three words were supposed to give you an idea of how the season went for said club.?Yeah, he?s still running the show,? implies that the Bengals? first losing season since 2010 was somehow Dalton?s fault.If anything is true from Cowherd?s analysis, it?s that he didn?t watch a single Bengals? game in 2016.The numbersTo make Dalton liable for last season is moronic. Without some of his?. playmakers ? A.J. Green, Tyler Eifert, Giovani Bernard, Jeremy Hill ? he posted the second 4,000-yard season of his career, set a career-high in completions (364) and went to his third Pro Bowl, all the while getting sacked 41 times, the second-highest total of his career.Dalton also posted a 91.8 passer rating. It?s the highest for any of the five years he?s played an entire season. The Rifle was the only quarterback in team history to start all 16 games and throw single-digit interceptions (8). Did I mention he was throwing to first-year Bengal Brandon LaFell and other receivers ? James Wright Womens Kevin Huber Jersey , Cody Core, Tyler Boyd ? with little to no NFL experience?Next: Draft Pick InsightSince he uttered the quote that Cowherd so elegantly played on his show, Dalton is 16-12-1 as a starter. He owns a 65.4 completion percentage, 7,456 yards, 43 passing touchdowns, seven rushing touchdowns and 15 interceptions.Yes, Colin, he is still running the show.This article originally appeared on