GEORGETOWN, Ky. -- Chad Johnson and Carson Palmer are playing soccer -- most of the rest of the team is doing stretching.

Eric Ghiaciuc is sporting the mohawk.

There was a large group of linebackers out early.

Dhani Jones is using the orange defensive leadership jersey.

Now Johnson and Palmer are on to PKs. Palmer stops Johnson's attempt. Palmer's is good.

Anthony Munoz is in the house.

They've got the punt blockign machine out there. If that's not a Rube Goldberg device, I don't know what it is. It's so odd looking. It's like a fake leg and hten six feet away is a handle and a pedal. Shayne Graham is manning the device

Jeff FitzGerald is knocking folks around.

Looks like we're in special teams work.

Done with playing soccer, Chad's playing cheerleader now.

There's a drill where the punt returner has a ball in his hand, has one from the Juggs machine shot at him and then he has to toss the ball in his hand up, catch the ball from the Juggs machine and then catch the ball he threw. It doesn't look easy. James Johnson took one in the nuts. Now they start with two balls, have to throw one, catch the ball with one hand and catch the ball they threw. That doesn't look easy at all. And now catch the ball with a ball in eaither hand.

Rudi Johnson and T.J. Houshmandzadeh are out again.

Chatman just took one in the nuts too.

 * And actuall offensenow Chad on the sidelines. Makes the catch, defenders on that side called it out of bounds.

Michael Myers with a pass deflection on a screen. Very nice play.

 * They just set up the QBs on the 50 and then practiced go routes. Those are fun. Didn't complete a whole lot. But still fun to watch.

Back to special teams and the punt teams.

And the Hail Mary practice.

I'm not sure why tonight, but it seems to be the gum chomping night in the Toyota Stadium press box. It's like every person in here has to chomp their gum as loudly as possible right in my ear. If you want to know the best way to get me really, really agitated, that's it.

We've got the full offense and defense out there. They're only in helmets today, but that doesn't mean there isn't some action. It looks to be the two-minute drill against the nickel. Palmer just completed a nice pass to Utecht.

Completed the Hail Mary.

OK, gonna head down to the sidelines. Still gotta figure out what I'm going to write for tonight.

This seems to be a pretty light practice. WE'll see what happens.

* More two-minute work at the end of practice. A long touchdown pass from Palmer to Johnson, who beat Hall deep. 

In the goal line offense, Stacy Andrews is lined up at tight end. After a couple of other plays -- including a really nice naked bootleg by Ryan Fitzpatrick -- fooled everyone on the fake. Andrews then caught a touchdown pass in the goalline situation.

More center for Bobbie Williams and also for Andrew Whitworth. Both -- and Bob Bratkowski -- say it's for emergency only. But Williams did work some with the first team, putting Andrews at right guard and Willie Anderson -- who looks as healthy as he's been in years -- at right tackle. That's the dream line. But the company line is that it's still "emergency only."

Anthony Munoz talked to the team after practice

I'll have more on that in a bit.