GEORGETOWN, Ky. -- Practice is underway and the usual suspects are out of practice -- Rudi Johnson, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Jeremi Johnson, Dan Howell, Rashad Jeanty, Antwan Odom, Ethan Kilmer, Chinedum Ndukwe and Herana-Daze Jones.

* I know I floated this on Mo's show this morning and several other folks, including Kevin Goheen and Mark Curnutte, floated the idea of Chad Pennington here. Well, the Bengals do have 79 men on their 80-man roster (not including international practice squad player Carl-Johan Bjork), so they have room. However, I think Pennington makes more sense for the Bengals than the Bengals make for Pennington. There are several places where Pennington will get a chance to step in and battle for the starting spot (basically, the NFC North teams besides Green Bay).

* Here at practice is Army Sgt. Michael Garvin, an Iraq veteran, who is on leave from duty at Ft. Hood in Texas before surgery on his back. After succesful surgery, he hopes to return to Iraq for a second tour. His first tour was cut short when an IED exploded behind him and caused a slipped disc in his back.

Garvin, who was visiting camp with his father Randy, a 20-year Army veteran and veteran of Vietnam, his brother-in-law and his three sons, Gabriel 9, Michael 6 and Carson, 11 months. Carson is named after his favorite football player.

Garvin met with Marvin Lewis before the practice and will talk to the team afterward, He said his main subject will be teamwork, because it's what the Army and the Bengals have in common. He'll also get a chance to meet Carson Palmer.

 * Rudi Johnson is getting the Jeremi Johnson workout on the main field right now.