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The 2004 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team’s 37th year in professional football and its 35th with the National Football League. The Bengals began to focus on the future trading All-Pro running back Corey Dillon to the New England Patriots. That cleared the way for Rudi Johnson to start at running back. Carson Palmer was given the starting quarterback job. Palmer and the young Bengals would struggle early losing five of their first seven games.
