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The Cincinnati Bengals are going high-tech - even discotheque - in an effort to help receivers hang on to the ball.

At the recommendation of a vision expert, wide receiver Jeff Hill is experimenting during workouts with a pair of goggles that give a strobelight effect in each lens.

“It’s like being in a darkroom with a … strobe light on,” said Hill, one of several Bengals who suffered the drops last season. “You can see everything one second, and it’s gone the next. It makes you concentrate a lot harder. It trains your eyes to widen and focus on the target.”

Bengals trainer Paul Sparling said the strobe effect can be adjusted.

Bears

Chicago signed Matt Blundin to a one-year contract, giving the Bears four quarterbacks in training camp. Blundin, Kansas City’s secondround pick out of Virginia in 1992, was released by the Chiefs in June.

Broncos

Denver signed cornerback Tory James, a second-round pick from LSU, and waived offensive lineman Harry Galbreath.

Colts

Indianapolis fullback Roosevelt Potts was suspended for four games by the NFL on Monday for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy.

The suspension doesn’t prohibit Potts, a restricted free agent, from signing immediately and joining the team in training camp.

Packers

Green Bay guard Gary Brown said he was waiting to hear from the NFL about a possible suspension.

Brown, 25, refused to discuss details, but said it was possible he might miss some games because of a suspension involving the league’s drug and alcohol policy.

Patriots

An injury expected to sideline fullback Rupert Grant for the season has New England coach Bill Parcells shopping for a new backup to Sam Gash.

Grant dislocated his left knee in kickoff drills Sunday and was placed on injured reserve.

Redskins

Washington receiver Michael Westbrook slipped on rain-slicked turf early in the morning practice and sprained his back.

Westbrook, in the second year of an seven-year, $18 million contract, sat out the afternoon practice and is listed as day-to-day.

Saints

Alex Molden, New Orleans’ No. 1 draft pick out of Oregon, hit the practice field for the first time and the injury list soon after that.

On the cornerback’s first fullspeed work, a one-on-one drill in which he tried to cover receiver Torrance Small, Molden pulled up with a strained thigh muscle.