Johnson hopes to go to Dawgs

If all goes well for the Cincinnati Bengals, Chad Johnson will be dogging it today.

Make that dawgging it.

Johnson, the receiver always searching for creative ways to celebrate touchdowns, has vowed to leap into the Dawg Pound – the rowdy end-zone section in Cleveland – if he scores a touchdown against the Browns.

“It’ll be fun, man,” he told reporters. “I love the Dawg Pound. I talked to a gentleman – I’m not sure what his name was – but he’s sat there every year since my rookie year. Before every game, I go up to him and talk to him, a heavyset guy who wears a mask. I told him I’m going to jump in there.”

Ginn may still be right tonic

Miami took a lot of heat in April when it used the No. 9 pick to draft Ohio State receiver Ted Ginn Jr. instead of selecting Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn.

Ginn might turn out to be the right choice, but he’s still looking for his first catch of the season.

Yes, it’s only one game. But Ginn is only the second receiver taken in the top 10 since 2000 who had no receptions in his rookie debut. The other was Troy Williamson, selected seventh by Minnesota in 2005.

Raiders overdue

The Raiders, who play at Denver today, could sure use a victory against an AFC West team.

They haven’t defeated a division opponent since Nov. 28, 2004, when they beat the Broncos.

Oakland’s 14-game losing streak within the division is the longest such drought in the league.

The only one that comes close is Detroit’s 11-game losing streak in the NFC North.