[img]CINCINNATI -- Brandon LaFell finally had a touchdown catch with the Bengals -- two, no less. The goal now is to make one or more when they really matter.The Bengals made LaFell their main offseason acquisition for an offense that lost its No. 2 and No. 3 receivers in free agency.The former New England Patriot has provided everything except touchdowns in an offense that has uncharacteristically struggled to score points.Heading back to New England (4-1) for what amounts to a pivotal game, the Bengals (2-3) are looking for LaFell to emerge and take some of the defenses attention away from A.J. Green.Through the course of the season, youll see that development continue, offensive coordinator Ken Zampese said. The faster that happens and the better we do with it, the better off well be offensively.Heading into their game at New England , LaFell got to reminisce about his two seasons with the Patriots, which included a touchdown catch during their Super Bowl win over Seattle during the 2014 season. A foot injury limited him last year.The homecoming is less about personal memories and more about saving a season. The Bengals got shoved around during a 28-14 loss in Dallas last week, with LaFell catching two late touchdown passes after the game was decided.Especially the way we played last week, everybodys got to come out and play big, LaFell said.LaFells locker was next to Tom Bradys in New England, so they spent a lot of time talking. The two of them stay in touch -- LaFell texted Brady after he threw three touchdown passes in a 33-13 win in Cleveland on Sunday in his first game back from a suspension for deflated footballs.Hes a spectacular player, Brady said during a conference call. I saw he had a big week last week.We were next to each other the whole time here. I always enjoyed being around him. It was tough to see him go.LaFell had four catches for 91 yards in an opening win over the Jets, but was limited to 44 yards or less in the next three games. With the Cowboys focusing on Green last Sunday, Andy Dalton threw toward LaFell 11 times. He had eight catches for 68 yards, including touchdowns of 7 and 5 yards.Hopefully we can continue to build on that and continue to connect more, and more so in crucial moments of the game, not when the game is out of hand, LaFell said.The Bengals need more points out of their offense. When they opened last season 5-0, they scored at least 24 points in each game. This season, they have yet to score 24 in any game.Dalton leads the AFC with 1,503 yards passing, but the Bengals are among the leagues worst at getting touchdowns when they cross the opponents 20-yard line. LaFell has 21 catches for 276 yards and a 13.1-yard average, second only to Green on the team.Things have been good with Brandon since hes been here, Dalton said. He had a lot of opportunity in that game. Were very, very confident with what hes doing for us.Game notes TE Tyler Eifert was the only player held out of practice again on Thursday as he recovers from offseason ankle surgery and a back injury. He has yet to play in a game. ... CB Dre Kirkpatrick was limited in practice with a hand injury. Green fully practiced, a day after he was held out with a sore calf. ... Also fully practicing were G Clint Boling, RB Jeremy Hill and S George Iloka, who have shoulder injuries, and TE C.J. Uzomah, who is recovering from an ankle injury. All four were limited on Wednesday.---Online: AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Swell Water Bottle Wood . 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Gold Coast skipper Gary Ablett believes the under-performing Suns can play AFL finals next season without star midfielders Jaeger OMeara and Dion Prestia.Ablett, with his surgically repaired shoulder in a sling, fronted reporters on Friday, less than 24 hours after OMeara handed the club a trade request.Prestia is yet to formally do likewise, but hes widely tipped to follow his teammate out the door with Richmond his likely destination.Ablett was asked several times for his take on OMearas decision, but was reluctant to air his thoughts after club chairman Tony Cochranes assertion the Suns would make a stance in trade negotiations.Look, Ive got no comment on that, Ablett said.I think the clubs come out over the last couple of days and said what they want to say ... were focused on this week and making sure that we finish the season off well.Well sit down as a group over the next couple of week sand work out what the next step is going to be.I think Tony Cochrane and Rocket (Rodney Eade) have been pretty strong in ttheir pressers and thats really all Ive got to say about it.ddddddddddddAblett said he didnt plan to make any last-ditch bids to convince Prestia to stay.He said OMeara had been emotional when he informed his teammates of his decision, but refused to reveal anything more.The Suns, 15th with one game left, have failed to finish higher than 12th in their six-year existence, while Greater Western Sydney are vying for a top-four berth in their fifth season in the competition.Its been a tough five or six years - theres no doubt about that, Ablett said.(But) Im confident that with the list weve got, with a good pre-season and getting some guys back from injury, that were good enough to play finals football.Ablett hasnt played since round 16 after suffering a second shoulder dislocation on his left side.He reported hes recovering well from surgery and should be back running by late September. 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