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CINCINNATI -- Andy Dalton has thrown only three touchdown passes in four games, a statistic that points to why the Bengals (2-2) are treading water.The passing game is missing something important, and its not the quarterback.Daltons new-look receiving group hasnt kept up with the one from last season, the most glaring change from their 8-0 start in 2015.A.J. Green has two touchdown catches, and running back Giovani Bernard has one. At this point last season, the Bengals already had nine touchdown passes.Their scoring is way down as a result. Last season, the Bengals scored at least 24 points in each of their first four games with a total of 121. This season, they havent scored more than 23 in any game and have only 78 points overall.Instead of touchdowns, theyre settling for field goals. Thats the main thing theyre trying to correct heading into games at Dallas (3-1) and New England (3-1), places where they havent won since the 1980s.Weve got a lot of new faces in there offensively, left tackle Andrew Whitworth said.Theres a lot of guys that havent been leaned on to play that many snaps or have never played in the offense, so theres going to be a growing part of the season. Now its time to really see guys take leaps and bounds forward.The Bengals knew there would be a break-in period with their new receivers . Marvin Jones and Mohamed Sanu left as free agents, taking away the No. 2 and No. 3 receivers from last season.Plus, tight end Tyler Eifert -- who set a club record for touchdown catches by a tight end with 13 -- tore a ligament in his ankle during the Pro Bowl and hasnt played yet.The Bengals filled the receiver openings by signing Brandon LaFell and drafting Tyler Boyd from Pitt.LaFell has 13 catches in four games for 208 yards without a touchdown. Boyd has 12 catches for 130 yards without a touchdown.Green has bailed them out with a couple of big games. He caught 12 passes for 180 yards in an opening victory against the Jets, and he had 10 catches for 173 yards in a win last Thursday over Miami.Oh man, its just fun to be lining up across from him, getting plays alongside him, communicating with him, Boyd said.Watching him make plays like that, its amazing. Hes a guy you know you can count on any given play at any given time.The Bengals are trying to get the rest of the receivers up to that level when they get close to the goal line. Theyve thrown for a lot of yards -- their passing game ranks third in the NFL.But theyve struggled inside the opponents 20-yard line. Theyve converted only 31 percent of those chances into touchdowns, the worst in the NFL.During the 4-0 start last season, Eifert had touchdown catches of 13, 8 and 9 yards; Green caught TDs of 16, 80 and 67 yards; Jones scored on catches of 45 and 16 yards; and Brandon Tate had a 55-yard touchdown catch.We should have more (touchdowns) than we have, offensive coordinator Ken Zampese said. Weve put ourselves in bad situations on our own -- self-inflicted. Regardless of who we have in there, were better than what weve shown and well be better as we go forward. Well make sure.Game notes The Bengals are 1-5 all time in Dallas, with their only win in 1988. Overall, theyve lost five of their past seven games against the Cowboys . ... The following week, the Bengals visit New England , where they havent won since 1986, dropping their past six. ... Its unclear when Eifert will be back. He got his left ankle taped and participated in a light workout with the team on Monday. 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Veteran Shaun Burgoyne fully expects Hawthorn to be cast in the role of villains in Friday nights AFL semi-final against the Western Bulldogs.The Hawks have several key factors in their favour ahead of the MCG date with the Bulldogs, not least an eight-game winning streak over their opponents and an unrivalled finals pedigree.But favouritism for the match doesnt sit well with Burgoyne, who says results of the last week have put the Hawks on notice.Hawthorn were valiant two-point losers to Geelong a night after the Dogs stunned West Coast with a 47-point win in Perth.Burgoyne suggested those results, coupled with minor premier Sydneys loss, meant the ladder was irrelevant in September.These finals it doesnt really matter where you finished or what your form is coming into finals, its pretty much a 50-50 game and thats the way well treat it, he said.If you remember the game we played against them early on in the year, it took us until the last minute pretty much to win the game.The most-recent meeting clash between the Hawks and the Bulldogs, who are coached by former Hawthorn assistant Luke Beveridge, waas one of the matches of the season.ddddddddddddAn injury-time contest settled the match as James Sicily marked and converted for a three-point win to set the tone for the Bulldogs season.As he duelled with Sicily for position, captain Bob Murphy suffered the ACL injury that ruled him out for the season.The Dogs soldiered on without their spiritual leader and other key players as injuries mounted, recording a stunning finals upset last Thursday over West Coast.Their resilience - and the fact that the Bulldogs only flag came way back in 1954 while the Hawks are the three-time defending champions - has much of the football world cheering for Beveridges men.Burgoyne shrugged off the anti-Hawks factor.It seems like that every week, he laughed.Theyre pretty much everyones second favourite team because of where theyve come from the last couple of years.Every team we come up against were fully aware theyre coming out to play against the reigning premiers. We expect that every week. ' ' '