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CINCINNATI -- The defending AFC North champions had a bye week to regain their confidence, fix their problems and go after another title thats tantalizing close.Instead, the Bengals opened the second half of their season with all of the same issues and now one less chance to save their season.Its begun to slip away.The Bengals 21-20 loss to the Giants on Monday night left them with a 3-5-1 record thats their worst in six years -- before Andy Dalton and A.J. Green came aboard -- and a sense that theyre making no progress in the areas where they keep coming up short.In its past five games, Cincinnati is 1-3-1 with a victory over winless Cleveland and a tie with Washington.The frustration for me is very high right now, said cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick, who intercepted Eli Manning. For us not to win this game that we needed, its heartbreaking.And puzzling, too.The Bengals are one of the healthiest teams in the NFL, so injuries cant explain their dramatic drop-off from a year ago when they tied the franchise record with 12 wins. Theyre running the same plays that worked a year ago, with most of the same players.When they have a chance to take control of a game the way they did last season, they simply cant do it.The Bengals went up 20-14 on New York midway through the third quarter and had chances to pull away.They got the ball five more times and managed a total of only 47 yards and three first downs, one of them by penalty. Dalton was 3 of 11 for 29 yards with an interception and two sacks on those final five possessions.Its like we just needed that one play to get us going, and we never got it, said Dalton, who was 16 of 29 overall for 204 yards with a touchdown , an interception and three sacks.The defense has been one of the biggest problems all season, and it had a game-ending letdown.The Giants got the ball back at their 41-yard line with 3:01 left, plenty of time for Cincinnati to get another shot at a winning field goal if the defense could hold. The Bengals knew the Giants would run the ball, so they stacked the line. New York ran five consecutive times for 38 yards and two first downs, draining the clock.The loss represented a missed chance to close in on first place. Baltimore leads with a 5-4 mark, followed by Pittsburgh at 4-5 and then the Bengals, who are a game and a half out with two teams to overtake.They still have both games left with Baltimore as well as a home game against the Steelers, but the loss to New York leaves them with no margin for error in the last seven weeks.The Bengals host Buffalo on Sunday, then go to Baltimore for what could be the pivotal game of their season.Yes, were running out of time, Kirkpatrick said. At the end of the day, with some of the teams losing, that puts us in a decent situation. But we have to get our wins.Game notes DE Margus Hunt was inactive for the first time this season, an indication the coaching staff isnt pleased with his play. Hunt got a bigger role in the line rotation this season after Wallace Gilberry left for Detroit as a free agent. The Bengals re-signed Gilberry during their bye week, and he moved into Hunts role. ... 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Snyder collected her team-best sixth double-double of the 2016 campaign with 12 kills and 10 digs.Junior defensive specialist Caroline Knop (16 digs) also played a major role in UFs well-rounded passing performance. The Gators totaled 58 digs on the night, their highest total in a 3-set match this season.Floridas effective passing led to yet another efficient hitting night (.314), while its defense held the Tigers to an .067 clip, marking the eighth time this season and second consecutive match in which it held an opponent under a .100 clip.Freshman middle blocker Rachael Kramer (6 kills, .455 clip) and redshirt junior outside hitter Shainah Joseph (9 kills, .381 clip) posted UFs top performances of the evening in terms of hitting percentage.WORDS FROM THE GATORSFlorida head coach Mary Wises overall thoughts on the sweep...The story of the match was the serve-pass game, and our serve receive team did a tremendous job. From an offensive standpoint, it was the night of our left sides. Both Shainah (Joseph) and Carli (Snyder) had terrific nights.Florida redshirt sophomore setter Allie Monserez on the Gators sweep tonight....We had a good night. We passed really well. We worked on that a lot this week during practice, and we really did a great job of transferring it over. With the great passes, it made my job easy and just allowed me to distribute the ball. We got into more of a groove as the match went on, and everyonee was working really well together.ddddddddddddMonserez on setting up Carli Snyder and Shainah Joseph so often tonight....With the great passes it was so easy to get the ball out to Shainah and Carli. They did a great job of putting it down. We were really working on our rhythm this week, and that really showed with the outsides tonight.THE RECORDSNo. 9 Florida: 15-2, 5-1 SECLSU: 7-11, 2-5 SECNOTABLES AND TRENDS* Florida is now 40-13 all-time against LSU, and boasts a 17-6 mark in Baton Rouge following Fridays victory* The Gators hit .300 or above for the 13th time this season* UFs 58 digs accounted for its second-best total in any match this season* Floridas seven aces tied its second-best total of the year, and amounted to its highest total since a Sep. 11 sweep of LIU Brooklyn* LSUs 11 points in the final set were the fewest the Gators allowed in any set of their six SEC matches this year* Redshirt sophomore Allie Monserezs career-high 16 digs topped her previous career high of 15 from a Sep. 19, 2014 match against Eastern Kentucky as a freshman at South Carolina* Redshirt junior outside hitter Shainah Josephs nine kills matched her season high, previously set against Tennessee (Oct. 2)* Freshman defensive specialist Chanelle Hargreaves set a new career high with five kills* Freshman defensive specialist Allie Gregory matched her career high with two service acesNEXT OPPONENTFlorida caps its three-game SEC road stint with a trip to College Station, Texas for a televised showdown with reigning conference champion Texas A&M. Paul Sunderland and Missy Whittemore will be on the call for SEC Network. First serve is slated for 5 p.m. ET. ' ' '