Injured running back Chris Perry became eligible to come off of the physically unable to perform list Monday but neither he nor the team had any transaction to announce. Head coach Marvin Lewis declined comment on Perry's status, while Perry said he did not know what the team's plans for him were at this moment.

"I don't know. I honestly don't know," said Perry on Monday as he walked out of the training room. "I haven't gone through a full practice yet so I don't know if I can. I look forward to it. I look forward to going through a full practice."

Perry fractured his right ankle last November in a game at Cleveland. He began last season on PUP, missing the first five games before returning to the team.

The Bengals can have Perry begin practicing at any time the next three weeks. Once Perry begins practicing the Bengals have a three-week window to evaluate him. At any time during that window they may activate him from PUP to the 53-man roster or decide that he is not healthy enough to play and place him on injured reserve, ending his season.

"It's a matter of everybody putting their heads together and deciding that it's time," said Perry. "I don't know what my future is here but hopefully I can be here and help this team out as much as possible. But I don't know what their plans are upstairs (management), to be honest. Look at what they did this year in the draft."

The Bengals spent a second-round draft choice this year to select running back Kenny Irons from Auburn. Kenny Irons was expected to fill Perry's role as the complementary back behind Rudi Johnson. He is instead missing the entire season due to a torn ACL suffered in the preseason opener at Detroit on Aug. 9. Perry has had a long list of injuries since the Bengals drafted him in the first round in 2004 but when healthy he has produced. He caught 51 passes for 328 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 279 yards on 61 carries in 2005. Perry played in 14 games that season but has appeared in just eight games in his three other seasons, including this year.

"I would love to be playing but there are some things that you have to consider before you play," said Perry. "You can't just get out there and then have something else happen, God forbid. You have to make sure you're at the best you can be because you can't help your team out if you're not out there. Hopefully I can get out there as soon as possible."

INJURY REPORT - Wide receiver Antonio Chatman and linebacker Corey Mays suffered what Lewis termed slight hamstring strains in Sunday's 27-20 loss at Kansas City. Their playing status for this coming Sunday's game at Paul Brown Stadium against the New York Jets won't be determined until later this week.

Right tackle Willie Anderson (knee), safety Ethan Kilmer (knee) and wide receiver Tab Perry (hip) aren't expected to play against the Jets. Lewis said whether or not linebacker Ahmad Brooks, who has not played since early in the game at Cleveland on Sept. 16 due to a groin strain, can return to practice this week has yet to be determined.

The Bengals did get some good news at linebacker, a position where they have had to start each of their last two games with only four healthy players, three of whom weren't with the team until after preseason. Caleb Miller (back) and Rashad Jeanty (shin) have an opportunity to return to practice this week. Defensive end Jonathan Fanene, who missed Sunday's game against the Chiefs with a knee injury, will return to practice this week.

RARE OCCURRENCE - When Deltha O'Neal punched the football free from Kansas City running back Larry Johnson just before Johnson reached the goal line in the second quarter Sunday it was the first time Johnson had fumbled in 470 touches. The ball went out of the back of the end zone for a touchback that gave the Bengals the ball at the 20-yard line.

While Johnson did finish with 119 yards on 31 carries in the Chiefs win, the Bengals held him to 13 yards on 15 carries in the second half. They held Johnson to no yards or negative yardage on 12 of his 31 carries. Johnson's 8-yard touchdown run in the second quarter was the first rushing touchdown of the season for Kansas City.

The Bengals also have just one rushing touchdown this season, an 8-yard run by Kenny Watson at Seattle.

JOSEPH TO RETURN - Cornerback Johnathan Joseph has served his one-game suspension and will be back at practice this week. Joseph watched Sunday's game unable to help his teammates.

"It was hard," said Joseph. "If you can't be out there going through it with them, I'm going to watch it and go through it."

The NFL suspended Joseph for violating the league's substance abuse policy. The violation stemmed from an arrest on marijuana possession in Boone County last January, a case that has since been dismissed after Joseph completed terms of a diversionary program.

"It's the final piece of a lesson learned," said Joseph. "It happened, it's over with and I'm glad."

In anticipation of a roster move later this week, kicker Josh Huston was released from the practice squad on Monday. Safety John Busing was signed from the practice squad last week to take Joseph's place. If Busing, or some other player with practice squad eligibility, is released, the Bengals would like to re-sign him to the practice squad should he clear waivers.

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