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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 Vans Old Skool Clearance . Catch all the action on TSN2 at 11pm et/8pm pt. 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We cant let this one loss define who we are.Jake Bentley threw for two touchdowns, Rico Dowdle ran for 127 yards and another score to hand No. 18 Tennessee its third straight loss.The Gamecocks (4-4, 2-4 Southeastern Conference) had struggled on offense much of the season and were expected to be a comfortable bounce-back win for the powerhouse Vols (5-3, 2-3) after consecutive defeats to No. 9 Texas A&M and No. 1 Alabama.Instead, South Carolinas defense bottled up the Vols most of the game, holding them under 300 yards of offense for just the second time this year. Joshua Dobbs had two passes intercepted by Jamarcus King and was tagged with a third turnover on a mishandled handoff.It just goes back to having everybody locked in Dobbs said about correcting the errors.Tennessee got a final chance with 35 seconds left and drove to the South Carolina 41. But Aaron Medleys desperation, 58 yard field goal attempt was well short on the final play.This is a spark, South Carolina linebacker Bryson Allen-Williams said. This is the start of something for the next couple of games and next year.First-year coach Will Muschamp improved to 5-0 all-time against Tennessee, the first four victories coming during his time at Florida.Bentley was again on target in his second college start at quarterback. 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Tennessee will have to root for these same Gamecocks in two weeks when they head to The Swamp to face the Gators.South Carolina: No question this is Muschamps biggest victory at South Carolina, and suddenly puts the Gamecocks in line for a bowl game with struggling Missouri and FCS opponent Western Carolina ahead in November.POLL IMPLICATIONSCount on Tennessee falling from the rankings when it comes out. Its one thing to lose to top-10 opponents, its another to lose to a team that entered last in SEC scoring offense.EJECTED GAMECOCKSSouth Carolina lost starting cornerback Chris Lammons and starting safety D.J. Smith to ejections, both for transgressions with Tennessee receiver Jauan Jennings . Lammons threw two punches at Jennings after the two tied up in the opening quarter and he was thrown out for unsportsmanlike conduct. Smith was called for targeting on a hit of Jennings.Lammons Tweeted later his actions were selfish and he apologized to fans, teammates and coaches.BIG RETURNTennessees most explosive play was a 100-yard kickoff return by Evan Berry that cut a 10-point deficit to 17-14 in the third quarter.UP NEXTTennessee steps out of conference to play FCS opponent Tennessee Tech at home next Saturday.South Carolina closes out five straight games at home against Missouri next Saturday. ' ' '