This and that

• Breaking: NFL.com's Adam Schefter reports the league will not fine Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward.

Schefter reported that the league reviewed replays of the hit and determined no fine should be issued.

• SI.com's Don Banks writes about the one team that has a real shot to finish 0-16, and it's actually not the Bengals. But in an item later in the column, he mentions Fitzpatrick among the No. 2 quarterbacks who lost on Sunday.

• Bengals.com Geoff Hobson takes a step back and shares some observations ... it's pretty glass-half-full, which can take away credibility when you're talking about a team that's 0-7, but he brings up a few pretty good points.

• Roster moves today: Guard signed from Redskins' practice squad, Rayner released (so Shayne Graham must be close to 100 percent).

• One of the Reds' division rivals won't have Mark Mulder back next year. That Dan Haren deal is looking very lopsided now.

• The most outstanding players in MLB this past season according to the players: a former Red and a Reds-killer.

• FYI: ESPN's College GameDay will be in Columbus for Penn State-Ohio State this weekend.

• Nice feature on daytondailynews.com about Greg Orton, a receiver who went to Huber Heights Wayne (which always plays a Cincinnati-area team in the first round of the playoffs) and is turning heads at Purdue.

• Non-local link of the day: Stewart Mandel's follow-up on the referee who threw the forearm shiver in the South Carolina-LSU game, which includes a couple of different YouTube videos if you haven't seen it yet.