EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Now it's just down to the Cincinnati Bengals and the Detroit Lions as the final winless clubs in the NFL.

On Sunday, the Houston Texans and St. Louis Rams recorded wins, while the Lions lost to the Vikings and the Bengals lost 26-14 to the New York Jets at Giants Stadium.

The Bengals, though, stand alone as the only 0-6 team in the NFL. The Lions are 0-5.

"It hurts, it hurts," said wide receiver Chad Ocho Cinco. "It's frustrating and I have no room to vent my frustrations, I'm walking a fine line already as it is. All I can do is go out there and work. Just work. Just work and keep on smiling. And you know behind that smile, there's a lot of frustration."

Even staked to an early 7-0 lead after the Bengals' Antwan Odom sacked Brett Favre and forced a fumble that Chinedum Ndukwe returned 15 yards on the Jets' first drive, the Bengal offense was anemic. On the day, the Bengals averaged just two yards a run and 2.9 yards per offensive play.

With Ryan Fitzpatrick starting at quarterback for an injured Carson Palmer, the Bengals failed to gain so much as a first down until their final drive of the first half. Following four three-and-outs before Fitzpatrick connected with Ocho Cinco for 16 yards on the first play of the final drive with 4:13 left in the first half. That play would be their longest of the day.

Fitzpatrick completed 8 of 10 passes on the 14-play, 66-yard drive. On that drive, the Bengals ran the ball four times for a total of 2 yards, including a one-yard touchdown run by Fitzpatrick with eight second remaining.

That inability to run was a recurring theme. In all, the Bengals attempted 21 rushes for 43 yards. Fitzpatrick was the leading rusher with six carries for 23 yards. Chris Perry had 11 carries for 14 yards and Cedric Benson had four carries for 6 yards.

"It falls on me. I need to run the ball harder, more disciplined and hit the hole faster," Perry said.

Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said the coaching staff will reconsider the running game and Perry's status as a starter.

"We're going to look at all that," Lewis said. "We need to look at that. We need to take a hard look at that end and see what the best thing is for us as we go forward."

The net could be cast wider. The offensive line not only failed to pave the way for Bengal running backs, but also allowed five sacks. Now in six games, the line has allowed 19 sacks -- two more than it allowed all of last season.

"As a whole, we're not getting it done, bottom line," said guard Andrew Whitworth. "You can talk about this part or that part not getting it done, but as a whole, as a unit, we're not executing well enough to win football games. We feel the defense is playing good enough to win and we're not."

After a spectacular showing in Dallas, the special teams struggled, too. Punter Kyle Larson had a net punting average of 30.7 yards per punt, and allowed the Jets to have an average starting field position of their own 46.

The defense, which played well at times, still had too many missed tackles and allowed the Jets to go 6-for-8 on third down conversions in the second half. Much of that can be excused as fatigue -- the Jets' had the ball more than 10 minutes more than the Bengals, keeping the defense on the field. But that number could have been helped with third-down stops.

In the end, the Bengals just weren’t good enough in any phase of the game to beat even a mediocre Jets team.

"We're still fighting. It's not a lack of effort going out there, it's a lack of execution," Whitworth said. "The effort is there. Guys are wanting to win, guys are trying to win. We're trying to execute. Any time you're not executing, you have a chance to lose."

And this Bengals team seems to have as good a chance to lose as any team in the NFL. They've done it more often, that's for sure.