Dolphins Top Bengals With Safety in Overtime Cameron Wake sacked Andy Dalton for a safety with 6 minutes 38 seconds left in overtime, giving the host Miami Dolphins a 22-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday night. On third-and-10 from the 8, Dalton retreated to the goal line and was tackled by Wake coming up the middle for the third overtime safety in N.F.L. history. The officials signaled a safety, and the call was upheld after a review. Wake finished with three sacks. Mike Nugent kicked a 54-yard field goal with 1:24 remaining in regulation to put the Bengals ahead, 20-17. Miami answered with a 50-yard drive, and Caleb Sturgis made a 44-yard field goal with 11 seconds left to force overtime. Cincinnati committed four turnovers. SHANAHAN HITS BACK Mike Shanahan sharply criticized the former Redskins defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth, saying he was lazy and had a "lack of passion" and a "lack of character." Shanahan, the Washington coach, was responding to comments made this week by Haynesworth, who told Tennessee Sports Radio that Shanahan was "conniving" and self-centered and would run quarterback Robert Griffin III "into the ground." Shanahan said: "When you don't get along with somebody as a head coach or an assistant coach, it usually falls into one of those areas - lazy, lack of passion, and a lot of times lack of character. And he fits all three. Haynesworth signed a $100 million free-agent contract with the Redskins in 2009, but he and Shanahan clashed frequently after the coach arrived in Washington a year later. Haynesworth became an N.F.L. punch line when he needed 10 days to pass a conditioning test at the start of training camp and lost his starting job. He was eventually traded to New England for a fifth-round draft pick. 49ERS ACTIVATE SMITH The All-Pro 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith was activated to the 53-man roster from the nonfootball injury list, two days after he turned himself in to the authorities in Santa Clara County, Calif., while facing weapons charges. Smith had been undergoing rehabilitation at an inpatient facility for substance abuse since late September and missed five games. He was charged Oct. 9 with three felony counts of illegal possession of an assault weapon, stemming from a party at his home in June 2012. San Francisco Coach Jim Harbaugh said on his weekly radio show that Smith met with 49ers officials Wednesday at team headquarters. MERIWEATHER OFFERS APOLOGY Washington safety Brandon Meriweather issued an apology by proxy as DeMaurice Smith, the head of the N.F.L. players union, released a statement saying that Meriweather was sorry for comments about targeting opponents" knees. "I spoke to Brandon," Smith said in the statement. He is passionate about the game, and I know he is sorry for what he said. He is concentrating on helping his team win the rest of the season. Brandon knows that all players have a responsibility to each other and to play within the rules of the game. Meriweather has been penalized twice by the league this season for illegal hits targeting the helmet and neck of defenseless receivers. He returned Monday from a one-game suspension and said that he would now have to "take people's knees out," targeting their anterior cruciate ligaments. "You've got to tear people's A.C.L.s and mess up people's knees now," he said Monday. You can't hit them high anymore. GONZALEZ SPARED A TRADE The N.F.L. trade deadline has passed, and Tony Gonzalez knows where he will finish his 17-year career. Gonzalez will spend at least nine more weeks with the Falcons (2-5) before retiring, and he is not giving up on the playoffs. If nothing else, he does not have to hear about a possible trade anymore. I'm here. I'm looking forward to the rest of the season," Gonzalez said. I'm glad it's over now. I'm ready to go out there and finish this season strong. Hopefully we can make a serious run here, because that's what it's going to take.