Steelers Take Advantage of Ugly Cincy Meltdown to Win Wild Card Thriller
The team played in one of the most brutal playoff games in the history of the National Football League, and it was one of the more hard games to watch of the 2015 National Football League season for Bengals fans.
The game is over, and one would think the commentary from the Cincinnati Bengals would fade into the night, just like their hopes of finally winning a playoff game since 1991 did on Saturday night.
The Steelers beat the Bengals on Saturday night only after Cincinnati running back fumbled the ball away in the red zone with 1:23 remaining. And while the Pittsburgh press is reporting that both are likely to play against Denver, they may be at less than 100 percent. “We’ve each played two or three games since then, so you take that information, you get some new information over the course of the last few weeks and get ready to play”. Check out the twenty most memorable tweets below, complete with images from the Cincinnati-Pittsburgh game. It doesn’t need to be one where a player whose clear intent is to injure whenever he can is allowed to keep playing – and earning – with impunity.
“I was at the other end of the field, and Coach Tomlin looked at me, and I was giving him the ‘Do you want me to go?’ type of look; give me the nod”, Roethlisberger said.
According to ESPN, Burfict has an NFL-high 14 unnecessary roughness penalties since 2012 – none more costly than Saturday’s hit on Brown.
Marvin Lewis has been the head coach of the Bengals since 2003.
The hit that turned Antonio Brown into a helpless pile of goo quivering on the turf of Paul Brown Stadium was all a fraud says charming Bengals cornerback Pacman Jones. When all was said and done, the Bengals lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers 18-16, and if the team is going to choose a scapegoat, they should definitely point to Vontaze Burfict. “There were a lot of plays out there and calls went different ways. They deemed that to be a hit to the head, I guess”.
There will be questions now about Lewis’ future with the Bengals, who have not won a playoff game since 1990. “Ben and I have been together for nine years”. Roethlisberger landed on his right shoulder. Roethlisberger told the coaches he could barely throw the ball longer than 10 yards. While the team recovers from the Bengals and prepares to take on the Broncos we’ll be busy looking for mentions of your Black & Gold so we’ve got you covered.
Porter was confronted by Cincinnati’s Adam Jones and the officials ended up flagging Jones for a penalty that advanced the Steelers into field goal range.