The Bengals had a collection of unlikely heroes lead the way in their 18-12 victory over the Steelers.
One of those Bengals was DT Jonathan Fanene, who had two sacks, two tackles for losses and two quarterback hits on Sunday.
Bengals DE Frostee Rucker got some ribbing from teammates for getting tackled by Steelers RB Mewelde Moore, but his interception was a key play for the defense.
Said S Chris Crocker, "We can be very good if we don't shoot ourselves in the foot. We just have to remember what people were saying before the
season about the Bengals."
John Clayton of ESPN thinks the Bengals victory is a sign of the team's newfound maturity.
The Steelers were upset that their poor kickoff coverage led to Bengals RB Bernard Scott scoring the only touchdown of the game.
Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger had one of his worst games, finishing with 174 yards passing and a 51.5 passer rating.
KR Stefan Logan bobbled a kick in the end zone in the third quarter and the Steelers replaced him with WR Mike Wallace.
Steelers S Ryan Clark said the defense played solid, but they weren't able to force a turnover and give their offense a short field.
Said Steelers T Max Starks, "I felt like we beat ourselves in a lot of instances, but I give credit
to them because they played a great game and they stuck to their game
plan."
For more on the Bengals and Steelers, Mike Florio has the full Morning Aftermath right here.
Bengals-Steelers one-liners
Posted by Josh Alper on November 16, 2009 10:25 AM ET
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The Pats were 11-5 last season and did not make the playoffs. I think the Steelers will be in the same boat this year.
@dtrance
Naaaa....the Steelers will go 12-4 at worst. I say they split with the Ravens and beat the Chiefs, Raiders, Browns and Packers. If they sweep the Ravens they go 13-3 and have something of a chance of taking the division.
I give all the credit to the Bengals on a great win, they deserved it. But in no way should anyone count the Steelers out of the post season. IMO they need to have these heartbreaker games during the regular season to make them stronger for the post season, it builds their character. Same kind of thing happened last year with them.
Well they could certainly use some character-building, what with all the cheating, gambling, and political cronyism they've been involved in.
VoxVeritas says:
Well they could certainly use some character-building, what with all the cheating, gambling, and political cronyism they've been involved in.
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Wow, Vox said something I agree with. That's a first.
All I can say is that the Refs really dropped the ball this week. There were at least three opportunities they had that I saw where they could have still given Pittsburgh the game, but each time they failed to take advantage. I'm sure Goodell will have a serious talk with each of them now. They've been in the league long enough, they should know that's not how you're supposed to call a Steelers home game at all. Unacceptable.
That being said.. Hey Vox, how 'bout them 'Boys??
as a bengals fan, im fully expecting to meet up with the steelers in the playoffs. no matter how much i hate them and their rapist qb, those guys know how to win.
Roethlisberger needs to learn how not to hold the damn ball so long, throwing it away is not a bad thing. Taking foolish sacks is just stupid.
"Well they could certainly use some character-building, what with all the cheating, gambling, and political cronyism they've been involved in."
You're right, they've been falling down on the job with the criminal antics lately. They should hire Barry Switzer to teach 'em how to do it for real.
Douche.
Eat it Steeler fans your team is not going to another Super Bowl this year. There are 3 teams that are for real Super Bowl contenders. New England, Cincinatti, San Diego your team in games against good defensive teams gets dominated. Yes they beat Minnesota, but they were dominated on the field. You can't consistently win games like that so quit your pretending and realize this is not your year.
VoxVeritas says: November 16, 2009 11:52 AM
Well they could certainly use some character-building, what with all the cheating, gambling, and political cronyism they've been involved in.
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Hi pot, meet kettle! A Crygirls fan bashing the character of another team is just pure comedy gold right there.
Sorry that the fact that your crazy owner hasn't been able to put together a stable and consistent team since he took over, but you don't need to take out your jealousy on other teams that actually have sane people coaching and running the front office. Douche.
you eat it bengal fans youre not going to the superbowl this year, oh wait you never won a superbowl either aint that something, bunch of loser fans with a loser team hardly ever have a winning season. youre still a bunch of jerks saying
how the steelers are this and that, shut the hell up and convince me that youre elite because youre far from the winning history of the steelers not even close a$$ wipes!
yo favredaze your wrong on the teams ! you meant to say STEELERS, colts, saints. i dont like colts or saints but i have no problem with either team because they are good teams but bengals and chargers you must be dreaming, definitely way off with the chargers because we ran it down
their throats, they have no defense when they
play the steelers!