The Cincinnati Bengals were feeling pretty good about themselves entering today’s game in Oakland. Cincinnati was 7-2 and in first place in the AFC North, and their two division rivals, the Ravens and Steelers, had both lost early games this afternoon.
But the Bengals won’t be feeling so good about themselves tonight as they fly home from Oakland.
In a shocking upset that will reshape the AFC playoff race, the Raiders scored 10 points in the final 41 seconds to beat the Bengals, 20-17.
The Bengals had a 17-10 lead that appeared to be safe in the fourth quarter, but Louis Murphy reeled in a 29-yard touchdown pass from Bruce Gradkowski with 41 seconds remaining to tie the score.
Bengals return man Andre Caldwell fumbled the ensuing kickoff, the Raiders recovered, and Oakland didn’t even try to advance the ball before sending in Sebastian Janikowski in for the game-winning field goal.
Now the Bengals are 7-3, and the AFC North race is still a race. The Raiders, at 3-7, aren’t playoff contenders, but they’re not the laughingstocks of the NFL they’re sometimes portrayed as: Oakland usually plays competitive football.
And the biggest winners may have been the Colts, who now have a three-game lead over the rest of the AFC.
Bengals vs. Chargers, anyone?
The Raiders would be at .500 if JaMarcus was on bench at the start of the season.
Raiders win. Ha Ha.
Random Bengals Fan – “Who Dey!”
Answer – The RAIDERS!
Im a season ticket holder and please you can give me all the Bungles comments you want we deserve it.
FUMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man, good thing the Steelers lost today. They still have a two game lead in the division. I’m not exactly sure how it re-shapes the playoff position since they are still tied with NE for the #2 seed, but hey, anything this site can do to make Florio not feel bad for the Chiefs beating the Steelers.
Told you the Bengals didn’t need to worry about making a statement and beating up on an inferior opponent. They needed to win, by a point, by 2, by 50, they just needed to win, and they didn’t do that. Oh well, come back next week, get it on with Cleveland and try to get this AFC North swept and stay up by 2 games.
Bengals, Steelers, Ravens, Browns = FAIL
You want to talk about a typical Bengal football game, this was it. The sloppiness on offense, the inconsitancy on defense, the awful play in the red zone, the missed field goal by Graham, and of course what is a Cincinnati football game without a bunch of penalties. All is well though, we’re still in first place. WHO DEY!
HAHAHA Bengals fans were all over the ‘Chiefs Shock Steelers’ post, now this… HAHA you left the door WIDE open for the Steelers. This day ends the same way it began, the Bengals 1 game ahead of the Steelers with plenty of games to play.
Geez. 3 AFC North teams (Browns, Steelers, Bengals) lost to terrible teams (Detroit, KC, Oakland). All 4 lost overall…
What an odd day…
But hey, thanks for not knocking us out of the race, Bengals.
Id like to be the first to thank Caldwell for trying to be devin hester. btw see what the Raiders can do with a decent qb not a good qb but decent ……….qb J-suck get cozy on the bench cause thats where your staying
RAIDERNATION DESERVED IT!
Im pulling for JaMarcus to get his act together and hope to see some more commitment from him on the sidelines with the other QBs and the coach, but for right now and maybe into next season, lets see what Gradkowski is really made of..
The D really stepped up in the 2nd half..
Wow, what a game!!!
Silence from the Bungles fans, aint it sweet!!
But this was the lock of the week for so many of you geniuses?
Now, do your best Mike Pereira-reverse engineering job on some kind of fuzzy logic as to how this still makes sense in your world of over-hating the Raiders.
But they still will never progress until AD dies, riiiiight?
Say it Invader, or I will.
head in the oven
Bungles are still winless in Oakland. I love it!
That said, Gradkowski may not have had great numbers but he clearly inspired the whole team.
And with that said, see ya Jabust!
All the Raiders have needed ALL season long is just a semi-mediocre QB and they could have been close to .500.
Whoever’s idea it was to keep Russell in there the first 10 weeks of the season should be fired ASAP.
Unfortuneately, something tells me it was the owner who demanded to see Russell choke week in and week out.
I’m glad the Raiders won. At the very least it shows Old Man Davis how competitive this team could be if a semi-competant QB was at the helm.
# who_dey_kid says: November 21, 2009 10:44 PM
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The Steelers have a very good passing game and it got shut down against Cincy. Matter of fact, so do the Ravens, and both were shut down the past 2 weeks. If they can’t get it going, it’s very unlikely Oakland does, which means your running game will probably remain dormant.
# FumbleNuts says: November 21, 2009 11:25 PM
Welcome to the wall of Tiger’s Mr. Bush.
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I didn’t see any tigers but I saw a bunch of shocked pussy cats, lol.
I’ll be watching Cable’s presser, but anyone know what happened to Seymour? How bad etc.
The announcers treated him being out like a side-note. It hurt our run D that he was out, especially. D line played great today. D played great today.
They lost to the Raiders? The Raiders? Really? Didn’t look like a playoff team today
Looks like it took Larry Johnson a grand total of 3 days to ruin the Bengal’s mojo. Meanwhile the Chiefs send him packing and come out with a new found energy and enthusiasm.
Coincidence?
Apparently the guy is radioactive even if he’s just standing on the sideline.
bengals deserved that loss, horrible playcalling. you dont get conservative and run out the clock at the end of the 1st quarter.
also, you cant turn the ball over 3 times and expect to win. hopefully this was a wake up call that we may be able to sniff the playoffs, we arent guaranteed berth.
Un-freaking-believable.
Completely embarrassing. Jeremi Johnson fumbles in the red zone, Shayne Graham misses a 37 yarder, horrible red zone play calls, Jonathon Joseph drops a pick 6 right before the TD to Murphy, and of course the fumble by Caldwell. Absolutely horrendous performance by everyone all around.
Just when you think you have momentum – here comes the Raiders.
The Bengals had a chance today to all but sew up the division – and just plain blew it.
No excuses.
HAHHAHAHAH their fans have been on here all week talking smack and running the Steeler fans down the road. and i think in part the Steeler fans have been humble. Then I see them on the threads about the Steelers losing and still throwng the shit,
Well guess what it is called Karma and what goes around comes around ..,,
# FumbleNuts says: November 20, 2009 7:47 PM
That means that Larry Johnson will likely get an early Thanksgiving present and suit up against the Raiders.
Get em’ Larry.
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Ya, go get em, Larry!
LOL!
By the way Steelerz you idiot were up 2 on you. That little thing called head to head might not work out in your favor if we tie. We suck as bad as you so save your comment back and wait to see how the rest of the season pans out.
Now, THIS is the Bengals we all know.
HAHAHAHAHA I just read something that said humble steelers fan are you serious. Those words dont go in the same sentence. Just like different and bengals dont go in the same. Save it dude acting like your fans took the high road. The raiders did what your team cant beat the bungles. The chiefs did what we did this season WIN but we got you twice.
The Bengals with Larry Johnson are like America under Obama, let a moron in the house, and the whole thing goes to hell in a handbasket. Seriously, I don’t see how his presence made Scott and Leonard not pick up blitzes or made Shayne Graham miss a field goal (that could have been the game winner) or made Bratkowski call a quick handoff to the fullback in the redzone when your QB can only hand off with one hand. LJ did look pretty slow though, so maybe he is just done as a running back in this league.
What’s more sad than Raiders fan talking smack after the Bengals handed them the game is anti-Bengals fan talking smack about Karma. Sad, sad, sad.
What did you expect, in 9 other trips to Oakland over the years the Bengals were 0-9 against the Raiders. They are now 0-10 in trips to Oakland.
dustyschmidt22 says:
also, you cant turn the ball over 3 times and expect to win.
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Are you sure? Gradkowski fumble, Gradkowski pick, Bush fumble, Raider victory. Like any honest Oakland fan, I didn’t think they would win today, but the defense showed what they can do when the offense does just enough to keep them in the game.
Think Russell was even paying attention?
RAIDERS!!
lol well it sucked to lose to the chiefs but this makes it a little easier to take lol Bungles no more right ?
Thank you Raiders.
Sincerly, Ravens and Steeler fans.
‘Ya, go get em, Larry!’
You’re killing your father, Larry.
RAIDERNation need for Matt Parkman to brainwash Big Al to dump JaBust.
# shinsnake says: November 22, 2009 7:58 PM
What’s more sad than Raiders fan talking smack after the Bengals handed them the game is anti-Bengals fan talking smack about Karma. Sad, sad, sad.
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What’s sad is when morons like you continually post about politics on a football site.
INVAIDUH says: November 22, 2009 8:17 PM
Think Russell was even paying attention?
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Didn’t look like it. He had earbuds on, but was probably listening to his own song. “31 million dollars, 31 million dollars….”
I did see Gradkowski give Russell a bump towards the end of the game, but couldn’t read his lips. It was probably something like, “That’s how it’s done, slacker.”
Bigger loss for the Bengals than win for the Raiders. I think teams are starting to play down to the Raiders level when they travel to Oakland.
Joe in Toronto
I know, I thought the same thing for 8 years and then it never stopped. It’s a time honored tradition, I won’t be the one to stop it. But no, that’s not more sad than anti-Bengals fans who post smack about Karma. What’s really sad is the little Joes in the world who cry about something when they don’t like what they hear. Seriously, we have enough whiners in the White House, I don’t need to see more on this website. It’s tiresome.
You know the thing that is the most ridiculous about this loss is the fact that I didn’t see anyone hustling down field with Scott to throw an extra block to spring him for the TD instead of the missed (?) field goal. And then in the final minute of the 4th quarter, three different defensive backs had their hands on the football and no one could bring it in for the game winning interception. The little things that don’t show up on the highlight reel…
You know Gradkowski is just loving this, 2-0 biotches! LOL
Jamarcus is a turd,I’m glad they finally got wise enough to bench him. Go Raiders
shinsnake: Face it, your a loser.
shinsnake says:
November 22, 2009 9:33 PM
Joe in Toronto
Seriously, we have enough whiners in the White House, I don’t need to see more on this website. It’s tiresome.
I agree, so STFU shinsnake.
shinsnake says:
November 22, 2009 9:33 PM
Joe in Toronto
Seriously, we have enough whiners in the White House, I don’t need to see more on this website. It’s tiresome.
I agree, so STFU shinsnake.
Can’t wait till Thursdays shocker, Raiders over cowgirls.
Bengals today = Terrible
Good news for the Bengals is…..only good teams make the playoffs so the playing down to your competition shit goes out the window.
Good news, the Steelers are booty and might not make the playoffs.
Did I see Ben sneak a Twinkie in his mouth while they were examining him in OT? To think, the Steelers in a fight to make the playoffs and fat boy sits out.
I feel comfortable where we are. See you in January…..if you make it.
The Raiders would be at .500 if JaMarcus was on bench at the start of the season.
This upset is not surprising, nor is it the end of the world. They have never played well on the west coast (0-10 now against Raiders out west or something like that).
I will start getting nervous if we blow next week’s game at home against the Brown’s.
Joe in Toronto, Canada says: November 22, 2009 7:38 PM
# who_dey_kid says: November 21, 2009 10:44 PM
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The Steelers have a very good passing game and it got shut down against Cincy. Matter of fact, so do the Ravens, and both were shut down the past 2 weeks. If they can’t get it going, it’s very unlikely Oakland does, which means your running game will probably remain dormant.
# FumbleNuts says: November 21, 2009 11:25 PM
Welcome to the wall of Tiger’s Mr. Bush.
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I didn’t see any tigers but I saw a bunch of shocked pussy cats, lol
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First and foremost i’ll give credit where credit is due. Huge win for Oakland, they made plays when it mattered the most and picked up a W.
Now that i’ve thrown out the rightful props, i’ll defend my prior statement. Cincy still held Oakland to under 100 yards rushing, and under 300 total yards. They have shut down far superior offenses in back to back weeks prior to this, and did a decent enough job in this game. Oakland’s D came up with some costly turnovers which created a short field, and as I said before, Oakland capitalized. Congrats once again to the Raiders.
I for one am not too worried about this week. No, it shouldn’t have happened, but almost every team in the league loses a game they shouldn’t, like the Steelers this week, the Pats in week 3, The Eagles in Oakland, Dallas in Green Bay last week, Green Bay in Tampa the week before. As long as we don’t come out and lay the same egg against Cleveland next week, i’ll be satisified with where this team is at after 10 games.
//Think Russell was even paying attention?
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Didn’t look like it. He had earbuds on, but was probably listening to his own song. “31 million dollars, 31 million dollars….”
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I’m a lip reader and can confirm that he was singing along to something about wheels on a bus.
steeltownpride says:
November 22, 2009 8:25 PM
lol well it sucked to lose to the chiefs but this makes it a little easier to take lol Bungles no more right ?
It sucked to lose to the Raiders, but the Stealers losing to the Chiefs makes this a little easier. See what I did there?
I didn’t get to the see the game, but read the news and watched the highlights this morning. It looks as if they took advantage of our personnel weakness that I spoke of last week, our weak minded off-coord (really? no more passing after Palmer starts 8/9/121 in the first quarter???), and the Bengals helped them out by coughing up turnovers. Oh well…
I love the douchey steeler commits please keep them coming; they are entertaining. You guys really have nothing to talk about but you are too ignorant to realize it.
As a Raider fan, this game makes you wonder what might have been had Gradkowski been playing after the first month or so when it became apparent that Jamarcus was not progressing.
The Raiders actually looked competent on offense. Not good, mind you. But competent.
And one last thing, Jamarcus. What’s with the earbuds?!?!
Probably not the best way to debunk the conventional wisdom that you simply don’t care. But lemme guess…you really don’t!
@skf727
I will be the last one to defend JaMarcus on anything, but in this case I think the ear buds were probably so he could listen in on what was being communicated between Cable and Gradkowski.
In the end though I think you are right, it always feels like he is just going through the motions. All the underhanded shots from the offense about how much better everything was with Gradkowski running things just proves the rumors are true.
Go Raiders! Cowgirls may be in for first Oakland back to back win since, well I can’t remeber.