The Bengals were already in field goal range with 1:36 left to go. ‘Go out and play hard for yourself.’ I’m not surprised at all by what they did. The Bengals defense wasn’t almost as dominant against the Steelers, who finished with 167 rushing yards.
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Roethlisberger said he was in “a lot” of pain on that final drive.
In the position Bryant finds his body in, the only way to catch the ball is to clamp it around his leg as he did with his right.
On the very next play, Jeremy Hill fumbled the ball when all the Bengals had to do was kill the clock with the lead.
Once tensions settled the Steelers were forced to punt, and suffered what looked to be a crushing blow. As Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was carted off the field with a shoulder injury, fans began throwing trash onto the field. Despite his injured shoulder, Roethlisberger returned on Pittsburgh’s final possession, leading Mike Tomlin’s team to the Bengal 47-yard-line with 28 seconds to play. Roethlisberger came on to lead the winning drive, although he received plenty of help from the blockhead Bengals. The volatile linebacker earned a personal foul.
Linebacker Ryan Shazier did just that, and the ball popped out of Hill’s hand and forward, where cornerback Ross Cockrell recovered at the 9. Brown caught a short, 10-yard pass over the middle from Roethlisberger and ran 50 yards with it for a 60-yard completion to the 10. If any of us have let it slip, if any of us have let it not be important, then it’s all of our mistake. Antonio Brown has a concussion.
Peace reigned Saturday until the kickoff, when bad blood between the teams flowed with head-high hits, personal fouls and unsportsmanlike conduct calls that even involved coaches from both sides.
This is an AFC Playoffs preview of the Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos game. But the Broncos were shut out in the second half and the Steelers rallied for a 34-27 win.
“I’m at a loss for words”, McCarron said.
First for Boswell, he made all four field goals he attempted on the night scoring 12 of the Steelers 18 points. Boswell’s pressure make was overshadowed by the craziness just seconds before, but his score actually came with the Steelers behind one point, and was ultimately the difference between one more game or a long off-season. It also made coach Marvin Lewis the first coach to ever lose his first seven postseason games. Along with forcing the Bernard fumble, he lead the team with 13 tackles two of which being for a loss.
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As things stand, Jones will have all offseason to think about his penalty, but Brown won’t have much time to think about a possible Oscar speech because the Steelers play next weekend and the Bengals don’t. Manning got the nudge to start this game.
