The victory broke a streak of eight straight playoff losses by the Chiefs and was their first postseason win since beating the Oilers in Houston on January 16, 1994.
Advertisement
Though the tackle itself was clean, despite much vapid conjecture from CBS’ Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, on second glance the notoriously troubled Burfcit seems to have swung his knee directly onto Roethlisberger’s throwing shoulder while Big Ben was already down on his back.
Jones bristled at suggestions that the penalties on him and Burfict set up the loss.
And Sunday, the underdog Vikings controlled play for the first three quarters, taking a 9-0 lead into the fourth. Check out the twenty most memorable tweets below, complete with images from the Cincinnati-Pittsburgh game.
“Everyone has got to understand the discipline of winning the football game, and that’s more important than anything else”. 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.
“We destructed on ourselves”, Lewis said after Cincinnati lost in the first round of the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season and sixth time in seven years.
If the Lewis answer is: “No”, then the idea rests on the notion that the Bengals are comfortable in their on-field attitude and address and a healthy Andy Dalton would have made a difference.
Needing 10 yards to get in the outer reaches of kicker Chris Boswell’s range with 22 seconds to go, the Steelers instead got 30 yards thanks to two astonishingly boneheaded personal foul penalties against Burfict (for targeting a defenseless receiver) and Adam Jones (unsportsmanlike conduct).
Advertisement
Early in Saturday night’s game a Steelers coaching assistant got involved into the “chippiness” between the two teams when offensive line coach Mike Munchak was flagged for pushing Bengals safety Reggie Nelson on the Steelers’ sideline. “There’s a lot of balls out there, plays today, calls went different ways….” The win over the Bengals was the 34th playoff win in Steelers history, which is tied for the most in the NFL. “Ben and I have been together for nine years”. The NFL Network reported Roethlisberger suffered a sprained AC joint upon separating his right shoulder. He had little arm strength on the final drive, saying he told the coaches he could not throw deep. Steelers outside linebackers coach Joey Porter is reportedly expected to be fined for his involvement on the field following the hit.
