VeeshanVault

Grats. Great game. They should do well next week in Denver.

Too bad they're playing in Indianapolis.




Animale

You really need to stop being so narrow-minded and start seeing the big picture, Animale.

At the same time, I felt awful for Palmer. What a great season for the Bengals.

I didn't like seeing that Palmer tore both ligaments. Who I don't feel bad for is the mouthy Cinci fans who arose out of hibernation like 17 year locusts to make their incessant chatter about nothing, only to disapear again for another 17 years. Who dey indeed.

Way to take pride from the Thugs win.

First pass play of the game and a 300 pound lineman divebombs the knee of our Pro Bowl QB and knocks him out for a year.

Go Thugs!

And what was particularly disgusting was when Palmer was being carted off, the Thug players were on the sidelines High Fiving and chest bumping each other. Just whooping up in celebration as the best player on the field was knocked out of the game.

After the last time these two teams played, the Thugs realized they couldnt defend Palmer. He shredded and destroyed that secondary like it was a local high school unit. And that first pass play was an indication that Palmer was gonna treat them the very same way. 1 play. 66 yards.
I guess they abide by your very own moto:

Win if you can. Lose if you must. But always cheat.

The Bengals motto must be something like:

Lose if you can. Lose if you must. But always whine like a bitch about it.

Kitna was still a good quarterback for the first half.. ( all i saw before i went to work )..

Yah, i got pissed when palmer got taken out. To lead a team the whole year and get injured off the first pass play of the game in the playoffs. Bengals would have won too.

Homercles wrote:Way to take pride from the Thugs win.

First pass play of the game and a 300 pound lineman divebombs the knee of our Pro Bowl QB and knocks him out for a year.

Go Thugs!

And what was particularly disgusting was when Palmer was being carted off, the Thug players were on the sidelines High Fiving and chest bumping each other. Just whooping up in celebration as the best player on the field was knocked out of the game.

After the last time these two teams played, the Thugs realized they couldnt defend Palmer. He shredded and destroyed that secondary like it was a local high school unit. And that first pass play was an indication that Palmer was gonna treat them the very same way. 1 play. 66 yards.
I guess they abide by your very own moto:

Win if you can. Lose if you must. But always cheat.

This sounds just like every single Cinci fan so far. Although each of you sang a different tune in week 13 when Odell Thurman hit Reothlisberger on the EXACT same kind of play. It was clean then, but now it is dirty.

Yes I am a Steeler fan, so I am sure I am biased, but that was a clean hit, sorry. It sucks that it happened, but it was a clean play and a freak accident. You also seem to forget that the Steelers manhandled the Bengals at home once this year and Carson did squat.

Would you have won without the injury, maybe, but one play does not make a game.

Gratz on a great season, don't ruin it by whinning like a baby. Your teams best days are clearly ahead of them.

As an impartial observer (go Colts/Pats! -- I don't care which), I can say that the hit was definitely clean, but an injury like that to either team's premier players is probably the worst thing that could happen. Sucks that it happened to the Bengals.

The only good I see coming out of the injury is that Kitna had an opportunity to show once again just how horribly bad he is as a QB. Hopefully no one will pick him up next year and we'll never be subjected to watching him suck ever again.

Hit looked clean to me and I was pulling for the Bengals. IT's unfortunate as I think the game would have went down to the wire with a healthy Carson Palmer and ended up classic.

heh, the minute palmer went down, i go, "great, for the next 8 months we are going to hear about how they would have won if not for palmer going out."

Tyek wrote:Yes I am a Steeler fan, so I am sure I am biased, but that was a clean hit, sorry. It sucks that it happened, but it was a clean play and a freak accident. You also seem to forget that the Steelers manhandled the Bengals at home once this year and Carson did squat.

Would you have won without the injury, maybe, but one play does not make a game.

Gratz on a great season, don't ruin it by whinning like a baby. Your teams best days are clearly ahead of them.

I agree 100%. The hit was obviously clean. He, basically, was in the process of falling and Palmer's leg just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sucks too as the pass he made on the injury was an absolutely brilliant toss.

It's football, things can suck. Just ask the Jets, a pre-season favorite by many or Carolina last year or the Giant losing their entire LB core or...

Palmer even said that hit was clean. He doesn't hold it against that lineman. Lewis said after the game that injuries happen and it is part of the game and at least Palmer didn't cry like Rothlisburger did when he went down.

Bitch, please. I bet that pretty boy cried like Nancy Kerrigan once they carted his gimp ass off the field.

Or cried like CHad Johnson after getting shut down AGAIN against Pitt.

And lets not ignore this sweet little news tidbit: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ ... /601110370

Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson held a press conference Tuesday night to deny an Internet story that claimed he was involved in an altercation with Bengals coaches Sunday.

Calling the story "ridiculous," Johnson said he had nothing but respect for the fans, the media, and especially his coaches.

"There's never been a confrontation, ever, and especially with a coach," Johnson said.

Referring to injured Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer, who underwent surgery Tuesday afternoon, Johnson said: "Carson's out. Now somebody's trying to put Chad out. It's not fair."


Earlier today, on Lance McAlister's sports talk radio show on WSAI-AM (1360), Bengals radio analyst Dave Lapham said a player on the Bengals' offense confirmed that a confrontation did occur at halftime between Johnson and members of the coaching staff. Lapham also said on the radio that more than one defensive player told him that they heard a disturbance.


In postgame interviews Sunday, defensive tackle John Thornton was among the handful of players who talked in general about the lack of cohesion and that the team concept was lost and must be regained.

Thornton, reached Tuesday morning, said, "I can't confirm or deny anything that happened in the locker room."

The best part about this thread will be when it fades into nothingness after the Colts roll the Steelers this weekend.

noel wrote:The best part about this thread will be when it fades into nothingness after the Colts roll the Steelers this weekend.

I am saying it publicly......Steelers by 3

You just have to know that the Colts will win, if only so they can lose to the Pats. Again.

i would love to see that outcome

It's the Colt's year.

To build up hype for the Superbowl, it will be revealed that Archie Manning sexually abused Eli and Payton as kids.

Holy hell, what a game!

Any Steelers fans *not* in the emergency room with coronary arrest ?

noel wrote:The best part about this thread will be when it fades into nothingness after the Colts roll the Steelers this weekend.

Kilmoll the Sexy wrote:I am saying it publicly......Steelers by 3

SUCK IT! And fuck you goddamn motherfucking corrupt ass officials who tried your damndest to allow Indy to win this game. Thank God you asshats won't be calling the game next week.



And yes.....I was nearly given CPR when Bettis fumbled.

Well, at least now Elder Manning can go back to Utah and hang out with The Prophet, Joseph Smith. He has a bunch of praying to do. Also, hiphop earring guy can go back to sucking some cocks. Nice earring, fella! Sluuurp.

Worst call ever, I mean ever, for it to be OVERTURNED and ruled incomplete was, well, inconceivable

Boy was I (and like every member of the sports media, etc.) wrong. The nice thing however is that now that it's down to 4, I can only root for the Steelers and specifically Jerome Bettis!

There were so many completely blown calls in this game that I am damn near in awe that these guys get paid to officiate. Now granted, I am a huge Pitt fan, but I also normally call out penalties to my wife well before flags get thrown....and 95% of the time I am right on the money.

First, HORRIBLE non-call on the pass interference when Antwaan Randle-El got tackled by the corner.

Then you get the non-called false start against Faneca....which led to a non-called offsides and a no-play by the officials. When that many people jump, it is a flag on someone...be a man and call SOMETHING. That twitch by Faneca was a penalty, but so friggin subtle that the officials missed it.

Then you have the God awful botch on the interception.

Follow that up with one that nobody else seemed to see.....Steelers had a crucial 3rd down in the 4th quarter....Veron Haynes in at RB. Roethlisberger is in trouble and throws the ball on a little hitch underneath to Haynes.....except that Haynes got drilled by a linebacker who thought it was a run....while the ball was in the air. Pass interference and automatic 1st down. Botched.

Then....when Mannin completed one of the big passes.....the Colts had a guy jump and false start that was also missed.


That entire crew should be removed from doing any of the other games this year and be reviewed to see if they should ever be allowed to work playoffs again.

I was rooting for Indy but the bullshit call on the (non) interception made me fucking sick. It's disgusting that corruption in officiating in the NFL goes that high up.

Big Ben not only passed well, but hell of a tackle on that fumble he saved the season for us!!!

And yes, I thought the refs really screwed up, but if the game was tied, it still would have been the Steelers fault, you cannot fumble on the 2 with time running out.

I live in Indianapolis but am glad they lost although I feel bad for Dungy. They needed an attitude adjustment. Plus there are some real assholes that go to the games and I'm tired of listening to their yelling outside my building. Hopefully the Pacers wont make it to/through the playoffs either!

How can anyone pick against this guy? Jesus, LOOK AT THE CHIN!

Canelek wrote:Well, at least now Elder Manning can go back to Utah and hang out with The Prophet, Joseph Smith. He has a bunch of praying to do.

Not exactly Top Gun Officiating this past weekend. I sure hope they do a better job this weekend.

I could not have scripted a better first half. Jake is now in a position where he will have to throw the ball and they will turn the dogs losoe to try and get to him. Wow.

Another dominating performance by the Steelers. What a great team and a great story. I really hope they win the Super Bowl. I'd love to see Bettis get a ring before he retires. I'd love to see Cower and the Steeler organization get reqarded for staying with the same coach for such a logn time. And lastly, Big Ben, getting a ring as the before the 2 Q-Backs drafted before him Manning and that kid in Green Bay.

Go go Steelers!!!

Amazing. I am not surprised to see Ben throw it so well, but I am shocked that they turned him loose again. It definitely will make teams think when they face the Steelers......thank God the Bus gets his stop in Detroit. That place will be rocking in Black and Gold.

Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:And lastly, Big Ben, getting a ring as the before the 2 Q-Backs drafted before him Manning and that kid in Green Bay.

I am certain the all-knowing Midnyte means San Diego and not Green Bay. Think you got too narrowminded after the Steelers win there, have to hink of the bigger picture of the whole NFL!

It's almost like the Steelers were holding back the offense all season to keep other teams from having film to study. The only thing people are prepared for is smashmouth runs and high percentage passes. Big Ben has really played amazing well in this postseason, and I think the coordinator has modified the gameplan to capitalize on that.

Who dey, indeed.

p.s. If Cowher does win the one for the thumb that Pittsburgh has been looking for since 1981, he could prolly install himself as god of all western PA.

I'm jumping on the bandwagon myself. Gogo Bettis! Go Steelers!

Straight from the Pacific NW: GO HAWKS! Rolled em and smoked em baby!!

fuck the seahawks, i hope alexander and hasselbeck die in a freak ice cube choking accident

Aw...

Sore? Try lubing next time.