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Cincinnati Bengals (official thread of False Hope 2015)

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EidoloN said:
This game IMO came down to 3 plays, 0-1 personal fouls called for Steelers (Shazier on Bernard) and 2-0 calls personal fouls called on Bengals (Burfect, Wheaton hit). There never would have been a Hill fumble if the Steelers didn't get 3pts off the Wheaton hit personal foul. Unreal.
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Jeremy Hill holds on to the ball and there is no "Burfect" (or Pacman) in the final minute. The Bengals thought the game was over after Burfect picked off Jones. It should've been, but when Hill fumbled the next play the defense wasn't ready to go back out there. Then when the Steelers converted a 4th down, Burfect and Pacman lost their minds.

It's too easy to blame all of that on the refs.
 
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buckeyemania11 said:
The point is Porter should had been flagged as well for clearly being on the field for the purpose of instigating Bengals players....anyone who actually believes he was out there for the purpose of "aiding an injured player" is either a Steelers homer or a moron.
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That's true. But for Pacman to get sucked in by him at that moment was just dumb.
 
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buckeyemania11 said:
The point is Porter should had been flagged as well for clearly being on the field for the purpose of instigating Bengals players....anyone who actually believes he was out there for the purpose of "aiding an injured player" is either a Steelers homer or a moron.
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It isn't a penalty for him to be on the field.

I agree that he was clearly trying to get someone to bite but that pretty much sums up the Bengals problems with having Pacman and Burfict on their team doesn't it? They are so unstable the other team makes it part of their game plan to try and get them to do something stupid....and it works.
 
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"The NFL is serious about concussion issues..." If that were true, and if the guiding rules were as tight as the NCAA rules, about half the players on both teams defenses would have been tossed.

That said, the Bengals continue their stranglehold on the "Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory" award. And why would you continue to play someone as out of control as Burfect if you knew you had no control over what he might do on the field at any critical point in the game?
 
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I'm a Steeler fan, but I have to agree the Shazier hit should have been called. But the Burfect hit was a whole other level of vicious. I'm guessing when cooler heads prevail, Shazier is getting fined, but Burfect is getting suspended.

I can only feel so bad for the Bengals. They were "dancing with the ones who brought them". Even before the last drive, the announcers were talking about how Cincinnati was trying to get control of Burfect. That one is on the coaches.
 
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All the talk about the officiating, as inconsistent and frustrating as it may be, is moot.

The Bengals had the game won and gave it way. The fumble by Hill, interception by McCarron, the dumb penalty by Burfict, the dropped pick by Rey. The refs didn't cost them the game -- they cost themselves the game.

In regards to the hit on Bernard, I thought it deserved a flag. Regardless of how they have called it the rest of the year, that was a brutal and dangerous hit. If the aim of the flag is to protect players, then protect the damn players from hits like that.

(I would bet good money Burfict would have gotten flagged if he'd been the one that delivered that hit. :lol:)
 
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buckeyesin07 said:
The real winner tonight? Cleveland fans. They're hoping this game means Cincinnati is the new Cleveland. :lol:
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Earnest Byner's fumble, Bottlegate, Dwayne Rudd... It took two different Browns franchises many years to fail in a the ways that the Bengals managed to last night.

The Bengals' problem isn't that they employ players like Burfict and Jones. The problem is that they are looked to as leaders. Every damn team in the league employs players like them. Successful teams NEED players like them - not just because they are good, but because they provide an emotional boost that can be useful in the right context. It's no coincidence that the Bengals stopped playing like ass after the Shazier hit - those guys took exception and the Bengals started playing with more urgency and (legal, controlled) violence. Most other teams have their own guys just like that - but they also have more emotionally steady players with strong personalities that can act as leaders and keep some of that shit under control.

Also, the Bengals are naive to think that they can play the same dirty game as they Steelers and benefit from it or even come out even. Pittsburgh as been doing this shit for years, and as one of the "model" franchises they get the benefit of the doubt from referees, the league and the media where other teams don't. You can't try to match them cheap shot for cheap shot because you'll get screwed in the end.
 
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