06-27-2017, 01:05 PM
For me there are two memorable games:
2003 Bengals win in Pittsburgh. I know they didn't make the playoffs, but this was the first year of Marvin Lewis' tenure, and after coming off of the 2-14 season in 2002 and seemingly no light at the end of the tunnel, the Bengals won in the final minute with a go ahead touchdown pass from Kitna, and finally to me it seemed like the franchise was turning a corner.
2009 Bengals come back to beat Pittsburgh in Cincy. The game where Carson threw the winning touchdown with 14 seconds left and the crowd went crazy. This was the season of the "Cardiac Cats" and this was one of the games that kept the clutch theme going. The season didn't end well, but it was the only time I ever saw the Bengals go 6-0 in AFC North play, and this game was a thriller.
Hmm, I'm seeing a pattern here.
I also have a couple faves against the Ravens:
2004 Bengals at Ravens: Palmer rallies the Bengals from a 17 point deficit in the 4th quarter against the vaunted Ravens defense in Baltimore and essentially the Bengals' domination of the Ravens over the years starts here. This kind of thing just didn't happen to Baltimore back then, and to an extent even since, except against the Bengals, and this was the first game where the Bengals' offense with Palmer, Chad and T.J. started scaring the Ravens.
2014: Bengals at Ravens, week 1. The game where Bengals led until the fourth quarter, suddenly gave up the lead on a long td pass to Steve Smith, and took the lead back on the next drive with A.J Freaking Green catching a bomb from Dalton.
2003 Bengals win in Pittsburgh. I know they didn't make the playoffs, but this was the first year of Marvin Lewis' tenure, and after coming off of the 2-14 season in 2002 and seemingly no light at the end of the tunnel, the Bengals won in the final minute with a go ahead touchdown pass from Kitna, and finally to me it seemed like the franchise was turning a corner.
2009 Bengals come back to beat Pittsburgh in Cincy. The game where Carson threw the winning touchdown with 14 seconds left and the crowd went crazy. This was the season of the "Cardiac Cats" and this was one of the games that kept the clutch theme going. The season didn't end well, but it was the only time I ever saw the Bengals go 6-0 in AFC North play, and this game was a thriller.
Hmm, I'm seeing a pattern here.
I also have a couple faves against the Ravens:
2004 Bengals at Ravens: Palmer rallies the Bengals from a 17 point deficit in the 4th quarter against the vaunted Ravens defense in Baltimore and essentially the Bengals' domination of the Ravens over the years starts here. This kind of thing just didn't happen to Baltimore back then, and to an extent even since, except against the Bengals, and this was the first game where the Bengals' offense with Palmer, Chad and T.J. started scaring the Ravens.
2014: Bengals at Ravens, week 1. The game where Bengals led until the fourth quarter, suddenly gave up the lead on a long td pass to Steve Smith, and took the lead back on the next drive with A.J Freaking Green catching a bomb from Dalton.
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