The 2005 Bengals

[THE PISTONS]

(05-09-2019, 03:04 PM)NKURyan Wrote: No kidding? Gee, I almost forgot. 

That game in 2015 wouldn't have even been close with Andy Dalton at QB. They would've been up by at least two scores the way the defense played that night, and at that point there's no room for a meltdown. The only reason the Steelers were in that game was because McCarron did nothing for 3 quarters... I'll give him credit for pulling them into the lead at the end, but had they got anything from their QB before then it's not even a game IMO.

I don't know. We started 8-0 and finished 4-4. IF I recall correctly, we had several shots to wrap up the #1 seed and kept losing.

re: The lack of discipline - The Bengals built teams by picking up rejects with red flags which really hurt our discipline. Burfict and Jones were the poster boys...and fans seemed to love Burfict's dirty play.

That game...our boxscore: 0 0 0 16. We did nothing until the 4th quarter.

Without Bell, the Steelers rushed for 167 yards with 2 guys they signed off the street. The Bengals rushed for 91 yards.

Turnovers 4 for the Bengals and 2 for the Steelers.

Total Yards: Steelers 379 Bengals 279.

Penalties: Steelers 142 yards Bengals 79

Not going to lose the turnover battle by 2 and outrushed by 76 yards and win too many times.