Quote:Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict absorbed a three-game suspension for an illegal hit that concussed Steelers receiver Antonio Brown, knocking him out of a divisional round game against the Broncos. As a result of the suspension, Burfict will miss the next chapter in the Bengals-Steelers rivalry.

So was the scheduling of a Bengals-Steelers game in Week Two, during Burfict’s absence, intended to reflect extra punishment for the Bengals?

“I doubt that,” Steelers owner Art Rooney said in quotes published on the team-owned website. “I’m sure the league wanted a game that would be an interesting game for us to open our season at home, and that certainly fits the bill in terms of renewing the rivalry with the Bengals early in the season.”

It would have been much more interesting if it had come two weeks later, in lieu of the Sunday night game the Steelers will be hosting against the Chiefs.

With Burfict due to miss three games, why shouldn’t one of those missed games happen against the team that saw its Super Bowl hopes dashed by not having Brown in a playoff game against the Broncos? Given that Denver couldn’t cover Brown when the teams played in Pittsburgh on December 20, it’s not a stretch to say the Steelers would have won with Brown.

So if anyone deserves to catch the Bengals when they don’t have Burfict, it’s the Steelers. If anything, both Bengals-Steelers games should have been played in the first three weeks of the season.

(04-15-2016, 01:47 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: If i ever saw Florio in person and was the slightest bit drunk i would more than likely punch that mans nose in.

They couldnt beat us with a backup QB without the refs help. Sick of their BS. They werent super bowl bound.

(04-15-2016, 02:05 PM)masonbengals fan Wrote: **** Florio & **** Pittsburgh....

(04-15-2016, 01:51 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: You'd probably get about 50 articles on his site filled with legal gobbletygook and stupid opinions about your punch.

What does that have to do with football, you ask? What does 2/3rds of his site's articles have to do with football, I reply.

(04-15-2016, 01:37 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Rooney doesn't think he gets special treatment from the guy who he got a $40m/yr paying job.
Florio gives an opinion that's just really stupid.


I'll file those under "shit that doesn't surprise me". Lol

(04-15-2016, 02:24 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I know that site more for their liberal agendas, hot takes, and Florio's obsession with showing off his Law degree than actual football news.

Plus he can't even hide that he's a Steelers homer. The TMZ of the NFL.

(04-15-2016, 02:40 PM)CageTheBengal Wrote: I wish I didn't like the format of the site so much or else I wouldn't go. I like the simplicity of it and that it loads quickly. With my rural farm internet most websites are so busy and have so much crap loading it can be a pain to get to.

Cincinnati.com is the worst that way.

(04-15-2016, 03:53 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Have you tried nfltraderumors.co? (yes, .co not .com)

Very simple format with plenty of rumors and news with zero personal opinions and BS.

(04-15-2016, 05:41 PM)pally Wrote: It baffles me that all these so-called pundits can't figure out that without 30 yards in penalty yardage the odds of the Steelers winning that game at all was zilch.  They need to make up their minds.  Of course I do realize that acknowledging this little bit of reality wouldn't play with the "Burfict is dirty" storyline that they are working to death.