12-05-2017, 03:39 PM
A lot of talk about the officiating, and there were definitely some bad calls, but the Bengals also had plenty of their own issues which played a big part in yet another second half meltdown against the Steelers, which these guys touched on after the game...
George Iloka:
"It has the feel of when we lost the playoff game. That playoff loss was more like we imploded, this wasn’t like that. The playoff game was like a sudden ... we imploded out of nowhere. This one was like slowly, slowly, and before you knew, we were playing for the game. It’s frustrating, because we put our hearts into this, and you could tell we wanted this game bad. There were people writing us off going into the game, but you could tell by how we came out, we really wanted this game. It’s frustrating to not get the end result we want, year after year."
Chris Smith:
“Some of those I disagree with — I think everybody does, but, we have to not make those (plays).They hurt us down the stretch. Every game — not just this game, but every game — we have to learn not to beat ourselves. We kept our heads in the first half, but in the second half, we can’t beat ourselves on the small stuff.
Clint Boling:
"We have to be more disciplined. We have to be tighter with our techniques, and those things hurt. It’s one of those things where we really have to eliminate those things."
Same story, same issues, same outcome.
George Iloka:
"It has the feel of when we lost the playoff game. That playoff loss was more like we imploded, this wasn’t like that. The playoff game was like a sudden ... we imploded out of nowhere. This one was like slowly, slowly, and before you knew, we were playing for the game. It’s frustrating, because we put our hearts into this, and you could tell we wanted this game bad. There were people writing us off going into the game, but you could tell by how we came out, we really wanted this game. It’s frustrating to not get the end result we want, year after year."
Chris Smith:
“Some of those I disagree with — I think everybody does, but, we have to not make those (plays).They hurt us down the stretch. Every game — not just this game, but every game — we have to learn not to beat ourselves. We kept our heads in the first half, but in the second half, we can’t beat ourselves on the small stuff.
Clint Boling:
"We have to be more disciplined. We have to be tighter with our techniques, and those things hurt. It’s one of those things where we really have to eliminate those things."
Same story, same issues, same outcome.
