That was a ugly win...

[Eraserhead]

...but it was so ugly, it was beautiful in a way.

[Beaker]

All W's are a thing of beauty!

[McC]

(11-01-2015, 06:30 PM)SB50Champs Wrote: ...but it was so ugly, it was beautiful in a way.              

It was ugly to witness, for sure, but, from this point forward, it will be beautiful.

[West Union KennyG]

(11-01-2015, 06:33 PM)Beaker Wrote: All W's are a thing of beauty!

Agreed, Bengals teams of the past wouldn't have pulled a 'W' out of that.
Hard fought AFC North Smashmouth football there today.  And this Bengals team out smashed them today.

[CageTheBengal]

Hey it's the AFC North it's usually ugly in this division. May be the same way next game against Cleveland.

[bengalhoel]

It was ugly, but kind of fitting. How many times have we seen the Steelers close us out in that same way? This time The Bengals won the ugly game. Makes me proud.

[Aquapod770]

Man that was hard to watch. Seemed like neither team really wanted to win until the very end. Great job pulling out the win. I'll take it!

[*pally*]

winning ugly will help prepare us for down the line.

[fredtoast]

I am guessing the gameday thread was not very pleasant.

[fredtoast]

(11-01-2015, 06:39 PM)McC Wrote: It was ugly to witness, for sure, but, from this point forward, it will be beautiful.

This.

Reminds me of '09 when we got a kick return td and beat them without our offense scoring a td.

[Big Boss]

I'll take it. Regroup and take win #8 in four days.

[PApinhead]

(11-01-2015, 06:39 PM)West Union KennyG Wrote: Agreed, Bengals teams of the past wouldn't have pulled a 'W' out of that.
Hard fought AFC North Smashmouth football there today.  And this Bengals team out smashed them today.

Yep.  I still wasn't sure they would pull it out, but they were able to pull it together and come out with the win.  It is awesome sitting on top of the AFCN at 7-0!!!

[Luvnit2]

Yes it was ugly

But one more come from behind 4th quarter win for AD

Also, he is getting close to breaking some QB records of some all time greats in 1st 5 years

This win goes to the defense in my opinion shutting the Steelers down after the TD on their first drive.

But, AJ deserves a lot of credit as does the offense for finding a way in a very tough environment. Then the defense sealed the deal.

I can't wait to see us get a game where all 3 phases play lights out, today the special team were inconsistent, the offense was all over the place and looked dazed and confused, but the defense stepped up big time.

[WildCat]

this win is huge for 2 reasons. NE and DEN. I want a #1 seed and this team is heading toward that at break neck speed.

[Rattler]

Tonight I say - Go Pack Go!

[Utts]

Ugly doesn't even being to cover it. Lousy play calling, lousy execution, and like 100-yards of penalties. Not to mention 2 botched snaps. AFC North football is about hard fought, close games - not about sloppy garbage football. Sloppy garbage football is what the offense and Hugh produced for much of the game. In spite of all that the defense kept us in it, which was tremendous.

They made the plays they had to in the 4th Quarter which is the sign of a good team, but I would have preferred to see them come out and play a clean game after 2-weeks of rest.

[Whatever]

It was ugly, but it was good to see the D step up and be the reason we won today. The offense wasted a ton of opportunities today, but the D kept getting stops and set up the game winning score. Certainly not the game anybody expected, but it was good to see that they can win ugly over a quality opponent on the road.

[PApinhead]

(11-01-2015, 07:34 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: Yes it was ugly

But one more come from behind 4th quarter win for AD

Also, he is getting close to breaking some QB records of some all time greats in 1st 5 years

This win goes to the defense in my opinion shutting the Steelers down after the TD on their first drive.

But, AJ deserves a lot of credit as does the offense for finding a way in a very tough environment. Then the defense sealed the deal.

I can't wait to see us get a game where all 3 phases play lights out, today the special team were inconsistent, the offense was all over the place and looked dazed and confused, but the defense stepped up big time.

Right on!!!  I'll keep taking wins like that throughout the rest of the regular season and then the lights out games in the playoffs!  

[*pally*]

(11-01-2015, 07:23 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I am guessing the gameday thread was not very pleasant.

You want ugly...go read the Steele's boards game day thread

[Luvnit2]

(11-01-2015, 07:50 PM)Utts Wrote: Ugly doesn't even being to cover it. Lousy play calling, lousy execution, and like 100-yards of penalties. Not to mention 2 botched snaps. AFC North football is about hard fought, close games - not about sloppy garbage football. Sloppy garbage football is what the offense and Hugh produced for much of the game. In spite of all that the defense kept us in it, which was tremendous.

They made the plays they had to in the 4th Quarter which is the sign of a good team, but I would have preferred to see them come out and play a clean game after 2-weeks of rest.

We all would prefer perfection every time out.

But, I am very optimistic as we are undefeated with lots of room for improvement. I am hopeful we are peaking come January versus limping so I have no concern we played poorly (offense) most of the game because in the end they fought and clawed and won which is very hard to do against a team backed into a corner in front of their home and hostile crowd.