Bengals-Steelers Game Thread

[Bobcat Bengal]

So since Palmer keeps getting these 'mulligans', WHAT EXACTLY transpired that caused them to lose the game, since Its everyone but him.

I'm tired of that tired ass excuse....'its his first year...blah blah'

Its Roethlisberger's FIRST season, WHAT's YOUR POINT?

[Tiger Stripes]

well fellas thats the season right there! that was the most important game of the season and they blew it.

[Scottishbengal]

Bollocks!

I hope Roar-Loud chokes on a Pittsburgh dick!!!!!!!

very frustarated, but hey, we were close against what could well be a superbowl team.

Look for the positives, address the weaknesses and go forward boldly to next week.

[Tiger Stripes]

i know as a bengals fan its always "wait til next year" but i really believe that next year is goin to be a great one these rooks are really performin.

[JPW]

You can "TALK" Palmer all you want...but take a look at our RUSHING game in the 2 nd haft while you are at it....

The truth is that we never got Anything going on Offense in the 2 nd haft at ALL.

And every time where it even Looked like we Might get it going ..the play was called back.

But the Real Truth is that the Steelers just flat out Out-Played us in the 2nd haft.

[not-another]

i know as a bengals fan its always "wait til next year" but i really believe that next year is goin to be a great one these rooks are really performin.

we are as good as pittsubugh.

stop thinking about next season, think about this one.

if your gonna sit here and talk about how bad palmer and bengals were, what game were you watching?

cheeslisberger got sacked like 5-6 times. palmer only 3-4.

so shut up about how bad palmer and bengals were, they were great!

who dey!

[BengalBax]

i know as a bengals fan its always "wait til next year" but i really believe that next year is goin to be a great one these rooks are really performin.

we are as good as pittsubugh.

stop thinking about next season, think about this one.

if your gonna sit here and talk about how bad palmer and bengals were, what game were you watching?

cheeslisberger got sacked like 5-6 times. palmer only 3-4.

so shut up about how bad palmer and bengals were, they were great!

who dey!

oh man...............

[WhoDey42]

1) Couldn't stop Bettis.

2) Couldn't finish sacks on Ben

3) Couldn't stop them on 3rd down

4) We were in too many 3rd and long situations

5) Penalties

6) Carson's two major mistakes.

I'm not gonna protect Carson and say that the line wasnt giving him enough time. He made two major mistakes that may have cost us the game, but Kitna is NOT the answer. Carson is going to stay in there. We just couldn't get anything goin on offense.

Lets get the Clowns next week...PLEASE.

[Bobcat Bengal]

You can "TALK" Palmer all you want...but take a look at our RUSHING game in the 2 nd haft while you are at it....

The truth is that we never got Anything going on Offense in the 2 nd haft at ALL.

And every time where it even Looked like we Might get it going ..the play was called back.

But the Real Truth is that the Steelers just flat out Out-Played us in the 2nd haft.

That's definitely true....I'll agree with you....hence my 'jekyll and hyde' comment earlier.

but getting a damn safety in YET ANOTHER TWO MINUTE DRILL doesn't help things.

Damn, after watching this entire season, I'm wondering about his clutch, crunch time factor....he doesn't seem to have it. And no, I ain't talking about when we have leads, like Washington and Miami, I'm talking about when we need to score.

BIG difference.

[ShulaSteakhouse]

please.....I watched the same game as you, so I don't want to hear it.

The only difference between Roethlisberger and Palmer was that HE made BOTH his mistakes near our endzone.

ANd why would you force that ball in there ANYWAY? He was TRIPLE covered. But, hell, the recievers were open all day as you claim, so maybe I missed something.

Save your breath, energy, finger strength, whatever, cuz its falling on deaf ears.

So, again, Brady and McNabb did worse against them and you expect Palmer to surpass them at this point? In fact he did, but every other week is put in a position where he has to win the game in the last 2 minutes.

How many 1st and 20's did they have in the 2nd half? 2nd and 17? 2nd and 25?

Penalties and a bad 0-line killed them today, Palmer's mistake was quickly made up for with a perfect drive for his 2nd passing TD.

Berger throws for 130 yards a game and wins - I wonder why that is?

[UK Bengal]

The only difference between Roethlisberger and Palmer was that HE made BOTH his mistakes near our endzone.

ANd why would you force that ball in there ANYWAY? He was TRIPLE covered. But, hell, the recievers were open all day as you claim, so maybe I missed something.

i think you need to read my post again because you are way of the mark here i was responding to the dumbass bench palmer start kitna debate.

[Bobcat Bengal]

i know as a bengals fan its always "wait til next year" but i really believe that next year is goin to be a great one these rooks are really performin.

we are as good as pittsubugh.

stop thinking about next season, think about this one.

if your gonna sit here and talk about how bad palmer and bengals were, what game were you watching?

cheeslisberger got sacked like 5-6 times. palmer only 3-4.

so shut up about how bad palmer and bengals were, they were great!

who dey!

Not-another, you're getting in a war of words you can't win,

you validated my opinion a number of occaisons, such as the Houston Oiler mystery.

So save it toots.

[WhoDey42]

i know as a bengals fan its always "wait til next year" but i really believe that next year is goin to be a great one these rooks are really performin.

we are as good as pittsubugh.

stop thinking about next season, think about this one.

if your gonna sit here and talk about how bad palmer and bengals were, what game were you watching?

cheeslisberger got sacked like 5-6 times. palmer only 3-4.

so shut up about how bad palmer and bengals were, they were great!

who dey!

A loss is a loss... we're going to complain. We didn't play good in the 2nd half. We had a lot of bad mistakes. We had a lot more chances to sack Roehlisburger and we let him go and he made big plays.

[Tiger Stripes]

i know as a bengals fan its always "wait til next year" but i really believe that next year is goin to be a great one these rooks are really performin.

we are as good as pittsubugh.

stop thinking about next season, think about this one.

if your gonna sit here and talk about how bad palmer and bengals were, what game were you watching?

cheeslisberger got sacked like 5-6 times. palmer only 3-4.

so shut up about how bad palmer and bengals were, they were great!

who dey!

whoa woman! slow your roll not once have i bad mouthed palmer nor will i. im givin praise to the rooks personally i believ palmer is the real deal, i dont kow who you have me confused with...

[Bobcat Bengal]

The only difference between Roethlisberger and Palmer was that HE made BOTH his mistakes near our endzone.

ANd why would you force that ball in there ANYWAY? He was TRIPLE covered. But, hell, the recievers were open all day as you claim, so maybe I missed something.

i think you need to read my post again because you are way of the mark here i was responding to the dumbass bench palmer start kitna debate.

You know, as critical I am of Palmer, I still don't believe benching him solves anything honestly. I've said that and I stick by that decision.

Man, I really don't know what to do about that guy though.....

[not-another]

i wasnt meaning that toward you tigerstripes.

it was just a lost. bengals played great. if your gonna talk about how bad we were, remove your head from your ass and watch the damn game!

we were great! better than other teams that face them.

[Bobcat Bengal]

So, again, Brady and McNabb did worse against them and you expect Palmer to surpass them at this point? In fact he did, but every other week is put in a position where he has to win the game in the last 2 minutes.

How many 1st and 20's did they have in the 2nd half? 2nd and 17? 2nd and 25?

Penalties and a bad 0-line killed them today, Palmer's mistake was quickly made up for with a perfect drive for his 2nd passing TD.

Berger throws for 130 yards a game and wins - I wonder why that is?

The whole point I'm trying to make....which I think you all are failing to realize....

Palmer makes mistakes at I-N-O-P-P-O-R-T-U-N-E times....

The 'meaty' part of the game was fine, but possibly he wouldn't have had to be Jim Harbaugh and play "Capt. Comeback" if he wouldn't have blunder that first INT for a TD anyway, right? That's besides the point, because that was relatively early in the game, and like you said, he conducted a brilliant TD after the fact.

Shula, and whoever else.....how many times has he commited a CRITICAL two minute drill error this year? And what has been the outcome as a result of those mistakes?

Think about that, and then formulate your response.

[jditty47]

ok im sick of the rookie thing and that being a scapegoat. Palmer and Bratkowski lost this game for us plain and simple. The D played amazing. Special teams coverage sucked so they get an assist but palmer's inability to play a FULL f**king GAME. God im gettin sick of losing games we should win. Palmer needs to THROW THE f**king BALL. GODDDDDD

[bengalboomer7]

I personally blame coach Brat. We must not have any confiedence in Rudi. He had a good first halff going, we had a halfftime lead and he only called like 5 running plays the whole second half. Palmer's mistakes are inexcuseable but we weren't out of the game so where the hell was Rudi. Look how many times Bettis carried the ball in the second half. We got beat not just because they are a little better, but coordinator wise we just got flat out coached because of Brat. 5 runs in the second half, you've got to be kidding me!!

[WhoDey42]

we were great! better than other teams that face them.

I don't care how good we played compared to other teams that played Pittsburgh. We didn't finish! We played great in the first half...but we came out flat in the second and couldn't make plays. It was a LOSS! We shouldn't be satisfied that we lost but we played better than other teams did aginst the Steelers.

[Tiger Stripes]

i wasnt meaning that toward you tigerstripes.

it was just a lost. bengals played great. if your gonna talk about how bad we were, remove your head from your ass and watch the damn game!

we were great! better than other teams that face them.

i hope this isnt directed to me either. i dont down my team... (not like some anyways) and also i watched the whole game beginning to end not like you leaving in the 3rd quater so maybe you should direct some of your criticism toward yourself...

[Steel Legends]

Steelers win!

The defense took the game over! Another big road win and the Bus ran all game long!

[not-another]

we were great! better than other teams that face them.

I don't care how good we played compared to other teams that played Pittsburgh. We didn't finish! We played great in the first half...but we came out flat in the second and couldn't make plays. It was a LOSS! We shouldn't be satisfied that we lost but we played better than other teams did aginst the Steelers.

my goodness, its just a game.

you guys get too wrapt up in it.

[bengalboomer7]

It's not just a game

[not-another]

i wasnt meaning that toward you tigerstripes.

it was just a lost. bengals played great. if your gonna talk about how bad we were, remove your head from your ass and watch the damn game!

we were great! better than other teams that face them.

i hope this isnt directed to me either. i dont down my team... (not like some anyways) and also i watched the whole game beginning to end not like you leaving in the 3rd quater so maybe you should direct some of your criticism toward yourself...

geez tiger, i wasnt meaning that to you. you didnt say a thing bout palmer. really, who i was meaning it too. bax, terry, and the others.

it is a game, big deal. we lost one game. there is always the next game we can win. sitting here mopping and trashing palmer on a bengals message board aint gonna get them to win next game.