Fan Participation

[WhoDey42]

That was hilarious. I don't think it affected either team at all. I just heard the Bengals Play-by-play of it on my way home on ESPN radio. "... and a fan just takes the ball out of Farve's hand and he's running to the endzone...he's at the 30...the 25...the 20... and he's taken down at the 14.....YOU'RE AN IDIOT!"

[NbleSavage]

That's a great clip. We now need to see the end of the play (the crushing blow delivered by our soon-to-be run stuffing defensive tackle / former Bengals security guy at the 15 yard line).

[BlackJesus]

The Fox Post Game actually showed the whole clip and then even showed him afterwards getting tackled - Bradshaw said "Hit of the Day"

it was priceless, the fan switches hands as he is about to get tackled, and then stiff arms one guard, and then caused 2 other guards to knock each other out.... then gets blown up !!!

[HoosierCat]

My thoughts on the fan incident:

1.Whether it affected he game or not...its impact wasn't any worse than that horrible interference call the play before. That call was complete BS...if anything it was offensive pass interference on Olahete.

2. The guy's an a***hole. I'm sorry, but that's MHO.

[schweinhart]

I'm not unconvinced that that dude didn't actually keep the game from getting tied.

I mean, what would the Packers have rather had, the play called with the roll they were on, or the play that came after -- the sack.

It didn't seem like a whole lot of time went by before the Packers were lined back up and if they ran the same play on the sack, then the Bengals got a good look at not only their alignment but how they blocked and broke on the play Burger King Bengal blew up.

At any rate, you got to figure that play was the one they wanted in that situation. And there's no question the Bengals were on their heels at that particluar moment in time. Not to condone what he did, but The King's timing was unquestionably impeccable. I hope somebody bailed him out of jail if he went.

[BlackJesus]

Bengals to reassess security after incident

CINCINNATI (AP) - The Cincinnati Bengals will reassess their security measures after a fan ran onto the field Sunday and disrupted a potential game-tying drive by the Green Bay Packers.

An unidentified fan runs with the football after taking it from Packers quarterback Brett Favre on Sunday in Cincinnati. (Tom Uhlman / Associated Press)

The Packers, trailing 21-14, reached the Bengals 28 with 23 seconds left. Brett Favre took the ensuing snap, but whistles quickly blew after the fan came onto the field. The unidentified man took the football out of Favre's hand and ran about 50 yards before being tackled by security guards and removed from the field.

Favre was sacked on the next play, and on the final snap, he completed an illegal pass beyond the line of scrimmage that came up short.

Neither Favre nor Packers coach Mike Sherman blamed Green Bay's loss on the fan.

"I thought we had some momentum going, but there could have been an injury on the field that could have slowed things down," Sherman said. "We had our chances and didn't take advantage of them."

Favre said he didn't see the fan until the man had taken the ball from him. The veteran quarterback said he didn't think the fan helped the Packers, "but I'm definitely not going to sit here and make excuses."

Cincinnati coach Marvin Lewis and linebacker Brian Simmons said the fan's actions allowed the Bengals valuable time to collect their thoughts at a critical stage of the game.

"They were in a hurry-up, and that did slow it down and give us a chance to huddle, and we kind of came together as a defense," Simmons said. "But you don't want to see that because somebody could get hurt."

Bengals spokesman Jack Brennan said team security officials determined that the fan jumped out of the stands onto a cart parked next to a 9-foot-high wall behind the Packers' bench.

"The feeling has been that the height of the walls is sufficient to discourage fans from jumping out of the stands all the way onto the field," Brennan said. "Our security has video of the incident. It will be fully reviewed, and a determination will be made on whether changes are needed in our policies and procedures in this area."

Green Bay fullback William Henderson said something needs to be done.

"There needs to be security felt by the players," Henderson said. "For a man to take the ball out of our (quarterback's) hands shows there was a gap in security somewhere.

"I was concerned for Brett. I didn't know what the guy was going to do. We were still trying to drive the ball and score. I'm just glad nothing else happened. The reality is, you still have to play football, but the league is going to have to address the issue."

In October, the NFL began requiring its 32 teams to conduct pat-downs of fans entering stadiums as an added security measure. After a dispute between Hamilton County officials and the Bengals over who would pay for the pat-downs was resolved, the team began conducting the pat-downs on Oct. 23, when the Bengals hosted the Pittsburgh Steelers.

But in Tampa, a judge issued a temporary injunction stopping the searches at Bucs home games until a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida is resolved. The suit, on behalf of Bucs season ticket-holder Gordon Johnston, says the searches violate his constitutional rights because they were "invasive without necessity."

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5038066

[PMThor]

facing three counts - $22,000 bail

resisiting arrest

criminal tresspassing

DC/Intox/Annoy

yeouch.

[BengalsMan3203]

Video isn't working anymore.

[Stripes]

When it happened, the announcers didn't even seem to think anything of it. They were pretty uninterested that a fan had invaded the game and taken the ball from Favre.

[cincy90]

Someone's gotta make a shirt that has a picture of that guy running with the ball, and the phrase "Do Your Job" right under it. Then maybe put "Marvin's Army" on the back.

Haha...I would definately buy one.

[Kazkal]

Someone's gotta make a shirt that has a picture of that guy running with the ball, and the phrase "Do Your Job" right under it. Then maybe put "Marvin's Army" on the back.

Haha...I would definately buy one.

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