Figured I would pre-empt the Bengals fan excuse making nonsense right here right now...
Here are the Harsh facts for any of them bold enough to read this board to chew on... First off, let me say I know it must be tough, I mean after all that they get a cruddy draft position and have to be envious of Houston, who never once gave their fans false hope only to rip it away with assholiness and stupidity.
despite that:
The Bengals don't get to blame the refs... not even a little bit. A lot got missed on both sides, but the steelers had 10 penalties for 142 yards and the Bengals only had 8 for 79...the refs did not favor the Steelers at all...
Let me extrapolate this further:
-The refs screwed the Steelers with the call on Munchuk... he was not maliciously attacking the Bengals player... he held him up and got his hand tangled in his hair... an ex-offensive lineman and respected coach in this league isn't pulling hair intentionally, and if you watch football you see coaches regularly try to stop the momentum of players flying into the sidelines.
-The only people who argue that the Shazier hit that caused the fumble should have been flagged do not know the rules... once a player puts two feet down and makes a football move (another step, stopping and turning upfield... anything) he establishes possession and thus becomes a runner... at that moment the defenseless receiver rules go out the window... a hit that causes a fumble cannot be ruled a defenseless receiver infraction since possession must first be established....
-Speaking of that hit, the ref's whistle cost the Steelers a TD... literally took 7 points off the board right there.
-Burfict's hit absolutely was a penalty... arms and shoulders have been included in the ***** defensless receiver rules... if you contact the head while the receiver is reaching for the ball or following through on a catch attempt, you get flagged....
-Pacman Jones whining about getting an unsportmanlike penalty when he tried to bully through several refs to get a guy out there for injury reasons was asinine... Refs have the right to throw that flag for bad language... they certainly have the right to toss it for a guy clearly instigating and mouthing off to refs... Here is a newsflash Bengals fans... if your player shuts his mouth and walks away the steelers are trying a 50+yard attempt, not a chip shot.... and lets also get this out there... pacman and Burfict are known imbaciles, liars and cheats... they have both been caught in lies such as the ankle twisting and the shooting incident before... Justifying their stupidity by listening to them is not wise... they say whatever makes their stupidity look better
_lets go further... did you all know there is another ***** rule on the books saying if a player in the action of sacking the QB intentionally falls with all of his weight on him and drives him into the ground with the intent to cause injury, that's a 15 yarder too? trust me Harrison had it called on him vs New Orleans a few years back.... Now if the refs were really out to get the Bengals, why wouldn't they have called that... or any of the dozen or so really bad holds, including the one where the olineman had the jersey stretched over his head?
Here is an idea... if you want to win a game, maybe score a point in any of the first 3 quarters...
or kneel down three times and kick the field goal at the 26 with a minute and change left,
or don't field known morons in the fading seconds of the game...
or how about this... find out if your backup QB cant play in the cold rain before you draft him into a northern city that plays outdoors.
Maybe just tell your RB to not fumble at all costs in the final minute and a half of a game...
This loss was all on you and your stupid, immature, and out of control players... blame no one else...
Here are the Harsh facts for any of them bold enough to read this board to chew on... First off, let me say I know it must be tough, I mean after all that they get a cruddy draft position and have to be envious of Houston, who never once gave their fans false hope only to rip it away with assholiness and stupidity.
despite that:
The Bengals don't get to blame the refs... not even a little bit. A lot got missed on both sides, but the steelers had 10 penalties for 142 yards and the Bengals only had 8 for 79...the refs did not favor the Steelers at all...
Let me extrapolate this further:
-The refs screwed the Steelers with the call on Munchuk... he was not maliciously attacking the Bengals player... he held him up and got his hand tangled in his hair... an ex-offensive lineman and respected coach in this league isn't pulling hair intentionally, and if you watch football you see coaches regularly try to stop the momentum of players flying into the sidelines.
-The only people who argue that the Shazier hit that caused the fumble should have been flagged do not know the rules... once a player puts two feet down and makes a football move (another step, stopping and turning upfield... anything) he establishes possession and thus becomes a runner... at that moment the defenseless receiver rules go out the window... a hit that causes a fumble cannot be ruled a defenseless receiver infraction since possession must first be established....
-Speaking of that hit, the ref's whistle cost the Steelers a TD... literally took 7 points off the board right there.
-Burfict's hit absolutely was a penalty... arms and shoulders have been included in the ***** defensless receiver rules... if you contact the head while the receiver is reaching for the ball or following through on a catch attempt, you get flagged....
-Pacman Jones whining about getting an unsportmanlike penalty when he tried to bully through several refs to get a guy out there for injury reasons was asinine... Refs have the right to throw that flag for bad language... they certainly have the right to toss it for a guy clearly instigating and mouthing off to refs... Here is a newsflash Bengals fans... if your player shuts his mouth and walks away the steelers are trying a 50+yard attempt, not a chip shot.... and lets also get this out there... pacman and Burfict are known imbaciles, liars and cheats... they have both been caught in lies such as the ankle twisting and the shooting incident before... Justifying their stupidity by listening to them is not wise... they say whatever makes their stupidity look better
_lets go further... did you all know there is another ***** rule on the books saying if a player in the action of sacking the QB intentionally falls with all of his weight on him and drives him into the ground with the intent to cause injury, that's a 15 yarder too? trust me Harrison had it called on him vs New Orleans a few years back.... Now if the refs were really out to get the Bengals, why wouldn't they have called that... or any of the dozen or so really bad holds, including the one where the olineman had the jersey stretched over his head?
Here is an idea... if you want to win a game, maybe score a point in any of the first 3 quarters...
or kneel down three times and kick the field goal at the 26 with a minute and change left,
or don't field known morons in the fading seconds of the game...
or how about this... find out if your backup QB cant play in the cold rain before you draft him into a northern city that plays outdoors.
Maybe just tell your RB to not fumble at all costs in the final minute and a half of a game...
This loss was all on you and your stupid, immature, and out of control players... blame no one else...