!!! THE OFFICIAL STEALERS @ BENGALS GAME THREAD !!!, FUCK PISSBURGH !!!

[oldschooler]

I don't care if we win another game all season,
well, actually that`s not true. Anyway, a win today
over our hated rivals, would make the pain that this
season has caused, a little easier to tolerate.


Give us some medicine Marvin and Company !!!





VERSUS


:bowdown:





WHO-DEY !!!!!

[oldschooler]

Link to NFL.com's Game Center . . .


http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter?game_i...tab_gamecenter

Link for streaming Audio . . .


http://www.thegamelive.com/footballnfl.html#cin

[ONYX]

[oldschooler]

Weekly News Releases:


Bengals http://assets.bengals.com/assets/default/wr081019.pdf


Stealers http://assets.bengals.com/assets/def...9_steelers.pdf

[oldschooler]

NUMBERS GAME
24-18 - Bengals at home under Marvin Lewis
0-6 - Bengals vs. Pittsburgh at home under Lewis
1-8 - Bengals vs. Pittsburgh at Paul Brown Stadium
3.1 - Bengals yards per rush in 2008
3.7 - Steelers yards per rush in 2008
19 - Sacks allowed by Bengals in 2008
19 - Sacks allowed by Steelers in 2008
117 - NFL passes completed by Bengals QB Ryan Fitzpatrick
164 - Times Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger has been sacked in his career
144 - Steelers FGs by Jeff Reed in 91 games
142 - Bengals FGs by Shayne Graham in 85 games
290 - Career NFL carries by Steelers RB Mewelde Moore
169 - Career NFL carries by Bengals RB Chris Perry
12 - Combined sacks by Steelers OLBs James Harrison and Lamarr Woodley in five games
5 - Bengals sacks in five games


LAST TIME THEY MET...


December 2, 2007 - The Bengals are supposed to have one of the NFL's most dangerous offenses but after scoring on the first drive of Sunday night's game it had no answers against the Steelers' top-ranked defense in a 24-10 loss at soggy Heinz Field. The 10 points scored by the Bengals were their fewest since the 2005 season finale when they managed just three in a 37-3 loss at Kansas City. "Our offense as a unit feels terrible," quarterback Carson Palmer said. "The defense kept giving us opportunities. I failed to make the adjustments and put more air under the ball in knowing and expecting and thinking (Chad Johnson) would be a little slower in getting out his breaks than normal."


JERSEY COLORS




BLACK

http://www.bengals.com/team/gameday081019_steelers.asp

[yorkshirebengal]

steelers will win, fortunately i have to miss this game but will be back on in time for the influx of steeler fans that will be here after the game

[oldschooler]

From C. Trents twitter. . .

Benson to starr at TB, Caldwell returning kicks 3 minutes ago
K Shayne Graham a no go for today's game 42 minutes ago

http://www.thelotd.com/ctrent

[oldschooler]

Bengals inactives
Posted by ShannonRussell at 10/19/2008 11:33 AM EDT on Cincinnati.com

INACTIVES:

Carson Palmer is the third quarterback

Glenn Holt WR

Shayne Graham K

Jamar Fletcher CG

Corey Mays LB

Ben Utecht TE

Orien Harries DT

Jason Shirley DT



A couple changes in the starting lineup:

-Ryan Fitzpatrick, as expected, will start at QB

-Cedric Benson will start at HB

-Chinedum Ndukwe will start at SS

-Dexter Jackson will start at FS

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs...cincinnati.com

[yorkshirebengal]

glenn holt will be missed, he is currently leading the NFL in return yardage.

why the fuck is JT playing over harris. harris is much better

[oldschooler]

Graham out; Benson starts
By GEOFF HOBSON
October 19, 2008

Shayne Graham won't kick for the second week in a row and running back Cedric Benson drew his first Bengals start according to Marvin Lewis' pre-game inactive sheet.

Also down for the Bengals is wide receiver Glenn Holt (ankle), meaning that rookie receiver Andre Caldwell prepared to make his NFL debut and do it returning kicks.

Safety Dexter Jackson returned to the lineup for the first time since breaking a thumb in the opener and moved to free safety in place of Marvin White and opposite strong safety Chinedum Ndukwe. White, the second-year player out of Texas Christian, has started all six games at free and came up with his first NFL interception last week against Jets quarterback Brett Favre. But the Bengals are apparenlty seeking more secondary seasoning in an effort to cut down on big plays, particulalry on third down.

http://www.bengals.com/news/news.asp?story_id=7199

[oldschooler]

Pregame: Bengals-Steelers 10.19
Sunday, October 19, 2008, 11:38 AM EST [Bengals]

Inactives for the day: Carson Palmer is the third QB, also WR Glenn Holt, K Shayne Graham, CB Jamar Fletcher, LB Corey Mays, TE Ben Utecht, DT Orien Harris and DT Jason Shirley.

Cedric Benson starts for Chris Perry at HB

Andre Caldwell to return kicks for Holt

Dexter Jackson starts at free safety, Chinedum Ndukwe at strong.

Is it rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic, or do you expect some improvements? How many snaps you think Pat Sims gets vs. John Thornton at DT? How about snaps by Jackson vs. Marvin White at S?

Inactives for the Steelers: QB Dennis Dixon (3rd QB), RB Carey Davis, RB Willie Parker, LB Keyaron Fox, OT Tony Hills, OT Marvel Smith, WR Dallas Parker, DT Casey Hampton.

Max Starks starts at LT in Smith's place, Mewelde Moore at RB in place of Willie Parker, Najeh "Duece" Davenport starts at FB in the place of Carey Davis, Chris Hoke will start at NT in place of Hampton, Bryant McFadden starts at RCB in the place of Deshea Townsend.

http://www.thelotd.com/ctrent

[LordWaylander]

Lets see if the pissburghers laugh at the new and improved Defense. I have the feeling our Defense will surprise them. Our Defense is a new and much tougher breed.

4 sacks, 3 fumbles, 5 interceptions and 2 return TD's for our Defense. Go D !

Our Offense is in such a mess that the Defensive prediction is for the first time not only easier to predict a positive note for them but be over optimistic as they are playing that bloody good.

As for a positive Offensive prediction, where would one start.

Which Oline will we get the one that showed up against Dallas and the Giants or the one which showed up against the Browns ?

If the one that showed up against the Browns then its an easy prediction ... jack shit is what they will do.

Now if we get the Oline that played against Dallas and the Giants, then we should be able to get 2 possibly 3 TD's and a few FG's too.

Our Offense owes our Defense a lot of missed opportunities they have had given to them. This game they must not do so, period. They must take advantage and score of each one they get. Whether a TD or FG, but they must score.

If they do that, we win.

[StephanieB25]

If are going to lose, let's hope we make pissburgh earn this one, and some injuries to go around...

[LordWaylander]

Originally Posted by Housman25

If are going to lose, let's hope we make pissburgh earn this one, and some injuries to go around...

Gay Jen and Whines Ward would be two good contenders for injury of the year ! It will be interesting to see who wins

[yorkshirebengal]

oh waylander you are the eternal homer

[StephanieB25]

15 yard punt!

That's it, no more putting our games on television!

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

put in Sims, Watson, and pull Fitz for Jordan damn it.

[Wingman]

TOUCHDOWN BENGALS!!!!!!! JOHNSON!!!!!!!


:bengalsworld:

[Belle]

I woke up at 2:45 and missed the first half of the game!

[carella211]

Originally Posted by Belle

I woke up at 2:45 and missed the first half of the game!

lucky bastard

[Belle]

Originally Posted by carella211

lucky bitch

Fixed it for ya.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

collosal meltdown in the 4th.

[StephanieB25]

Originally Posted by Dr. Johnny Fever

collosal meltdown in the 4th.

more like a shitfest!

[carella211]

total domination. total embarassment. i wish heads would roll. but they won't. this is par for course for the bungles

[Belle]

Damn that was a BLOWOUT!

[carella211]

hh

Steelers pull away
By GEOFF HOBSON
October 19, 2008
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Updated: 4:05 p.m.

They just didn't have enough gas.

The Steelers finally emptied the Bengals' tank with two bombs by Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in a three-minute span of the fourth quarter Sunday that finished off the winless Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium, 38-10.

It was a 17-10 game and running back Cedric Benson had just energized the crowd of 65,860 with 52 yards on his first 14 carries. One was a 15-yarder in the middle of the fourth quarter on which he popped Troy Polamalu's helmet off his head and the Steelers Pro Bowl safety left the field.

But as the Steelers can do so quickly, they made it their game. Seeing backup cornerback Geoffrey Pope checking into the game fresh off the practice squad, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger hit wide receiver Nate Washington running past Pope for a 50-yard touchdown catch that made it 24-10 with 8:17 left in the game.

Then after the Steelers racked up one of their seven sacks of quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, Roethlisberger went deep again on the first play, this time to wide receiver Hines Ward, and cornerback Johnathan Joseph was called for a 38-yard pass interference penalty and that set up running back Mewelde Moore's two-yard touchdown run with 5:17 left left made it 31-10.

There was more. Fitzpatrick got sacked again, this time by linebacker Bruce Davis, and fumbled it away for his only turnover of the day.

Joseph had a tough day. Right before Washington's TD, Joseph jumped on a third-and-seven route and tried to make a play but Steelers receiver Santonio Holmes made the catch to keep the drive going.

Then after the Fitzpatrick fumble, Joseph got a hand on a pass and it still went to Ward for the final touchdown of the day.

Moore finished with 120 yards on 20 carries, the seventh different Steeler to rush for 100 yards against the Bengals since 1992.

After the Steelers punched them with a touchdown on their first series of the second half, the Bengals and Fitzpatrick responded with a 12-play dive that included Fitzpatrick's fourth-and-one sneak and ended on Dave Rayner's first Bengals field goal from 26 yards that cut Pittsburgh's lead to 17-10 with 2:38 left in the third quarter. Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium.

Fitzpatrick hooked up with wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh for a 19-yard classic T.J. catch-pivot-run on third-and-five. But once they got inside the 10, Fitzpatrick couldnt find anybody open. On second down, he rolled out but outside linebacker LaMarr Woodley was with him step for step for a loss and on third down he looked back the other way to the left and running back Kenny Watson was covered in the end zone for an incompletion.

The defense continued to play out of its mind on the next series. On third-and-one, left end Robert Geathers and rookie defensive tackle Pat Sims combined to stop running back Mewelde Moore on third-and-one, dropping Pittsburgh's third-down percentage to 3-for-9 on the day.

After the Bengals rallied to cut the Steelers' lead to 10-7 at halftime, the season-long trends came back to haunt them on the Steelers' first series of the second half as Pittsburgh got a 13-yard touchdown run from Moore.

A bad punt and two missed tackles in the secondary (one by safety Chinedum Ndukwe spurred Moore's 24-yard run) set up Moore's first touchdown of the season. He was untouched as he followed guard Darnell Stapleton's trap block that enveloped right end Antwan Odom.

But the defense kept giving the Bengals chances. Fitzpatrick stood tall and smart against Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau with a 91 passer rating after three quarters, but they couldn't keep the Steelers relentless pass rush in check and when third down back Kenny Watson couldn't get his body on blitzing inside linebacker Lawrence Timmons it resulted in Pittsburgh's fifth sack of the day early in the fourth quarter.

Just moments before, Fitzpatrick almost hooked up with wide receiver Chad Ocho Cinco on a long ball as The Ocho beat cornerback Ike Taylor. He looked to have it on outstretched fingertips, but it bounced off when he hit the ground.

Trailing, 17-10, running back Cedric Benson energized the crowd of 65,860 with 52 yards on his first 14 carries. One was a 15-yarder in which he popped Troy Polamalu so hard that the Steelers Pro Bowl safety left the field after the blow to the head.

The Bengals obliterated a brutal half of football with a 92-yard drive that came out of nowhere against the Steelers and cut Pittsburgh's lead to 10-7 when quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick threw a five-yard rope to wide receiver Chad Ocho Cinco and he put his feet down in the right place for his second touchdown of the season.

How about this? The first half ended with Fitzpatrick having a better passer rating (99.1) than Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger (91.4) on 12 of 18 for 99 yards.

The Bengals offense had reached such new lows in falling behind to the Steelers, 10-0, in the first 28 minutes Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium, that their first first down of the game secured on running back Cedric Benson's four-yard run with 4:49 left in the first half was greeted with a standing ovation.

It sparked their only drive that wasn't three-and-out and featured the tandem of Fitzpatrick and wide receiver Chris Henry hooking up three times for 44 yards. He also found Ocho Cinco four times while hitting nine of 10 passes for 84 yards.

Setting up in the shotgun, Fitzpatrick had success quick dropping and firing the ball to the perimeter. But two of Henry's grabs were of the spectacular variety. The first one was a 16-yarder over the middle and he held on despite safety Ryan Clark blowing him up. Later he caught an 18-yarder falling out-of-bounds on a ball over his head on a play that held up to replay from the booth in the last two minutes of the half.

Before that?

Try five three-and-outs, 18 yards on 15 plays, a fumbled pitch for a 15-yard loss and a sack by marauding outside linebacker James Harrison while he made life miserable for Fitzpatrick.

It took them four series to get a manageable third-down try. The problem was, the third-and-two was from their own 9. Fitzpatrick got flushed from the pocket and thought about running as he took off to his left. He had running back Kenny Watson but he overthrew him as he ran away from pressure.

The fifth series ended in a classic Streeler zone blitz that dumped Fitzpatrick by inside linebacker James Farrior.

But as has happened virtually every week this season, the Bengals defense showed up and kept the proceedings from getting out of hand.

After another weak punt put the Steelers at midfield, the Bengals forced a punt of their own when cornerback Johnathan Joseph stopped running back Mewelde Moore on a run and a short pass. That was their third punt and the game was only 20 minutes old.

They would make them punt again when they stopped the Steelers for the fifth straight time on third down after cornerback Leon Hall came up to dump Moore for a four-yard loss on a second-down run. Moore had just 37 yards on nine carries in the first half.

But Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward didn't waste any time asserting himself on the game's first drive when he caught a 29-yard pass on third-and-seven and then on the next play took out Bengals WILL linebacker Keith Rivers for the rest of the game with one of his notorious blocks that injured Rivers' jaw.

To add insult to a jaw injury on the ensuing third-and-13, the Bengals dropped seven into coverage and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger still found wide open wide receiver Santonio Holmes for a 32-yard pass that set up Roethlisberger's two-yard touchdown flip to running back Mewelde Moore with 9:55 left in the first quarter for a 7-0 Steeler lead.

On the first third-down conversion, safety Chinedum Ndukwe blitzed up the middle and Roethlisberger responded hitting Ward underneath cutting to the middle. Cornerback David Jones missed the tackle and Ward ran away from everybody else.

Ward may get called on NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's carpet again after already griping about two $10,000 fines levied against him. He appeared to go helmet to helmet with Rivers, a league no-no.

Meanwhile, Brandon Johnson came off the bench to play in Rivers' spot and came up with a huge stop on the Steelers' second series. On third-and-one at the Steelers 31, Johnson blitzed and forced a punt when he stood up running back Gary Russell.

That was the good news.

The bad news was that the ball went back to the offense. And worse, they gave it back to special teams for a 15-yard punt that gave the Steelers a first down at the Bengals 30.

The Bengals, leading the NFL in three-and-outs, padded their margin on the first two series. The second one was particularly damaging from their own 22 when on first down they fouled up a reverse as Fitzpatrick and wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh couldn't get together on a fumbled pitch that lost 15 yards.

With the boos beginning to cascade after Fitzpatrick threw behind running back Kenny Watson on third-and-miles, Larson unleashed a roar with the bad punt.

The Bengals defense held them to Jeff Reed's 21-yard field with 42 seconds left in the first quarter when cornerback Leon Hall knocked away two passes headed to Ward, one in the end zone and one at the goal line.

The defense lapsed on only one play when Roethlisberger caught the defense flat footed as he went to roll out before sticking it in Moore's gut as left end Robert Geathers went flying past. Moore juked inside and went for 16 yards.

PRE-GAME NOTES: Shayne Graham won't kick for the second week in a row and running back Cedric Benson drew his first Bengals start according to Marvin Lewis' pregame inactive sheet for the Steelers game here at Paul Brown Stadium.

Wide receiver Glenn Holt (ankle) also went down for the Bengals, meaning that rookie receiver Andre Caldwell prepared to make his NFL debut and do it returning kicks.

Safety Dexter Jackson returned to the lineup for the first time since breaking a thumb in the opener and moved to free safety in place of Marvin White and opposite strong safety Chinedum Ndukwe. White, the second-year player out of Texas Christian, has started all six games at free and came up with his first NFL interception last week against Jets quarterback Brett Favre. But the Bengals are apparently seeking more secondary seasoning in an effort to cut down on big plays, particularly on third down.

Graham (groin) said Friday he didn't want to leave his team short if he couldn't kick at 100 percent, so Dave Rayner got the call for the second straight game. This time the duty is a little bit easier because he's had the entire week to work with holder Kyle Larson and long-snapper Brad St. Louis. He kicked two extra points last week against the Jets and had no field-goal tries.

For his career, Rayner is 13-for-19 from both 30-39 yards and 40-49 yards and 1-for-5 from 50 and beyond. He's missed only one of 15 field-goal tries from inside the 30 and missed one of 46 extra-point tries. Three of his field-goal attempts have been blocked.

Caldwell and fellow rookie Jerome Simpson were active for the game while rookie defensive tackle Pat Sims got another shot off his debut last week as John Thornton (Achilles) rejoined Domata Peko in the starting lineup at tackle after missing last week's game.

Also down for the Bengals on Sunday were defensive tackles Orien Harris and Jason Shirley, tight end Ben Utecht, linebacker Corey Mays and cornerback Jamar Fletcher.

Steelers nose tackle Casey Hampton was inactive and Max Starks moved in to left tackle to take the place of Marvel Smith. Starks, the son of former Bengal Ross Browner, brought some nostalgia to the day but the Bengals hope they can take advantage of his move to his second position. Starks is seen as more of a right tackle and Bengals right end Antwan Odom should have the edge on him athletically. The Steelers, like the Bengals, have allowed 19 sacks. But Pittsburgh has done it in one less game.

With Utecht down with his chest injury he sustained on the first snap of the Tennessee game in the second game, tight end Nate Lawrie was active two days after being promoted from the practice squad.

Lewis chose to introduce the offense as a unit, wearing black jerseys and white pants, as a unit on a sun-splashed, crisp day at PBS where temperatures were expected to reach the mid-60s.

With defensive back Kyries Hebert the special teams captain, the Bengals won the toss, deferred and kicked to the Steelers to open the game.

Ed Hochuli, the beleaguered referee, had the teams lined up on the wrong sides for the kickoff and had to reverse them.

[carella211]

i hope the texans go easy on us. my psyche can only handle so much butt kicking.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

I think Henry was the brief spark today, not Benson. He was energized from Henry as well.

[LordWaylander]

What gets me really pissed off was the helmet to helmet hit by whines hard. Didn't get a yellow flag for an obvious hit to Rivers helmet from Ward.

Bloody wanker went and broke Rivers jaw and now he is out for the rest of the season.

All I hope for is that some of our Defensive players plan and exact revenge on whines hard come the rematch. Ram that fuckers teeth down the back of his throat then piss on him.