My thoughts on regular season wk 13

1. Russell Wilson was absolutely slinging it out there

2. O-line brought it

3. Germain Pratt guaranteed a Bengals victory, and proceeded to get mercilessly picked on throughout the game as they gave up over 500 yds of offense

4. George Pickens giveth...... George Pickens taketh away

5. Joey Porter Jr had his worst game as a pro

6. Cam Heyward appeared to be demon possessed

7. The game shouldn't have been this close, with the refs gifting the Bengals first td rather than throwing a flag

8. Watt and baby Wattcame up big when needed most

9. Patrick Queen has been a monster for the last few weeks... this week he was a deer in headlights

10. Nobody needs to question Calvin Austin's toughness

11. Corliss Waitman nearly had the day off

12. I don't even want to know what was going on with that time out before halftime

13. I hope the coaches and players do some serious film study as we have to do this dance again later

14. Grant Delpit said after last week for us to come and get your get back........ guess what's coming next wk....Delpit's Pratt moment

 

Perfect summary blackandgoldpatrol. I got nothing lol

 

Another solid analysis blackandgoldpatrol.

This is the 2nd game that Porter has had 5 penalties.

 

That Justin Fields keeper for the 1st down to ice the game had a zero percent chance to succeed. Yet it did, easily.

 

I would say that rumours of TJ Watt's demise are a little premature.

I also consider the Bengals to have one of the best offenses in the league. They were also a trendy Super Bowl pick before the season. There are now all but eliminated from the division title.

 

Lots of good today. Wilson was great and several young players are growing.

The bad parts of this game will overshadow much of the good though.

1. Pickens is an immature brat. It's a real problem and I doubt he will ever change.
2. JPJ is either the most stubborn player ever or he's just stupid. Dreadful game.
3. These refs are why some (not me) think the NFL is illegitimate. Many of the called penalties, and non-calls, were egregious mistakes.
4. The defensive play-calling was abysmal. Austin is Matt Canada with more talent to work with. He needs to go.

 

Same question this week as last. Where was Mike Williams?

 

Yes the cicny D sucks, but this is the first time in ages where the O won the game for this team, and they needed to.

 

crazy the steelers were underdog for this game.....Now 5-0 as underdog this year with win vs Atlanta,Jets,commanders,ravens and bengals

 

A lot of good things today, but seriously, we aren’t going to give up that many points, and keep winning.

 

That’s a stunning win today, away to a division rival that had to beat the Steelers to keep their season alive.

There are issues of course, but kudos to the players and coaches who dug deep today.

 

Harris was excellent today - 75 run/54 pass and TD.

Patterson was productive on both run and pass.

the 3 tight ends combined for 100 yards - we should see this type of number every game.

 

He played. He was actually wide open right next to Muth on his TD. Either one of them would've taken it for 6, but Wilson saw Muth first I guess.

 

Happy to have the W today, obviously. We can't ignore Tomlin's habitual poor clock management skills, however. One would think he'd absorb some clock management knowledge after 18 non-losing seasons yet it hasn't seemed to take. It didn't hurt him against a crappy D like the bungles but against playoff caliber competition, it could mean the difference between a W and an L.

 

Sign of a poor defense.

 

We found out what Wilson can do when he has both time and guys open.

 

Another beauty, B&G! Always love reading your takes win or lose

 

1. we missed Calvin Austin after he went out

2. Russ CAN still cook

3. Our RBs really do compliment each other well

4. Pickens is his own worst enemy and the rest of the league knows it

5. Ths Bengals tackles got away with a lot

6. Tough day for JPJ but he will bounce back

7. We let the Bengals stick around. need to work on that moving forward

8. Say what you want about Broderick but he's always the first one to help up/stand up for his teammates on the field.

 

great run down again BGP

I dont see it as the steelers D is weak, rather its more like the bengals have a high powered offense. They’ve been scoring on everybody. I dont know what was going on with jpj. Maybe a couple ticky tack calls on him made his performance look worse than it was.

thank goodness R Wilson is our Qb.

 

Thankfully the Bengals defense sucks. I'd love having Burrow. We should have really tanked his draft year

No way the Bengals D gets any better or gives a crap for week 18.

I see 11 wins, pumped we get to 12.

 

They didn't need him other guys stepped up.

 

How is their DC still employed ?

 

Yeah, the timeout at the end of the first half was bizarre. Made no sense.