decent, albeit short, comic strip re: bengal fan and steeler fan

Playoff team on the road.

Incredible.

were was his pro bowl play today?

the third quarter series of Penalties was a friggin joke,outside of that I feel better about the bengals than i did after last weeks debacle against the Vikes. Offensively we just have to stop self destructing with Penalties,we always find ourselves in stupid 1st and 15 situations,right behind schedule from the get go. There was alot of grumbling about the Defense but we were playing a red hot chargers team,and we came within a whisker of beating them,yes the blitz at the end was a gamble which ultimately backfired but i didnt here anyone complaining when we did the same at Hienz field and against Baltimore in the 2nd game against them. We will win our next two and finish 11-5 and see how the chips fall

And Ben beats the Pack on the last play of the game……………..

and wait once again another week to try and win the north

they showed up today and took the Chargers to the end. Who knows, if Caldwell didn’t fumble, the Bengals may have been playing with a 4 point lead at the end. I was a bit miffed that Hall let that out get completed to set up the GW field goal. He HAS to know in that situation, the a completion towards the inside will kill the clock. Why he did not jump that route is beyond me.

Still, they proved the doubters wrong. I HOPE they beat the Chefs next week. This waiting around to clinch is KILLING me.

If we win out,as thing stand we would be playing Denver then going back to San Diego,I would take that. Laters guys

and I loved the passing game. Only thing that really upset me was Leon Hall. I talked about it with a friend right after the game.

The blitz was on. As a DB in that situation, you know the ball has to come out quick, and they have to look for the sideline. That soft “coverage” on the out was absolutely inexcusable. Just terrible.

It was a very close game, the Caldwell fumble hurt, but I think the turning point which allowed SD to collect themselves was ML’s very untimely timeout after the Chargers had an injured player on the field with no timeouts. The timeout that was called by Marv allowed the Chargers to catch a breather without wasting a down.

Why was the timeout called when the Chargers were planning to spike anyways???

that’s the second game that university of florida piece of shit has cost us. cut his ass now!!!!!!!!!!!1

uggh, that just makes me angry.

reminded me of the 2005 SDG game. Bengals played well on all fronts, just not well enough. 3rd quarter meltdown and an inability to score touchdowns cost the game.

This is how I expect our game in the playoffs will go.

Also, Lewis and Palmer again make a mistake with timeouts late in a half. End of the first half, the Bengals spike the ball after a first down with about 30 seconds to go. They were right near the end zone, and now only had 2 chances for a TD. What were you saving that timeout for? The Bengals did the same thing late in the first game against Pittsburgh. They went out to convert some fourth downs in that game, and luckily never had to pay for the mistake. Apparently they did not learn the lesson, but hopefully they will.

Later in the 3rd quarter, the bengals had a 4th and 1 at midfield. Lined up a fake punt, and San Diego calls timeout. Cool. But then the Bengals simply proceed to punt? They had been moving the ball all afternoon, and with us being such a strong running team, why not go for it in that situation? If you’re going to have a strong running attack, you should be able to rely on it in crucial situations.

Needless to say, the punt ended up a touchback, a net of 20 yards, and Chargers went on to score, and victory.

Let’s just get that clinch finally out of the way next week and see what happens!

Hey, it felt much better than the loss to the vikings did last week, that’s for sure.

No one can give our D that much static after playing against such a complete offensive package as the Chargers have. Let he who has no Chargers on his fantasy FB team throw the first rock. They have a ton of weapons and are on fire right now.

Pentalties. Costly. Biggest factor in the game instead of blaming a player.

Referees. Really? You guys have done this before right? Very poor calls that took away our chance for OT at the very least. Nuts and Bolts, we got screwed.

But hey come on. It was an excellent game by both teams. Charger players were dropping all over the place. We should have (and as importantly could have) put up a couple more scores to secure the win, but it was not to be.

Great Game, Chargers. See you in a few weeks.

Just wanted to stop by and thank you for being civil and providing me with intelligent conversation all week. I know it was a tough week for your team, and you as fans, but the Bengals at least showed that they are not the team that got stomped by the Vikings.

As I said over at BFTB, this was the closest thing we’ve had to a playoff game so far. Playoff bye on the line, evenly matched teams and it really was won by “whoever has the ball last”. I hope we don’t have to play the Bengals again in a few weeks, because they showed some holes in our defense that just weren’t there previous to this week (namely, the out routes).

Anyways, good game. The officiating was horrible all around and the Chargers won mainly because they got the lucky bounce. I mean that literally. If Scifres’ punt doesn’t bounce out of bounds at the 5, it could be an entirely different game. Also, obviously, Dobbins getting his helmet on the ball to cause the fumble was just as big.