Open Thread: Bengals beat the Packers 31-24, behind Antwan Odom's five sacks
by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 20, 2009 4:43 PM EDT
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PrintLet me tell you how this game ended. Shayne Graham converted a 40-yard field goal with two minutes left in the game. The Packers, with 1:51 left in the game and a 10-point deficit, start a drive that would go seven plays and take 1:11 off the clock. On second-and-ten, the Packers elect to attempt a field goal. Crosby makes the 45-yarder and the Packers are only down by a touchdown. With :45 left in the game, the Packers successfully recover an onside attempt.
At this point, every Bengals fan was suddenly reminded of that sickening feeling after last week's unlikely 87-yard touchdown allowed to lose the game in the closing seconds.
After successive incomplete passes, Aaron Rodgers completes a 22-yard pass and then spikes the football to stop the clock. With :16 left in the game at the Cincinnati 35-yard line, Rodgers hits Donald Driver for a 25-yard pass to the Bengals 10-yard line. The Packers sprint to the line of scrimmage and attempt to run one last play. However, the clock expired and the Bengals won the football game. I've never felt so many roller coaster of emotions through two regular season games in my life.
Other things to take note:
- Antwan Odom recorded five quarterback sacks in the game, tying Eddie Edwards for most in a single game in franchise history. However, they weren't just sacks. They were critical in the situations; like knocking the Packers out of field goal range, or forcing long-situations or forcing a punt.
- Rey Maualuga recorded four tackles, a sack and two forced fumbles.
- Cedric Benson rushed for 141 yards on 29 carries.
- Even though Carson Palmer through two interceptions that led to 14 points for Green Bay, he also threw for three touchdowns and recorded a fourth on a quarterback sneak.
- Kevin Huber averaged 41.3 yards-per-punt. However, he had several great punts that completely kept the field position battle, at best, neutral -- like when the Bengals were deep in their own territory, Huber knocked the punt out far enough that it wasn't advantageous for the Packers in field position.
- Quan Cosby returned a punt 60 yards. He finished with an average of 22 yards on six punts.
- The Bengals defense held Ryan Grant to only 46 yards rushing on 14 carries.
- Bengals beat the Packers, recording 319 yards total to the Packers 311 yards total.
- More importantly, the Bengals converted 64% of their third down attempts (9/14)
- Bengals reached the Red Zone four times, scoring all four times.
- The Bengals offense dominated the time of possession, with 33:48 in the game.
We'll have more throughout the week. There was a lot that happened, a lot to examine. However, the stage is yours. Bengals WON! How does it feel?
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The defense played great.
2 forced fumbles, 14 points they gave up were pretty much the offense’s fault.
Offense played really well too besides the 2 awful picks. O-Line knocked around a Packer defense that was extremely effective last week.
Quan Cosby was very impressive, patient, and smart. Showed good savvy.
"Bengals beat the Packers, recording 319 yards total to the Packers 311 yards total."
With about 80 of those Packer yards coming in garbage time.
Hope is renewed
Surely it will be squashed again, but at least for a week we can dream, right?
Who-dey, baby!
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by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 20, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder
What housh will say this week if Seattle loses. I can’t believe he said what he did last week.
by brandone on Sep 20, 2009 4:50 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Defense is for real
however, it seems we will struggle in 3-4 reciever sets. I think we need more corner help. O-line was great except for penalties and didn’t hear much about Collins so he must have have done well.
lovely
we made mistakes and still showed no quit… I have a mancrush on Rey
Palmer too!
Arter two disasterous picks leading to 14 pts. he forgot about it and played well afterwards
Brilliant
…and credit to the Packers fans on nfl.com for saying the Bengals were good value for it as well. Still, it got nervy at the end and that’s because they’re not used to winning. Today, they got a little more used to it – more of this, please.
Shayne Graham
Booted a clutch field goal. Fair play to special teams today – they got it back on track, on the road. Huber looks an awesome prospect as well as Cosby.
...the answer's still the same ;-)
Win in the division next week, and I don’t care how, to be honest!
The defense is on the right track, just like to see the odd pick.
I'm with you...
…just saying that there’s more at stake globally in beating an AFC North foe.
Hope that’s the case next week!
Congrats to the guys for a big win to get one in the W column seven weeks earlier than last year. :)
...ever see a victory that saves a season?
That was it. On the road. Never won there before. Home team looking to build on a decent opening week performance. Give them 14 points from turnovers (more or less) and still get the win. That has to be one of Marvin Lewis’ best victories since taking over.
personally i feel that this is great, especially as Vegas and every Packers fan thought this would be an easy win for Green Bay. Hah!
by Sheffieldbengal on Sep 20, 2009 5:03 PM EDT reply actions
Vegas, and...
…EVERY ESPN NFL pick “expert.”
Gotta LOVE seeing all those lovely red boxes!
(Of course, every one of them picked the Bengals in Week 1, but who’s counting…)
by TheWalrus1971 on Sep 21, 2009 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Let's see how the outside media
spins this." Bengals almost blew it again" or “these Bengals got them some testes”
First September win since...
…10 September 2007, ending a seven game losing streak.
Winning only their second road game since the start of the 2008 season.
…that sort of stuff.
More like the former than the latter...
“But the Bengals (1-1) were bailed out by a false-start penalty and barely salvaged a 31-24 victory over the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on Sunday.”
by TheWalrus1971 on Sep 21, 2009 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions
So many game balls to pass out!
This game was not as close as the scoreboard reflects. Great job to so many people. Special Teams! Great job. Chris Henry, great catch. Carson Palmer, great job overcoming the adversity of those interceptions. Cedric Benson, great tenacity! Odom, looks like you are headed to Hawaii! Game ball for sure. So much good to take from this game. Coach Zimmer, thanks for your leadership. Coach Lewis, congratulations. Let’s get the Steelers.
D-LINE
another dominant performance by the DLine if you ask me. After StingRey recorded his first NFL Sack…..Odom took over. Odom has been earning that contract thus far. How bout 7 sacks in two games?
On the other side, wasn’t it great to see Palmer with time? it’s been a while, i almost had tears in my eyes. I’m pretty sure he distributed the ball to 8 different receivers.
Great game Bengals….lets get ready for Pittsburgh.
3 yards and a pile of dust
Defense
How about Greg Jennings having ZERO catches and the Packers having ZERO punt return chances?
Congrats on the win guys
Odom was a monster out there. Impressive win, especially since no one was giving you any credit this week.
Also, thanks for the boost in the standings. Maybe now both of our teams can get a little respect.
by Eric The Viking on Sep 20, 2009 5:28 PM EDT reply actions
Benson
offensive player of game-getting 1st down on 3rd and 2 after being stopped behind the line of scrimmage.
my post-game snap judgment grades . . .
offense – b. carson made a few incredibly stupid mistakes and, as he said in his postgame press conference, gave the packers 14 points. but he was also responsible for 4 touchdowns, and the bengals took advantage of their opportunities and the time of possession advantage. as much as i hate to say it, bratkowski called a good game and actually surprised me a few times today.
defense – a-. they got gashed a few times and shouldn’t have let the packers get down to the red zone at the end of the game, but you can’t argue with their overall production the last two games. and antwan odom is on pace for 56 sacks, which is awesome.
special teams a+. kevin huber is my favorite draft pick, alongside rey maualuga, and has shown in two games to be everything kyle larson was not. shayne graham delivered, and you almost didn’t notice that brad st. louis still is having trouble with the long-snapping business. quan cosby was brilliant on punt returns, and i’ll even forgive the botched onside recovery, because that’s how great they were for the rest of the game.
you're all posers. i hated bratkowski before it was cool.
I think I have to agree on all three. Brat showed that he really does have a brain and he actually had it turned on for the game for a change. If he keeps it turned on like that, we’ll all be happy with him.
i don't think you can give special teams an a+
but just because they didn’t recover the onside kick. otherwise, yes. so i say an a.
originally, i thought that as well. but it seems to me to be a bit of an injustice not to give them an a+ just because of one thing that potentially could’ve been bad. had the packers tied the game or won based on that onside kick, i’d have dropped it to a b or a-, but special teams really made a huge difference in our ability to win this game and was a key factor in the team overcoming carson’s two big mistakes, so i figured they had to get an a+.
you're all posers. i hated bratkowski before it was cool.
i agree
and the special teams came up huge, but recovering an onside kick when the other team is expecting it is very difficult to do, so i think it takes away from their grade. like i said, i’d give them an a, but only because an a+ signifies perfection.
Spell Check
•Even though Carson Palmer through two interceptions that led to 14 points for Green Bay.
I think you meant threw not through. Might want to do a spell check next time. Not to be picky.
Spell check wouldn't correct that
‘Through’ is a word and wouldn’t get flagged. Picky ;)
Other things to take note:
Great use of Dennis Roland in the run game. I like putting in a third tackle and pounding the defense. I think the offensive line is only going to get better. Can’t wait to have Nate Livings back, though Mathias did fairly well. Running game and defense are going to give Bengals a chance every week.
I think we win by 2 TDs
…had we not flushed our first round pick down the toilet. Pretty awful game by Whitworth, who is a guard, but not much to complain about when you can get a win in Lambeau. Take care of business and get the hell out.
Thank god for Quan Cosby. Makes me absolutely ill thinking about how long we stuck with Chatman. Go figure…a guy who doesn’t shuffle his feet and fall down after 4 yards.
The bad news: We lay an egg vs. Pittsburgh and it’s back to square one. You can talk about how much better this team is vs. last year, but if we’re still not stacking up to the Steelers and Ravens, there’s very little to be excited about. Kind of like the Jets taking care of the Pats today. Now they’re relevant.
the first half...
Whitworth was brutal, but he cleaned up his act in the second. Combined with game #1, in which he did well, I still expect he’ll do OK at LT.
Just wanted to say...
Congradulations to all our Bengals player’s,Marvin Lewis,Zim,and the rest of our coaching staff.Way to come back this week .Last but not least,Id like to give a shout out to all my friends here at Bengals Nation with one big…… WHHHOOO-DEEEYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Who-DeyWilloughby on Sep 20, 2009 6:54 PM EDT reply actions
STEELERS WEEK-STEELERS WEEK-STEELERS WEEK
The Steelers lost and are dropping players like flies. Each week. Now they know how we feel. Let’s take advantage and kick the snot out of them. Maybe we can make them lose a few more players to rub it in.(Hines Ward). Hey Keith Rivers, don’t kill him just make it hurt for a long while. I’ve been waiting for this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Remember what I said like a couple days ago?
Defense wins!
How about Roy Williams and mualuga crush a few skulls on Sunday and get some defensive TD’s? Who needs offense let’s score through special teams and defense and strike the fear of god in opposing offenses with our back breaking defense. In the words of Will Ferrel in Old School " Rip his fucking head off!" and after that hand the ball to benson and shove the ball so far down their throat that Rodgers ass falls asleep b/c he is sitting on the bench so long! They need to hire a motivational speaker to pump them up before e erygame so they go out and injure at least 3 people on every team they play! Screw GB they suck balls and barely beat that shitastic team from Chicago.
by Diesel2405 on Sep 17, 2009 7:12 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
now lets get an interception, and ill be really happy with the D
"Ghiaciuc's play was a distraction"
Turnovers
I would like to see more turnovers created on defense. Maualuga did get Grant to cough up the ball once today.. but I think as the season continues we can expect to see more turnovers as Zimmer lets his guys play around in the scheme. At least JJ and Hall are killing it at corner.. Our defense will also play better as our offense plays better; something about not having to play the entire game helps keep the energy level up.
Penalties also continue to kill us, but GB was not exactly flawless today either.. Carson would be correct in that we need to clean our game up for us to compete with Shittsburg on Sunday. Oh yea, and how bout that L. Coles actually catching the ball today, at least we came away with a win!
by 80%OFTHETIMEIMRIGHTEVERYTIME on Sep 21, 2009 4:21 AM EDT reply actions
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