Top Wins During The Marvin Lewis Era: Carson Palmer Beats The Steelers In First Game Against Pittsburgh After Knee Injury

by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 16, 2011 1:36 PM EDT

PITTSBURGH - DECEMBER 12: Carson Palmer #9 of the Cincinnati Bengals drops back to pass against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the game on December 12 2010 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)

+ Bengals Score 14 Fourth Quarter Points In Pittsburgh (September 24, 2006). Carson Palmer suffers a devastating injury during the Wild Card round of the 2005 NFL playoffs. And though Jon Kitna was admirable in his efforts to keep Cincinnati from losing, every thought from the moment Palmer suffered his knee injury was how long will it take for him to rehabilitate (or even if he would).

Palmer didn't miss a regular season game as a result of his injury and helped the Bengals kickoff the 2006 season with a 2-0 start and a September 24th date in Pittsburgh. Cincinnati took a 14-7 half time lead into the locker room thanks to two Chris Henry touchdown receptions in the second. Pittsburgh retook the lead with ten third quarter points setting up a Bengals-dominated fourth quarter.

Pittsburgh forces the Bengals offense to go three-and-out with just over eight minutes left in the game. Kyle Larson boots a punt 58 yards with Pittsburgh's Ricardo Colclough stepping up for the ball. Muffed punt! Cincinnati's Tony Stewart recovers and the Bengals retake the lead after a nine-yard touchdown pass to T.J. Houshmandzadeh. Two plays later, on second-and-four from their own 26-yard line, safety Kevin Kaesviharn stripped the football away from running back Vernon Haynes, recovered by linebacker Brian Simmons. The Bengals take a 28-17 lead on the very next play; a 30-yard touchdown pass to Houshmandzadeh.

The Steelers would only score another three points on 23 offensive players during the final seven minutes in the fourth quarter. The Bengals go 3-0 and are well on their way to another playoff appearance -- that was eventually disrupted by Pittsburgh in week 17 (but that's another list entirely).

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picture of the quitter

just turns me off to this article….sorry….lets move on please…no more pictures of this guy unless it is the "go longer " hot dog commercial….

by ticalcaldwell on Sep 16, 2011 1:42 PM EDT reply actions

Are you kidding?

It was a huge win. Awesome win. Think of it like that.

Managing Editor at CincyJungle.com -- SB Nation Cincinnati Bengals blog.

by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 16, 2011 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions

oh I understand the win Josh

My point is that anything that Carson has done has diminished in value…

by ticalcaldwell on Sep 16, 2011 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Are you kidding me..

Josh, the whole point concerning Palmer is that he hasn’t addressed the fans at all. Every player that leaves a city or wants to leave a city addresses the fans in some sort of way…i.e.twitter, public statement, agent…….Carson has done nothing, that tells me that he is not happy with the fans of Cinci….do you know what that means Josh?? It means a big -—- you too, sincerely from a loyal fan..see ya…Who Dey….

by ticalcaldwell on Sep 16, 2011 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions

the fans hated him at the end of the season

some fans dumped trash on his lawn. most fans were happy when he wanted to leave. i’m sure he had a problem with ownership for awhile, but when the fans turned on him like last year….

by nashville_chris on Sep 16, 2011 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh, I know.

When all of this surfaced in January, we’ve harped on that little fact for months. Not hearing about him. I’m just trying to get people off the CP mindset on what’s happening now and cheer for that awesome win.

Managing Editor at CincyJungle.com -- SB Nation Cincinnati Bengals blog.

by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 16, 2011 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions

His is a quitter buuuuttt

This was a great game. I had no heat in my apartment at the time and I remember sitting with like 10 blankets on and going nuts and screaming at the top of my lungs. The tab perry kick return was also awesome.

But looking at Carson Palmer does put me in a bad mood at this point.

by JerseyBengal on Sep 16, 2011 2:11 PM EDT reply actions