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Steelers pick off Bengals bid, 23-7

                The Cincinnati Bengals gave it all they had today through the first three quarters. At the 12:21 mark in the fourth quarter, Carson Palmer threw his second interception return for a touchdown. After that play, the Pittsburg Steelers never slowed down. They went on to win twenty three to seven. That interception was Carson’s fifth interception return for a touchdown this season. That is among the league highest with all quarterbacks.

                After the Steelers kicker Shaun Suisham nailed a forty one yard field goal with 5:34 left, the Bengals suffered their club record tenth loss and fell to a record of 2-11.

                The defense totaled for all the Steelers points, aside from field goals. They had a total of two touchdowns and all the rest field goals. They controlled the clock in the fourth quarter by holding the ball for 13:11 out of the fifteen total minutes in the third quarter.

                Ben Roethlisberger had to settle for a lot of screen plays and quick throws because he was really banged up. He picked apart the Bengals secondary with all of their missed tackles and blown coverage’s that left the receivers open.

                On the other hand, Cincinnati’s offense was the exact opposite. Palmer threw three interceptions and just couldn’t get it done today. Wide receiver Terrell Owens had only one catch for twenty two yards and Carson only threw for 178 yards.

                The hard work of the Bengals defense was spoiled by two pick sixes by Carson Palmer. After those, there was no hope and no chance for them to recover.

                It was just another typical week for the Cincinnati Bengals. They can’t move the ball on offense and the turnovers kill them. It is just the way the season is going for the Bengals. Doesn’t look like it is going to get any better with the red hot Cleveland Browns up next week.

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Saints edge Bengals, 34-30

                The new Cincinnati Bengals kicker that they signed out of free agency Clint Stitser has never played in an NFL football game. He came in with virtually no practice and playing time in his first NFL game and made a 47-yard field goal to give the Bengals a 30-27 lead over the defending Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints. It turns out that that was not enough for them to hold onto a win.

                After that field goal, Drew Brees lead his team down and threw a 42-yard bomb to Robert Meachem which put them in very good field position to either tie up the game or give them the lead.

                When the Saints got to 4^th down, they lined up with the offense still on the field. Drew Brees started yelling commands and changing plays, trying to draw the Bengals defensive line offside’s. It worked with three seconds left on the play clock. The Bengals Pat Sims jumped the snap and Brees snapped it and they got a five yard penalty which gave them a first down.

                The very next play, Brees found a open Marcus Colston in the end zone for the game winning touchdown.

                This is just another example on the way that the Bengals season is going. Last year they would have had the luck and determination to pull this win out, but this year is the exact opposite. The Bengals are losing games this year that they won last year. It doesn’t look like it is getting any easier with the Pittsburgh Steelers on deck. We will see what happens next week.

http://www.bengals.com/news/article-1/Saints-edge-Bengals-34-30/ac11a246-845b-4e66-9ca7-124950da66f8

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Update: Bengals seek kick upgrade; T.O. salutes Revis (sort of); Bengals-Jets most watched

                The Cincinnati Bengals get the weekend off because they played the New York Jets on Thanksgiving Thursday. They surrendered a hard 26-10 loss to the jets on turkey night. After this loss, head coach Marvin Lewis announced at a press conference on Friday that there will be some roster changes this week. He claimed that they want to upgrade in kicker because their current kicker Aaron Pettery has missed a lot of field goals.

                There have been rumors all around Cincinnati that they are going to bring in the veteran kicker Kris Brown. Brown was recently cut by the Sandiego Chargers on Saturday.

                They tried to bring in the former Pittsburg Steeler kicker Jeff Reed, but he has shot down all the offers that were sent his way.

                Forty-eight hours after Bengals wide receiver Terrell Owens called the Jets corner back Derrell Revis just an average corner, Revis held TO to just three receptions for seventeen yards.

                Besides for the first half in last Sundays loss to Buffalo, the Bengals offense hasn’t done anything since they put up thirty-two points against Atlanta.

                Chad Ochocinco had Antonio Cramarties number in the first half. He had four receptions for forty one yards. But all of those receptions were in the first half. Palmer did not go back to Ocho in the second half at all. Chad stated after the game that he wished that he could have had more chances to help out the team and try to help them win.

                But this was just the typical Bengal game. Their offense can not hold up without committing stupid turnovers. But that is just the way this year’s season is going. They get the defending super bowl champion Saints next week; doesn’t look like their luck will change any time soon.

The Bengals game..

Bills turn first-half anger into a come from behind win over hapless Bengals

                The halftime score to the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals game was 31-14. Everything looked to be going the way of the Bengals. But then the Bills went into the locker room and put their game faces on and got angry. They were upset with the officials for letting Cincinnati kick that field goal at the end of the first half. It was their biggest comeback in thirteen years.

                The Buffalo Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick threw to match his career high with four touchdown passes. Players were talking on the sidelines on how they were not going to “fold up the tent” yet, and it was apparent that the Bengals had folded theirs. Safety Donte Whitner said that it was louder in the Bills locker room at half time than it was in the Bengals stadium.

                Wide receiver Steve Johnson caught three of Fitzpatricks four touchdown passes. He finished with eight catches for one hundred and thirty-seven yards.

                With this loss, the Bengals granted themselves with their eighteenth losing season in the last twenty years. This game failed to sell out. Therefore it was not shown on television.

The star Bengals receiver Terrell Owens said that they are terrible and how he doesn’t blame fans for booing them and not coming to watch them play.

One fan had a bag over their head that said “Bungles” and sitting next to him was a Bills fan that had a bag over their head as well that said “Jills”.  

Story of the year for the Bengals to give up that kind of league. I personally think it is pathetic and some changes need to be made to change up these continuing bad outings by the team. I think that TO said everything that needed to be said and what he said was the one hundred percent truth when he said that are terrible. We will see what changes are made and how they play on Thursday night when they get the really good New York Jets.

http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2010112102/2010/REG11/bills@bengals/recap/quick-take?module=HP_headlines#tab:recap/recap-channels:cat-post-recap-full-story

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Bengals can't repeat miracle; Ocho frustrated; T.O. on 1,500 pace

The Bengals were not able to repeat their miracles that they had accomplished last year. They beat the Pittsburg Stealers last year on a last second touchdown. This year, they had the same opportunity to do it again but they couldn’t pull it off this time. Jordan Shipley was not able to hold on to the catch at the end of the game.

The Stealers defense were blitzing Carson Palmer all game, but on the last play they dropped into a zone and the Bengals offense was not ready for it.

The special teams had a rough game. Bernard Scott fumbled the opening kick-off, Kevin Huber had a punt blocked, and kicker Mike Nugent missed two critical field goals.

Even though there were a lot of mistakes, it was not a complete fail. Terrell Owens had a great game , going for 141 yards and two touchdowns. This was his third 100-yard game. He is on pace to set the club record by getting 1,540 yards in a single season. The current record is 1,440 yards held by Chad Ochocinco. He is on pace to catch 110 balls and rack up 14 touchdowns.

Chad had just one catch Sunday for fifteen yards. He was getting so frustrated with Carson Palmer and at one point took himself out of the game.

The press after the game “battered” the Bengals pass protection. There was a total of four sacks, five quarterback hits, and a bunch of pressures.

http://www.bengals.com/news/article-1/Notes-Bengals-cant-repeat-miracle-Ocho-frustrated-TO-on-1500-pace/c11f6a8e-4240-44f5-b629-377414455471