The 2016 NFL Playoffs Thread

Yeah, for sure. Crazy second half. One of those games where you could just feel the momentum shift and it was like Pitt was just hoping that clock would run out. Love to see Roth pull this out.

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So glad I watched this game

Burfict probably just got himself suspended with that hit. This guy is out of control. And the penalty puts the Steelers in FG range.

And then another Bengal shoves a ref or something and now the field goal gets a lot easier. Awful.

That field goal was the physical manifestation of poetic justice.

Hardly an invigorating win, though. Bad taste in the mouth from this one.

So this is like what the 5th straight one-and-done playoff appearance for the Bengals?

Is there some kind of rule that a guy can't be kicked out of a game anymore? My god... unbelievably fun game to watch. I knew Cincy would find yet another way to blow another game.

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I think it's the sixth straight for Marvin Lewis, which is an NFL record. Not sure if the team streak is longer.

EDIT: sorry, that's Lewis' seventh, actually. Oof.

I hate to see a team lose on penalties, but I also would hate to see a team lose due to an injury to their QB in the 4th quarter. The Steelers deserved to win more than the Bengals did, and Marvin Lewis is long overdue to be fired.

Yeah, I'm amazed Burfict was still in the game. I think he literally ran to the middle of the field with his coat on just to shove someone, though I may be confusing him with another Bengal. Insanity.

Something like a dozen people I follow on Twitter predicted he was gonna try to hurt someone well before he did it.

Unbelievable, never seen a game end like that. I doubt they make a 50 yard FG in that weather. I have always liked Lewis but it also seems like he always has a couple of these guys on his team. Poetic justice is absolutely the right way to describe it.

The flippin sideline announcer called him out of control. Lewis should have yanked him.

I don't think he should have been taken out of the game by the refs or the coach. The team needed his emotion, and he made huge plays. Pac Man's penalty was worse as far as stupidity goes.

Yeah, that was amazing. Fans say stuff like that all the time, but when both the announcers and the post game guys are talking that way, you know it's bad. I can't remember ever hearing anything like that.

I just think when a sideline reporter calls you out of control coming out of a break, not referring to anything on the field, trouble is brewing. Everyone could see it and we are lucky he didn't seriously injur Brown or even Roth on that sack. I know it's football but common sense has to prevail at some point.

The Bengals aren't in that game without him though, you can't take him out.

I suppose that depends on just what lengths you're willing to go to win a football game. I draw the line right around the point where everyone is (accurately) predicting your guy is about to try to deliberately injure someone.

Anyway, with back to back penalties from Burfict and Pac Man, both notorious for this kind of thing, you can see the fruits of prioritizing "emotion" and "making plays" at the expense of discipline.

I think the play with Brown looked worse than it was. Besides, no coach is going to care what a reporter or announcer says. The guy was definitely over the top, but he was their life. What coach would take a guy out of a game like that who's making those plays.