Benson focused on century mark against Steelers

**hawaiiansteel** · 12-11-2010, 02:33 AM

Re: Benson focused on century mark against Steelers

hey Cedric,

Fuhgeddaboudit...no way do you get 100 yards against the Steelers.

**fordfixer** · 12-11-2010, 02:41 AM

Re: Benson focused on century mark against Steelers

Steelers have kept WR in check
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PITTSBURGH - Cincinnati receiver Chad Ochocinco has seen good and bad times against the Steelers, who traditionally boast one of the best defenses in the NFL.

But Ochocinco has had few points as low as the Bengals' 27-21 loss to the Steelers in Cincinnati Nov. 8.

Ochocinco was held to one catch for 15 yards, with that catch coming late in the fourth quarter. He caught a pass earlier in the fourth quarter, but was penalized for throwing the ball in frustration after the reception. That negated the gain and caused coach Marvin Lewis to pull him from the game to cool down.

Perhaps part of Ochocinco's frustration stemmed from the fact fellow wideout Terrell Owens was having a huge game while he was struggling against the Steelers. Owens finished with 10 catches for 141 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

When the Steelers (9-3) and Bengals (2-10) meet for the second time Sunday at Heinz Field, Ochocinco said he'll be better prepared for what Pittsburgh defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau throws at him.

"Dick dictates where the ball goes, and that's the way it works," Ochocinco said. "I just need to be patient. My time will come."

The Steelers, however, said they didn't specifically try to take Ochocinco out of the game in that meeting.

"Focusing on one more than the other, I don't think is a fair assessment," said Steelers cornerback Bryant McFadden. "We really have to devote attention to both guys, because if you look at their resumes, they have done good things in this league since Day 1."

The well-traveled Owens joined Ochocinco in Cincinnati this season, hoping to give the Bengals' offense added punch. He has 71 receptions for 961 yards and nine touchdowns, while Ochocinco has 59 catches for 724 yards and four scores.

Though the Steelers are giving up an NFL-low 62.3 yards rushing per game, they are also allowing 239 yards passing.

Cincinnati, like many other teams the Steelers have played in the past six weeks, abandoned its running game and went to a spread offense, scoring a pair of fourth quarter touchdowns after Pittsburgh took a 27-7 lead. The Steelers didn't close the Bengals out until James Harrison jarred a fourth-down pass out of Jordan Shipley's hands near the goal line late in the game.

"We expect them to attack us that way again," said Steelers nickel corner William Gay, who leads the team with 12 pass defenses. "That's what everybody has been trying to do. They can't run it."

The Bengals shifted the 6-3, 225-pound Owens to the slot against the Steelers in an attempt to get him matched up with the 5-10 Gay.

Ochocinco said opponents targeting an individual defender is difficult to do.

"There is no such thing as targeting an individual," said Ochocinco. "Whatever the case is, you are still 9-3 regardless of who they are targeting. So whatever other teams are doing, it's not working because (the Steelers) are still winning."

Odds and end zones

The Steelers got some good news when right tackle Flozell Adams returned for a full practice Thursday. Adams suffered a high ankle sprain in last week's victory over Baltimore. Tight end Heath Miller (concussion), safety Troy Polamalu (ankle) and defensive end Aaron Smith (triceps) missed practice Thursday. Defensive end Steve McLendon was limited by a stinger.

**fordfixer** · 12-11-2010, 02:44 AM

Re: Benson focused on century mark against Steelers

Steelers know not to look past Cincinnati
December 10, 2010 01:20 AM
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By: HERALD STANDARD STAFF
Herald Standard

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Steelers know all too well how difficult these supposedly easy games against non-contending teams can be.

A close-escape 19-16 overtime win against the Bills (2-10) nearly derailed their chances of winning the AFC North, even before they came back to beat Baltimore 13-10 last weekend and seize the division lead.

Last season, losses to the Chiefs, Raiders and Browns - with six victories among them - kept the reigning Super Bowl champions out of the playoffs.

Up next: the bungling Cincinnati Bengals, losers of nine in a row amid a mishmash of penalties, missed field goals, squandered opportunities and way too many locker room distractions.

The late Myron Cope, the longtime Steelers broadcaster who was fond of calling them the Bungles, no doubt would have guffawed over the latest way they lost - allowing Saints quarterback Drew Brees to draw a lineman offside so he could throw a decisive touchdown pass in the final minute.

Yep, the same old bad news Bengals. Can't get out of their own way, can't seem to win, can't seem to get along. Wide receivers Terrell Owens and Chad Ochocinco have their own weekly TV show, but the one topic that almost never gets discussed is a Bengals victory.

So did someone in the Steelers locker room go "Uh, oh?"

The Steelers (9-3) have an offensive line that's badly thinned by injuries, two tight ends with concussions, a quarterback - Ben Roethlisberger - with a broken nose and a walking cast on his injured right foot. Their pass defense is one of the NFL's worst. And one of the league's best linebackers, James Harrison, probably feels like there's a price tag attached to every quarterback because he keeps piling up fines for hitting them.

No, the Steelers know they can't overlook any opponent, regardless of record, especially one that won in Pittsburgh last season and narrowly missed rallying from a 27-7 deficit in the fourth quarter last month in Cincinnati before losing 27-21. Three years ago, the Steelers nearly lost the division after losing to the one-win Jets.

Three of the Steelers' final four opponents - the Bengals (2-10), Panthers (1-11) and Browns (5-7) - have losing records.

"We can't go out and think we're going to roll over these teams, because if we do that, we'll lose," wide receiver Hines Ward said.

Remember that inexplicable 13-6 loss last season to the Browns, who were 1-11 at the time? Ward recalls a desperate team that was willing to do anything to win because it was so tired of losing.
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So what could happen in this game?

"An onside kick, like they did in the first game," Ward said. "Going for it on fourth down. Blitzing a lot. When you play a team like that, it makes it dangerous. We have to prepare for everything, because their approach to the game might be different from somebody else who's in contention for a playoff berth. I wouldn't be surprised if they came out with an onside kick to start the game."

Ochocinco, though his statistics are way down, and Owens give the Bengals the ability to exploit the Steelers' primary weakness, a pass defense that ranks only 24th. Owens had 10 receptions for 141 yards and two touchdowns against Pittsburgh last month, and he needs 39 yards to join Jerry Rice and Randy Moss as the only NFL receivers with 10 1,000-yard seasons.

What Owens is aware of is what a miserable season it's been for a team that went 10-6 and won the division only last season. The Steelers, by contrast, could wrap up their seventh playoff spot in 10 seasons by winning and getting some help from multiple teams.

With a freshly resodded playing field to run on, the Steelers are hopeful of getting more production from a running game that was limited to 54 yards by Baltimore. Over the last 10 s easons, they're No. 4 in rushing during the final month of the season. And the Bengals have allowed a run of at least 20 yards in every game.

Since 1992, the Steelers have never lost a division after being ahead at this stage of a season. But they've had so many injuries, they must be wondering how much longer their offensive line can keep going if one more key player goes down.

"I'm not saying we're a hot team right now, but we have to win games coming down the stretch," Roethlisberger said. "And that's what we didn't do last year."

Roethlisberger himself looks so beaten up, he said, "Mario Lemieux told me I finally look like a hockey player."

Asked what his problems were after the Ravens' Haloti Ngata smacked his nose during Pittsburgh's opening series, Roethlisberger said, "Breathing, vision, blood running down my mouth and throat and face the whole game. So just little things like that."

Sounds like just another Ravens-Steelers game. What the Bengals want to do Sunday is make it a typical Bengals-Steelers game.

"They've got a good record," Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer said. "We've got a bad record. ... We're going to go in there and try to spoil what they've got going on right now."

**fordfixer** · 12-11-2010, 03:08 AM

Re: Benson focused on century mark against Steelers

Wednesday with Carson
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Bengals QB Carson Palmer spoke Wednesday about this week’s game at Pittsburgh, what it is like going up against the Steelers defense and his college teammate Troy Polamalu, and for whom he cast his Heisman vote.

You once voiced disdain for the Steelers. Do you still have that feeling?

Absolutely. Absolutely. It’s a great rivalry within our division. I’m sure they looked more forward to the Ravens game this year because of the way things played out. But to us, it’s a Steelers-Bengals game. They’ve got a good record, we’ve got a bad record. We’re going to go in there and try to spoil what they’ve got going right now.

You’ve had better success there than other division teams. What’s been the key to that?

It’s a very difficult place to play. It’s one of the few places that tries to make the playing surface difficult. It’s loud, it’s hard to focus and concentrate, it’s always windy. Late in the year when you play there, it’s always cold. You get the game reports on Wednesdays and it’s always, ‘Well, it could be really, really cold. It could snow. It could rain and there’s probably going to be wind.’ So it’s just kind of like the worst of all. It’s just one of those games, it’s one of those environments that’s difficult, especially for teams that don’t go there very often or go there every four years, eight years, whatever it is. We get to go there every year and play in that environment. We’re a little bit used to it. We know what to expect. We don’t really get caught off-guard as much as other teams do.

Is this the time to put the young players in the game to see what they can do?

I don’t think much is going to change with us really. From what I can tell, it’s not like they’re pulling some of the veterans out and pulling them out of the lineup and putting in young guys. I’m not sure exactly what’s going on on the other side of the ball, but I know offensively it’s going to be the same guys that have been playing.

How much do you have to pay attention to LB James Harrison?

Every play. I know the offensive line is always tracking him, knows where he is, sees where he starts but is worried about where he’s going to finish because he’s such a threat. I mean really, they just have good players at every position. There’s not many defenses in the league that you can say that about.

Do you think T.O.’s performance this season has proved he’s still got plenty left in the tank?

I think so. I’d have never thought that there was a question if he could still play. It’s obvious. Even watching his film in Buffalo, it’s obvious he can still play and could still play coming into this year.

If you were a GM, which one of the Steelers would you draft first?

On defense? I would take Troy with my first defensive pick across the league.

What about somebody you haven’t roomed with? (Palmer and Polamalu were college roommates at USC.)

Um, that’s a good question. They each bring something … (S Ryan) Clark is an absolute monster when he comes up to hit people. You remember the play against (Willis) McGahee in the playoff game. Each guy has such a different role. But probably Harrison. He’s a former defensive MVP and extremely difficult to block in the run game, in the pass game. Can get out and cover. I think he’s probably maybe one of the top three or four defensive players in the league, and they have two of the top on their team.

Where do you think Troy made his biggest progress?

Probably going into his second year just because he didn’t play much his first year. Just trying to learn that scheme and found out where to play him. He’s such a unique athlete, it’s not like you just stick him at safety because he can do so many things well. I always thought he should return punts because when he returned punted in college, people didn’t tackle him. He’s so unique and so gifted that I think that first year it wasn’t trying to decide if he could play or not, it was trying to decide where to play him and how to play him and how to use him. So going into his second year when he was on the field all the time was probably when he improved the most.

How well has he played since you faced him last time?

The two plays he made last week in the game are game-winning plays. But he’s capable of doing that any week against any opponent and all season long, every week. But he’s really made some very significant plays in games at very significant points in games.

Sounds like you selected Cam Newton for the Heisman. Any concerns about the off-field stuff with him?

No. It was right about the time he was cleared by the NCAA and being a USC guy and seeing how thorough they can be and how meticulous they can be with the whole Reggie Bush situation, as strict as they were in that case, I’m sure they handled it and attacked it the same way they did Reggie Bush and the same way they did Cam Newton. As long as they cleared him, he’s not guilty. That’s the way I looked at it.

**SteelTorch** · 12-11-2010, 01:16 PM

Re: Benson focused on century mark against Steelers

Originally posted by fordfixer

Ochocinco was held to one catch for 15 yards, with that catch coming late in the fourth quarter. He caught a pass earlier in the fourth quarter, but was penalized for throwing the ball in frustration after the reception. That negated the gain and caused coach Marvin Lewis to pull him from the game to cool down.

Perhaps part of Ochocinco's frustration stemmed from the fact fellow wideout Terrell Owens was having a huge game while he was struggling against the Steelers. Owens finished with 10 catches for 141 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

I've said all along this guy wasn't a team player. When was the last time you saw Hines Ward do something like that because he wasn't getting enough receptions?

**hawaiiansteel** · 12-11-2010, 09:04 PM

Re: Benson focused on century mark against Steelers

Payback or playback?

By GEOFF HOBSON

KEY MATCHUPS

DECEMBER 12, 2010

It usually means so much and maybe it still does as the Bengals try to prevent tying their longest losing streak in history in Sunday’s 1 p.m. game in Pittsburgh (Cincinnati’s Channel 12).

The Steelers will be there with their vintage playoff swagger at 9-3 and fresh off a fourth-quarter victory for first place in the AFC North in Baltimore. But even though the Bengals are only 2-10 on a nine-game losing streak and headed to rehab, the consensus is this is still a pick ‘em game. The Bengals.com roundtable sees a tight one that can go either way like last month’s joust decided in the last 34 seconds.

That’s been a dominant theme this season, hasn’t it? That’s when Steelers outside linebacker James Harrison and cornerback Ike Taylor sandwiched Bengals rookie slot receiver Jordan Shipley at the Steelers 4 on fourth down to save the Steelers 27-21 win back on Nov. 8. Last week, there were 34 seconds left when the Bengals moved on fourth-and-two from their 7 to set up the Saints win.

“Take away the first five minutes of the last game with a fumbled kickoff and a blocked punt, and the Bengals played the Steelers more than even,” says The Eye, an NFL scout familiar with the AFC North. “Nothing has really changed since then, although the Bengals secondary and the Steelers offensive line is beat up. The Bengals are still playing hard, they’ve had success in Pittsburgh, and they’ve got a quarterback that can challenge their pass defense.”

Our two former players who have played a decade in the NFL both predict a tight Steelers victory. The Sage calls it 21-17 and Big Bird goes 23-17, but both see a plausible scenario for a Bengals victory.

“It’s the same old story. If you can protect against the Steelers, you can pass on their secondary,” Big Bird says. “I want to pick the Bengals, but my inner skepticism won’t let me. But if the Bengals secondary can recover from last week and not give up the big play and bend but not break, and they can move the ball like they did last week, they can win.”

“They have the personnel to beat the Steelers, I just think the chemistry has not been there the entire year,” The Sage says. “Last time they got down by so much so early before they started playing well.”

WHEN THE BENGALS HAVE THE BALL

TEs REGGIE KELLY AND JERMAINE GRESHAM VS. STEELERS RILB LAWRENCE TIMMONS
Kelly
Timmons just may be the best player on this defense next to safety Troy Polamalu. Quarterback Carson Palmer says the 234-pounder moves like a safety, but The Eye says he’s probably Pittsburgh's most explosive player inside against the run.

The Bengals don’t know how much Gresham can help because he hasn’t practiced all week, but even still there are probably moments the Bengals might use their converted defenders as fullbacks like defensive tackle Domata Peko and linebacker Dan Skuta to try and get a hat on Timmons and the top-ranked Steelers run defense. The Bengals activated Chris Pressley on Friday to become their first fullback on the 53-man roster this year, but he may not be active because of special teams.

“Gresham is a guy they can really use just throwing the ball short against these guys,” Bird says. “If you look at how New England beat them with the quick, six-, seven-yard throws, it keeps you out of those third-and-longs and the quick drops keep their pass rush from getting off.”

“You need help from your tight ends and backs against their inside stunts and blitzes,” The Sage says.

LT ANDREW WHITWORTH AND LG NATE LIVINGS/EVAN MATHIS VS. STEELERS DE BRETT KEISEL
Whitworth
It’s taken for granted that Whitworth’s Pro Bowl matchup with Harrison is a marquee deal on the pass rush. Harrison is a sackmaster that Whitworth usually staves off with his hulk and height. But Keisel is a quiet factor against the run. He didn’t play last month against the Bengals and Cincinnati had as much success as anyone running it on Pittsburgh to that point. Livings has been hampered by injury and Mathis has been getting some good work in there lately.

“They stop the run so well because they’re men and Keisel is one of these guys,” The Eye says. “He’s smart, tough and strong. It’s simple. That’s how they do it.”

RB BERNARD SCOTT VS. STEELERS LILB JAMES FARRIOR
Scott
The weather may prevent the Bengals from being able to attack the Pittsburgh secondary. A mix of snow and rain will do that, which could mean tough sledding against such a good run defense.

But after Scott’s seven-yard per carry effort against the Saints last week, Big Bird calls him the X-factor against a defense that has allowed just one 20-yard run this season and just one to a Marvin Lewis club in 15 regular-season games. Cedric Benson’s 54 yards last month were the most against the Steelers this season until the Pats’ BenJarVus Green-Ellis and the Bills’ Fred Jackson nicked them for 87 and 59, respectively.

Bird remembers how Benson chewed up the Steelers on the first four carries of the game last month and then carried it just 14 times the rest of the way. He thinks the Bengals can be more liberal with the run, particularly with Scott’s speed and slashing cutting ability in space.

“He’s got to touch it 10 to 15 times either running it or catching it,” Bird says of Scott. “It gives them a good change-of-pace to Ced.”

RT ANTHONY COLLINS VS. STEELERS LOLB LAMARR WOODLEY
Collins
The 6-5, 324-pound Collins has been getting plenty of looks the last few games, particularly in passing situations where he has the chance to show off his athletic ability. But the 6-2, 265-pound Woodley provides a power test.

“If Collins is going to become a starter at right tackle, this is the kind of big, strong guy he has to play well against,” The Eye says. “He’s got a smaller fame and he’s going to get the bull moves, the strength moves from Woodley and he’ll have to hold up.”

“I don’t know if Collins has been in the doghouse or what, but he’s a guy you thought might be playing more,” The Sage says. “He’s got some experience and he’s a good athlete, he’s a finesse blocker.”

They key against the Steelers is passing the ball and the key to passing the ball against them is protection. The Bengals talk about the different blitzers, but the two top sackers are pretty clear: Harrison with 10 and Woodley with 6.5.

WR TERRELL OWENS VS. STEELERS CB WILLIAM GAY
Owens
The Bengals took the Steelers by surprise last month when they lined up Owens a few times against Gay in the slot and it helped him get loose for 141 yards, the most receiving yards against Pittsburgh since Marques Colston of the Saints had 169 on Nov. 12, 2006.

Certainly Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau figures to keep doing what he’s been doing against wide receiver Chad Ochocinco, which is a steady diet of cornerback Ike Taylor and help from a safety or backer. The Ocho has never had a 100-yard game against LeBeau in seven seasons and didn’t have a catch last month until 44 seconds left in the game.

“Taylor is their best corner,” The Eye says. “He’s physical and aggressive and he gives him some trouble getting off the ball.”

The last time a Bengals receiver had a big day against the Steelers like Owens, it was The Ocho going for 152 in 2002 when LeBeau was his head coach.

K CLINT STITSER VS. STEELERS K SHAUN SUISHAM
Stitser
The backup kickers go at it. Stitser is coming off his NFL debut in which he was three-for-three on field goals, including a 47-yarder that gave the Bengals a 30-27 lead with 4:25 remaining. But he also missed an extra point and was short on several kickoffs. Suisham has replaced Jeff Reed perfectly in two games with five field goals between 40-49 yards, extending his streak from that distance to 13.

WHEN THE STEELERS HAVE THE BALL

WR MIKE WALLACE VS. BENGALS CB LEON HALL
Hall
The Bengals secondary is dinged. Two more cornerbacks, Brandon Ghee and Rico Murray, went on IR this week and starter Jonathan Joseph may not play. That may mean another start for Jonathan Wade, who was getting cut in Detroit when the two met last month. Hall is coming off a tough game against the Steelers in which the speedster Wallace beat him twice for 30-plus-yard passes, one for a touchdown. And the secondary is stinging from the Saints four passes of least 42 yards last week.

“If I’m the Steelers, I’m going right after their safeties,” says Bird, observing the two-man routes New Orleans ran. “You know their confidence has to be about shot. They need to make a play early.”

“Wallace just flat blows the top off of coverages,” The Eye says. “And they’ve got some emerging young receivers that can run. Not like Wallace, who is in the top three in the league, but a guy like (Emmanuel) Sanders runs really well and he keeps getting more and more snaps.”

The young guys have come on enough that Antwaan Randle El rarely gets on the field in the four-receiver set. If he does come in the game, look out because it’s probably a gadget play like the 39-yard touchdown pass he threw to Wallace over Hall.

“Hall had good position; he just didn’t come down with it,” The Eye says.

“Wallace is a tough matchup for Leon,” The Sage says. “And if they don’t have Johnathan, it might be a long day, especially after what happened to them against the Saints.”

With tight end Heath Miller out, look for wide receiver Hines Ward to take over his routes.

RB RASHARD MENDENHALL VS. BENGALS MLB DHANI JONES
Jones
The Bengals lead the NFL allowing 16 runs of at least 20 yards and here come the Steelers with their top 10 run game. Mendenhall has one of them.

“They don’t have a dominant player and that means you really have to stay in your gaps,” The Sage says. “One guy isn’t where he’s supposed to be and that’s it. The line has to play better in front of Dhani. His game is not shedding blockers. He needs to be able to run to the ball, but he’s not getting the chance. The line has to play better and the safeties aren’t taking the right angles.”

The Bengals are still smarting from last week’s 55-yard touchdown run by the Saints’ Chris Ivory on a simple run up the middle.

“Everybody got pushed back or blocked except (right end) Michael Johnson,” Bird says. “The extra offensive lineman buried Dhani and the safeties didn’t appear to be where they were supposed to be. That’s all it takes.”

RT FLOZELL ADAMS VS. BENGALS LE CARLOS DUNLAP
Dunlap
Adams wasn’t supposed to play with an injured ankle, but he worked later in the week and is probable. Dunlap has 4.5 sacks in his last four games and 3.5 in his last two in a classic matchup of a 35-year-old on the last hurrah and a 21-year-old rookie on the come.

“Dunlap is playing well,” The Sage says. “He’s got some fresh legs. He can run and he had a nice spin move inside last week for a sack.”

“The Steelers have really taken shots up front. It shows you how good and tough Ben (Roethlisberger) is,” The Eye says of the Pittsburgh quarterback. “If this was Colt McCoy, he’d be getting sacked five, six times a game. Last week in Baltimore, (Terrell) Suggs has (Roethlisberger) in a bear hug and it looks like it’s going to be second-and-15. But Ben is able to throw it out-of-bounds and its second-and-10. That’s what he does.”

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**ALLD** · 12-11-2010, 10:29 PM

Re: Benson focused on century mark against Steelers

I would put money on Mendenhall getting 100 and the Mewelde/Redman combo getting another 100 before Benson gets 100. Plan on seeing some kind of stat at halftime where Mendy has more yardage than the Bungles entire offense.

**Shawn** · 12-12-2010, 01:32 PM

Re: Benson focused on century mark against Steelers

It might be just me but I love that Heinz isn't a fun place to play. I don't want to see well manicured fields and roses in the locker room. It should be uncomfortable, ugly and a place teams dread playing. I like that teams have to adapt to playing on Heinz. Add the weather to those elements and weaker teams are done before they start.

**Djfan** · 12-12-2010, 01:38 PM

Re: Benson focused on century mark against Steelers

Originally posted by Shawn

It might be just me but I love that Heinz isn't a fun place to play. I don't want to see well manicured fields and roses in the locker room. It should be uncomfortable, ugly and a place teams dread playing. I like that teams have to adapt to playing on Heinz. Add the weather to those elements and weaker teams are done before they start.

Word.

**msp26505** · 12-12-2010, 05:16 PM

Re: Benson focused on century mark against Steelers

8 Rushes for 19 yards.

**DukieBoy** · 12-12-2010, 05:34 PM

Re: Benson focused on century mark against Steelers

Originally posted by msp26505

8 Rushes for 19 yards.

He must feel disappointed. But then, he fits in well with his teammates.

**chiken** · 12-12-2010, 08:44 PM

Re: Benson focused on century mark against Steelers

I bet he was super excited when he got that big 6 yards on his first carry... silly Rabbit.

**DkBlue** · 12-12-2010, 10:03 PM

Re: Benson focused on century mark against Steelers

According to the Cincinnati Enquirer the Bengals played down to the level of their competition.

"It was another week when the better team played down to the level of its foe. That is, another week when a competent Bengals club could have won. The Steelers were nothing special. Their dinged-up offensive line didn’t allow for special. Ben Roethlisberger shoved the offense down the field with screen passes and short slants. The line had three holding penalties on one third-quarter drive, a 15-play, 50-yard wart that resulted in a punt."

**Sugar** · 12-12-2010, 11:31 PM

Re: Benson focused on century mark against Steelers

Originally posted by DkBlue

According to the Cincinnati Enquirer the Bengals played down to the level of their competition.

"It was another week when the better team played down to the level of its foe. That is, another week when a competent Bengals club could have won. The Steelers were nothing special. Their dinged-up offensive line didn’t allow for special. Ben Roethlisberger shoved the offense down the field with screen passes and short slants. The line had three holding penalties on one third-quarter drive, a 15-play, 50-yard wart that resulted in a punt."

They can't blame their D. If Marvin Lewis was told before the game that his D would hold the Steelers O to only 9 points he would have been a very happy man.

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