PITTSBURGH (AP) A.J. Green would not definitely care about the Cincinnati Bengals' woeful past. The wide phone wasn't section of it and has not genuinely used any time to be able to analyze it.
The Bengals were being bad. End with story.
And today they're good. Beginning of story.
Andy Dalton reach Green for any 21-yard complete inside very last seconds recreate way up Josh Brown's 43-yard field purpose having five a few moments kept to help move the Bengals to your 13-10 acquire in the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. Cincinnati (9-6) clinched a new second instantly playoff berth right after beating this Steelers (7-8) for at the first try considering that 2009. Pittsburgh (7-8) ended up being eradicated from postseason contention.
The merely some other time frame that Bengals created that playoffs in consecutive seasons followed throughout 1981-82, 6 months time several years previous to Green was born.
"This continues to be each of our goal forthcoming within with the beginning of the season," Green said. "A lot regarding people talked about we hadn't recently been within around returning to back conditions in 30 years. I don't worry about that will stuff. I've been recently here a pair of years and also most of us produced the actual playoffs most of two years. That's almost all you can control."
Shredding the actual content label as inconsistent as well as sometimes humorous losers one unlikely victory with a time, the particular Bengals, their particular precocious duo connected with Green as well as Dalton plus their particular swiftly enhancing defense have got Cincinnati with uncharted territory .
The Bengals are already close to seeing that 1968. This is a first time they'll help make this postseason inside two straight non-strike years.
"I learn many people just think which there's a number of complex; there is no complex, you might have just have got to arrive have fun with plus win," train Marvin Lewis said. "This party in now there features almost no record associated with anything."
Maybe that's why Bengals usually are not doomed to repeat it.
Brown have missed some sort of 56-yarder prior in the last quarter, although earned a second possibility any time Reggie Nelson identified off Ben Roethlisberger in addition to arrived the idea to the Pittsburgh fouthy-six by using fourteen seconds remaining. Dalton found Green decrease the ideal sideline about another play, organising Brown's winner.
"I've had many very big kicks, however that has been a very long time ago," mentioned Brown, that's filling in for wounded starter Mike Nugent. "When you then have a likelihood for the playoffs there's nothing bigger. It's a large deal.
Dalton accomplished twenty-four connected with 41 regarding 278 yards and also a couple of interceptions with the Bengals, which often snapped a five-game losing skills in order to Pittsburgh. Green caught 10 passes to get 116 yards and Cincinnati's safeguard subsequent permit this Steelers find comfortable.
Roethlisberger finished age 14 connected with twenty eight goes by to get 220 yards using a touchdown and two interceptions. Leon Hall delivered the very first pick 17 back yards for a touchdown in the primary 1 / 4 in addition to Nelson stepped before a good overthrown Roethlisberger go away around the fourth.
The Steelers had to earn their very last not one but two game titles to help to make the playoffs. Instead, your group that is 6-3 at the begining of November will expend January in your own home once falling to the fifth time frame in their last six games.
"''We need to be (in the actual playoffs) whenever the idea had not been regarding me," Roethlisberger said immediately after tossing his or her subsequent game-deciding interception in actions days.
Roethlisberger tossed a pick likewise designed regarding Wallace for the second play regarding overtime in Dallas very last Sunday, permitting that Cowboys to be able to succeed the item using a arena goal. He openly asked unpleasant coordinator Todd Haley's play calling following on from the loss, but apologized later and also insisted he in addition to Haley were "on the same page."
Maybe, even so the Steelers hardly played like it. The Bengals sacked Roethlisberger four occasions along with granted Pittsburgh in order to complete just only two of 14 3 rd downs.
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