Tough Defeat, Chomped By Bengals

Cincinnati deserves the credit for the performance they gave on sunday afternoon, and the Steeler's special teams deserves a talking to after another disastrous performance allowing Bengals return man Bernard Scott to return a kickoff 96 yards for a return touchdown and the only touchdown in the football game in the first quarter. The game was a back and forth battle that never saw either team really take control of the game at all, however as the game started to come to its close, the Bengals began to control the clock more and more and thus held the Steelers offence off of the field giving the Steelers few chances to drive down the field and score to tie the game. Lost somewhat in the disfuction of the Steeler's special teams as well as the struggles of both offences to score many points was the great defensive stands by the Bengals when backed into their red zone. Cincinnati was able to hold the Steelers to field goals 4 times when they entered the red zone and thus was able to win the game due to their ability to bend but not break on defense when they were needed most. (http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2009111504/2009/REG10/bengals@steelers) This loss will definitely be a tough divisional loss to get over, seeing as it puts the Steelers in a much deeper hole in the division now, but they now must look forward to a winnable contest that they have ahead of them in this weekends matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs. They must forget about the dissapointment and move forward quickly in order to keep up in the AFC North.