While the Pittsburgh Steelers’ rivalry with the Cincinnati Bengals has cooled considerably from its simmering peak, some old feuds never die.
Former longtime Bengals receiver T.J Houshmandzadeh revealed — from his perspective, at least — some lingering sour grapes about the Steelers’ 2005 wild-card round victory in Cincinnati. Bengals franchise quarterback Carson Palmer was limited to two offensive snaps in the game after being hit in the left knee by Kimo von Oelhoffen after he released what was a 66-yard pass to Chris Henry.
The Steelers beat the Bengals, 31-17, en route to winning Super Bowl XL four weeks later.
The von Oelhoffen hit indirectly led to an NFL rule change that banned defenders from lunging at a passer below the knee. It was admonished in Cincinnati — and, apparently, still is a point of contention.
During an interview with Lindsay Patterson of the Cincinnati Enquirer this week, Houshmandzadeh referenced the hit by saying of the Steelers, “If they didn’t purposely hurt Carson, in my opinion, they wouldn’t have beat us in the playoffs.”
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Bad team make bad excuse....The 2005 bengals were a one hit wonder.They missed the playoffs in the finals 3 years of TJ with the Bengals (19-28-1 overall) and for 2005, their poor defense at this time was the big reason for their loss (at one point, the steelers offense had 4 TD in 4 drives and it would have been more if the score would have been closer
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