Collier: Thank special teams for Bengals' undoing

[stillers4me]

Tuesday, November 09, 2010
By Gene Collier, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Peter Diana/Post-Gazette
Steelers linebacker Jason Worilds picks up fumble on the opening kickoff against the Bengals during Monday's game at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati.


CINCINNATI -- Had it not been for a handful -- OK, a fistful -- of pie-in-the-face special teams plays, the Cincinnati Bengals would be alive today.

As it is, they're a dead AFC North entity, about as relevant to the second half of this football season as a blackened jack-o'-lantern with its face kicked in.

That the Steelers still needed a half-dozen clutch defensive plays in the final two minutes of this riotous divisional struggle was a result of their ridiculous play-calling with a 20-point lead, not to mention a meltdown of discipline that translated into four very-near lethal penalties, two against Ike Taylor, one against Casey Hampton and the other on offensive tackle Flozell Adams..............



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[venom]

Not only that , the missed FG from their kicker was HUGE . If he would have hit it , the Bengals would have gone for a FG at the end of the game to force Overtime .

[HometownGal]

Our ST's were a very bright spot in last night's nailbiting win. Other than one good return by Scott, they were spot on all night and it was sooooo refreshing to see a blocked punt - can't remember the last time I've seen that by a Steelers ST unit! Good job guys and props to Coach Everest for a job well done!

[The Duke]

Im glad to see our rookies stepping up in special teams. Worilds, sanders, sylvester and even brown have been stellar

kids have a bright future