BENGALS-STEELERS

[ace63]

This is the game to watch. Packers beat bears and bengals beat packers.Bears beat pitt Should be a great game. Bengals might stand a chance or steelers will walk the dog on them for last weeks lose. I heard this was the first sold out game in the nfl. Wish I could go but something called work comes up. What are your thoughts.

[west siders]

i hope that the Bengals can come away with the win Sunday. If so then I see the Bengals winning 10+ games and possibly making a playoff run

[mattash]

Who Dey

bengals by 21

[pbuck]

Who Dey Who Dey Who Dey think gonna beat them Bengals.. Not Pittsburgh I'm taking Cincy over Pitt 27-21 Go Bengals

[Orange and Brown]

Bengals by 3!!!!!!
24-21

[west siders]

Bengals @home winning 28-24. the impact of not having that ball hawk safety will hurt the steelers secondary just like it did last week and it will be too detrimental for the steel curtain to be able to pull through for the victory. But every team has a chance of winning if you got Big Ben Rothlisberger taking snaps. But the passing game for the Bengals will hurt the Steelers that is why I am taking the Bengals to win the game. Any team that is on Hard Knocks should be able to knock off the defending Super Bowl Champions.

Who Dey!

[OZZIEOHIO]

Steelers in a Blowout!!!!

[west siders]

Steelers in a Blowout!!!!

this is the NFL. Every team is competive just look at the lions, they only lost to Minnesota by 14. There never is a "blowout" in NFL maybe in college but not in pro
the only team capable of getting blownout is the Cowboys when they play the Eagles

[beaverlover]

Bengals by 6.........27-21!!! WHO DEY!!!!

[BBallin fool]

Not going to beat there self 2 weeks in a row!!!"STEELERS".

[qualified101]

steelers in another big ben led 4th quarter game winning drive.

[qualified101]

whats next, airbags in the shoulder pads?

gotta loves hines:


http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/12253494

CINCINNATI (AP) -Given a chance to level Bengals linebacker Keith Rivers with another rattling hit, Steelers receiver Hines Ward would do it again.

Penalty? So what?

Ward delivered one of the most memorable hits of last season when he decked Rivers with a high, straight-up block during Pittsburgh's 38-10 victory last October. Rivers, then a rookie starting his seventh NFL game, never saw it coming. The hit broke his jaw, ended his season and prompted a rules change outlawing high, blind-side hits.

The change, commonly known as the Hines Ward Rule, includes a 15-yard penalty for offenders. And the receiver said he's willing to break it on Sunday when the Steelers play the Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium, figuring it's better to hit 'em high rather than to go after somebody's knees with a block.

"I'll still hit him," Ward said Wednesday in Pittsburgh. "I'll just get fined. There's nothing I can do about it. It's either that or try to hurt somebody. So are you going to fine me, or do you want me to end someone's career? I'd rather take a fine than try to end somebody's career, so I'm not going to change."

It'll be the first time that Ward and Rivers go at it since the injury. When the former Southern California linebacker returned to the stadium after getting his jaw wired shut, he said Ward's hit was clean, but he also said he was looking forward to the next time they got on the field together.

"You know, you reap what you sow," Rivers said, 10 days after the play. "That's what happens. What goes around, comes around. We'll see what happens."

Since that time, Rivers has backed off his subtle suggestions and tried to get beyond the play, though it's been nearly impossible to avoid.

Sitting in a meeting room at Georgetown College during training camp, Rivers and the rest of the Bengals were shown an NFL video that highlights the new rules for 2009. Four minutes and 26 seconds in, Rivers got to relive his awful moment. The video showed the play, with both players singled out by yellow circles to rivet the viewers' attention.

Rivers has seen it a lot.

"It is what it is," he said Wednesday. "It's over, and now it's time to play them again and have a good season."

The hit was legal last season - there was no flag, and even upset Bengals players acknowledged it was a gritty, within-the-rules play. Although the rules change would theoretically protect Rivers in the same situation, the linebacker doesn't know if that's what will happen in practice.

"We'll see how it all plays out, and we'll see how the rule works out," Rivers said. "Hopefully it works out and people don't miss half a year. I'm just looking forward to playing. I really don't have much to say about it."

Ward isn't so shy. He has bristled at suggestions he was doing something to hurt another player when he blocked Rivers.

"The unfortunate thing is me being labeled that, and then the rule change came out, so it's kind of like me being singled out as the dirty guy that's in the league, a dirty offensive player," Ward said. "A wide receiver being dirty - I take that as a compliment."

Ward's hit added to the hard feelings in Cincinnati, where they still stew over the way Steelers lineman Kimo von Oelhoffen hit Carson Palmer low on his first pass during their 2005 playoff game, shredding the quarterback's left knee. Ward sees a difference between a hit delivered to try to harm and one delivered to make a play.

"It's football," Ward said. "When Kimo went at Carson, it was just a hustle play, he didn't try to hurt him. You could tell by his expression after he hit him. He felt bad. Any player's not trying to go out there and hurt somebody and trying to end someone's career."

Bengals rookie linebacker Rey Maualuga, who played with Rivers at USC, remembers seeing the play with teammates when he was in college.

"I'm pretty sure everybody was like, 'Oh!"' Maualuga said. "Our first thought was, 'Welcome to the NFL. It's more physical."'

Maualuga has an idea what will happen when Rivers and Ward go head to head.

"If he has a clean hit, Keith is going to be Keith," Maualuga said.

---

AP Sports Writer Alan Robinson in Pittsburgh contributed to this report.

Copyright 2009 by STATS LLC and The Associated Press. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of STATS LLC and The Associated Press is strictly prohibited.

[west siders]

whats next, airbags in the shoulder pads?

gotta loves hines:


http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/12253494

CINCINNATI (AP) -Given a chance to level Bengals linebacker Keith Rivers with another rattling hit, Steelers receiver Hines Ward would do it again.

Penalty? So what?

Ward delivered one of the most memorable hits of last season when he decked Rivers with a high, straight-up block during Pittsburgh's 38-10 victory last October. Rivers, then a rookie starting his seventh NFL game, never saw it coming. The hit broke his jaw, ended his season and prompted a rules change outlawing high, blind-side hits.

The change, commonly known as the Hines Ward Rule, includes a 15-yard penalty for offenders. And the receiver said he's willing to break it on Sunday when the Steelers play the Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium, figuring it's better to hit 'em high rather than to go after somebody's knees with a block.

"I'll still hit him," Ward said Wednesday in Pittsburgh. "I'll just get fined. There's nothing I can do about it. It's either that or try to hurt somebody. So are you going to fine me, or do you want me to end someone's career? I'd rather take a fine than try to end somebody's career, so I'm not going to change."

It'll be the first time that Ward and Rivers go at it since the injury. When the former Southern California linebacker returned to the stadium after getting his jaw wired shut, he said Ward's hit was clean, but he also said he was looking forward to the next time they got on the field together.

"You know, you reap what you sow," Rivers said, 10 days after the play. "That's what happens. What goes around, comes around. We'll see what happens."

Since that time, Rivers has backed off his subtle suggestions and tried to get beyond the play, though it's been nearly impossible to avoid.

Sitting in a meeting room at Georgetown College during training camp, Rivers and the rest of the Bengals were shown an NFL video that highlights the new rules for 2009. Four minutes and 26 seconds in, Rivers got to relive his awful moment. The video showed the play, with both players singled out by yellow circles to rivet the viewers' attention.

Rivers has seen it a lot.

"It is what it is," he said Wednesday. "It's over, and now it's time to play them again and have a good season."

The hit was legal last season - there was no flag, and even upset Bengals players acknowledged it was a gritty, within-the-rules play. Although the rules change would theoretically protect Rivers in the same situation, the linebacker doesn't know if that's what will happen in practice.

"We'll see how it all plays out, and we'll see how the rule works out," Rivers said. "Hopefully it works out and people don't miss half a year. I'm just looking forward to playing. I really don't have much to say about it."

Ward isn't so shy. He has bristled at suggestions he was doing something to hurt another player when he blocked Rivers.

"The unfortunate thing is me being labeled that, and then the rule change came out, so it's kind of like me being singled out as the dirty guy that's in the league, a dirty offensive player," Ward said. "A wide receiver being dirty - I take that as a compliment."

Ward's hit added to the hard feelings in Cincinnati, where they still stew over the way Steelers lineman Kimo von Oelhoffen hit Carson Palmer low on his first pass during their 2005 playoff game, shredding the quarterback's left knee. Ward sees a difference between a hit delivered to try to harm and one delivered to make a play.

"It's football," Ward said. "When Kimo went at Carson, it was just a hustle play, he didn't try to hurt him. You could tell by his expression after he hit him. He felt bad. Any player's not trying to go out there and hurt somebody and trying to end someone's career."

Bengals rookie linebacker Rey Maualuga, who played with Rivers at USC, remembers seeing the play with teammates when he was in college.

"I'm pretty sure everybody was like, 'Oh!"' Maualuga said. "Our first thought was, 'Welcome to the NFL. It's more physical."'

Maualuga has an idea what will happen when Rivers and Ward go head to head.

"If he has a clean hit, Keith is going to be Keith," Maualuga said.

---

AP Sports Writer Alan Robinson in Pittsburgh contributed to this report.

Copyright 2009 by STATS LLC and The Associated Press. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of STATS LLC and The Associated Press is strictly prohibited.

sounds like somebody wants revenge Who Dey!

[west siders]

whats next, airbags in the shoulder pads?

gotta loves hines:


http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/12253494

CINCINNATI (AP) -Given a chance to level Bengals linebacker Keith Rivers with another rattling hit, Steelers receiver Hines Ward would do it again.

Penalty? So what?

Ward delivered one of the most memorable hits of last season when he decked Rivers with a high, straight-up block during Pittsburgh's 38-10 victory last October. Rivers, then a rookie starting his seventh NFL game, never saw it coming. The hit broke his jaw, ended his season and prompted a rules change outlawing high, blind-side hits.

The change, commonly known as the Hines Ward Rule, includes a 15-yard penalty for offenders. And the receiver said he's willing to break it on Sunday when the Steelers play the Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium, figuring it's better to hit 'em high rather than to go after somebody's knees with a block.

"I'll still hit him," Ward said Wednesday in Pittsburgh. "I'll just get fined. There's nothing I can do about it. It's either that or try to hurt somebody. So are you going to fine me, or do you want me to end someone's career? I'd rather take a fine than try to end somebody's career, so I'm not going to change."

It'll be the first time that Ward and Rivers go at it since the injury. When the former Southern California linebacker returned to the stadium after getting his jaw wired shut, he said Ward's hit was clean, but he also said he was looking forward to the next time they got on the field together.

"You know, you reap what you sow," Rivers said, 10 days after the play. "That's what happens. What goes around, comes around. We'll see what happens."

Since that time, Rivers has backed off his subtle suggestions and tried to get beyond the play, though it's been nearly impossible to avoid.

Sitting in a meeting room at Georgetown College during training camp, Rivers and the rest of the Bengals were shown an NFL video that highlights the new rules for 2009. Four minutes and 26 seconds in, Rivers got to relive his awful moment. The video showed the play, with both players singled out by yellow circles to rivet the viewers' attention.

Rivers has seen it a lot.

"It is what it is," he said Wednesday. "It's over, and now it's time to play them again and have a good season."

The hit was legal last season - there was no flag, and even upset Bengals players acknowledged it was a gritty, within-the-rules play. Although the rules change would theoretically protect Rivers in the same situation, the linebacker doesn't know if that's what will happen in practice.

"We'll see how it all plays out, and we'll see how the rule works out," Rivers said. "Hopefully it works out and people don't miss half a year. I'm just looking forward to playing. I really don't have much to say about it."

Ward isn't so shy. He has bristled at suggestions he was doing something to hurt another player when he blocked Rivers.

"The unfortunate thing is me being labeled that, and then the rule change came out, so it's kind of like me being singled out as the dirty guy that's in the league, a dirty offensive player," Ward said. "A wide receiver being dirty - I take that as a compliment."

Ward's hit added to the hard feelings in Cincinnati, where they still stew over the way Steelers lineman Kimo von Oelhoffen hit Carson Palmer low on his first pass during their 2005 playoff game, shredding the quarterback's left knee. Ward sees a difference between a hit delivered to try to harm and one delivered to make a play.

"It's football," Ward said. "When Kimo went at Carson, it was just a hustle play, he didn't try to hurt him. You could tell by his expression after he hit him. He felt bad. Any player's not trying to go out there and hurt somebody and trying to end someone's career."

Bengals rookie linebacker Rey Maualuga, who played with Rivers at USC, remembers seeing the play with teammates when he was in college.

"I'm pretty sure everybody was like, 'Oh!"' Maualuga said. "Our first thought was, 'Welcome to the NFL. It's more physical."'

Maualuga has an idea what will happen when Rivers and Ward go head to head.

"If he has a clean hit, Keith is going to be Keith," Maualuga said.

---

AP Sports Writer Alan Robinson in Pittsburgh contributed to this report.

Copyright 2009 by STATS LLC and The Associated Press. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of STATS LLC and The Associated Press is strictly prohibited.

sounds like somebody wants revenge Who Dey!

[ace63]

Front page of sports has hines ward running his mouth about how he would hit rivers again and not worry about fine or penalty. You dont do this . This is just making cinci want the game that much more. They will play harder now. You dont talk like that before a big game .

[Manwithplan]

Hines doesn't care. His actions truely speak louder than his words. That rule they came out with is so pathetic. It was a clean shot. It's not Hines fault that River's teeth are now laying at the bottom of the Ohio River.

[ace63]

No one said in cinci that it was a bad hit. Hines is running his mouth and rivers is saying nothing back. Maybe he just wants to do it on the field .
Like when benson hit palu and had his friends dragged him off the field with his brian shoved down to his feet.
clean hit.
Or when crocker hit holmes and put him outer space. His team mates and doctor scraped him off the field
clean hit. They all were clean hits . So why is he bringing it up

[bluedevil]

cincinnati by 10

[Slim Jim]

You Bengal fans get one flukie win and you think you've turned the corner already.I guess fans that are desperate fall into false hope.I can understand that to a certain extent.But remember no matter what happens Sunday the Steelers have six things the Bengals will never have.

[Manwithplan]

If the Bungals do win, I wouldn't say it's because they are the better team. I mean, the steelers have won like 9 out of the 11 last meetings. You can't win them all.