Bengal Billy

Bengals are terrible on 3rd down defense all year.

Good play by Mallett there though.

Lots of empty seats in Cincy.

The middle-level seats (green seats always shown) are typically empty each game because they are club prices.

At halftime, half the fans are in concession areas and don't make it back to their seats until almost mid-3rd qtr.

Alot of fans didn't go today also because it's week 17 with a couple backup QBs, and didn't really mean a whole lot for Cincy (they can still get a bye even if they lose. If Denver loses and KC wins,, KC wins the AFCW which pits Denver as a wildcard. Not likely, but still possible).

Ravens looking much better than Cincy. Mallett is working the middle of the field brilliantly so far.

McCarron seems a little "out of sorts".

If Cincy continues with all those idiotic offensive penalties, Ravens should win this one fairly easy. We'll see how it unfolds this 2nd half.

Great job by Mallett there

Mallett looking REALLY good today and last week.

I thought he was finished in the league after the Texans fiasco. You guys have a very solid backup QB now. He's playing winning football.

Lucky,, I thought that was an INT waiting to happen.

Eifert has been a big loss the past couple weeks.

McCarron,, geez

Right now at this point in the game, the Ravens are playing better than the Bungles.

Ravens looking like the better team by far today. They need to get a decent lead on Cincy though,, and not let the Bengals hang around after they've looked so bad.

Bengals terribly undisciplined. Pitiful

Bungles can't get put of their own way with all these penalties.

That bodes really well for the Ravens' fortunes today.

Did I see correctly? I think Kirkpatrick ran up to Mallett and taunt him after he dropped the interception. If you drop an interception like he did, taunting is pointless.

Kirkpatrick screws something up every game. He's the one that frustrates me the most for the Bengals.

Koch's punt set that stand up. Great field position for Balt now.

Wow. I thought Huber was an outstanding punter (he is),, but Koch is killing it.

Penalties hurting both teams.

Nice play on 3rd down there

Ravens defense looking good so far,, Bengals penalties notwithstanding. This may be a tough defensive game today.

Whitworth with his weekly killer holding penalty. He gets one every single game, lol

If the Bengals lose in the playoffs AGAIN they should fire Marvin Lewis. How many more stacked teams will choke when it matters? How many playoff wins does the "bully" of the AFCN have? Get outta here.

I agree with that. Marvin sits at 0-6 for postseason play. 2 of those losses were before Dalton even got drafted in the NFL,, both were Home games,, both were with a Very talented roster too (Palmer, Ocho, Willie, Jones, etc.)

Seriously, how many organizations would stick with a coach if he went 0-4 or even 0-3 postseason? I would think not many.

If Marvin gets to 0-7 (which is VERY likely), they have to make a change. Wouldn't they?

^^as for the "Bully" comment,, I don't get that one either. All 3 AFCN teams strongly compete with each other each season. No "Bullies" here (unless you want to say that Pitt,Balt,Cin bully up on the Browns lol!

AFCN is the most competitive division in football IMO. There is no bully. There are 3 teams that trade punches with each other.

AFCN Titles:

2015 Bengals

2014 Steelers

2013 Bengals

2012 Ravens

2011 Ravens

2010 Steelers

2009 Bengals

Looks like a "slobberknocker" division to me, where each team contends for titles just about each year (injury-riddled seasons aside,, that's just bad luck).

Also, each team seems to struggle with matchups that other division teams don't. I'm not sure "struggle" is the right term, but you get my drift.

Steelers struggle with Ravens

Bengals struggle with Steelers

Ravens struggle with Bengals

Maybe it's just due to matchups as another couple posters mentioned? Idk.

Of course, then there's the Browns, lol. Maybe someday they'll legitimately become competitive again and really make this division something to see.

No real bullies in this division IMO,, just tough competition.

That's really good news for you guys. Steve Smith is one of my favorite football players of the last decade-plus. He has a fire and intensity that easily shows whenever you watch him.

I'm glad he's giving it another "go-around". It was tough to think a player like that would go out his final year with a terrible injury while most of his team got hammered by injuries causing a real disappointing season.

Now he gets another chance to finish with a really good year on a team that has a real shot to win a championship if the roster stays healthy.

Good for him!

*goes to Bengals forum*

Haha,, I won't even go over there very often

Was that on the QB or the center

Looks like QB just didn't look it in (took his eyes off of it IMO)

Was that Dalton or McCarron back there on that last play? Lol.

Bungles.

Oh well, helps shut the door on Pitt. Cmon Jets!

Bungles