For One Day at Least, The Steelers Can Kiss the BabyIt probably has something to do with "following" this squad through a month's worth of "Hard Knocks." I find myself pulling for Marvin Lewis, Palmer, and veterans like Coles and Roy Williams trying to make a go of it in a new locale. Following week one's debacle, you couldn't help but have even more sympathy for the apparently still-hapless Bungles. As Lee Corso might say, not so fast my friends.
Sure, it might be a complete abberation, but Cincy has managed to win its last two games at Lambeau against the Packers and home yesterday against their longtime rivals the Steelers respectively. Next week, Marvin's crew heads to Cleveland to face the Browns who look like...well, like the Bengals typically look.
Should Cincy come out of Cleveland with a win, it would set up a match-up between the Ravens (3-0 and coming off a bye week) and Bengals (3-1, assuming Brownies win, which Cincy certainly hasn't earned as a gimme) for division supremacy(?). Whudda thunk it, right? One thing is certain -- the Ravens at home will be a real taste to show if the Bengals are worth talking about this season.
Was this win over the Steelers a psychological turning point? The Cincinnati Enquirer asks that very question:
The Bengals beat the Steelers Sunday, 23-20, with a final drive
pretty enough to hang on a wall. Maybe it broke down some unseen, ever present, psychic barrier that has blocked this franchise’s path out of purgatory for a long time
Path out of purgatory. Makes you feel for their fans a bit. Maybe this is the first step towards the light. For now, at least, who dey think gonna beat dem Bengals?
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