This is my last comment on here because I find it ludicrous that a group of highly educated folks (I am not calling you out by name b/c we are friends) can sit here and defend the utterly despicable display by the Bengals last night. I would be saying the same thing if it were not the Steelers playing them. If it was the Pats, Giants, Jets, Cowboys, etc etc etc I would say the same thing.
As for Shazier's hit, I can tell you all you have to do is look at the kid's bio and reputation, he is not a punk, was it a penalty whether intentional or not,YES, but it's not his fault the officials didn't call it. How anyone can ever defend an ignorant crowd booing an injured player is just insane.
Also, please review the footage of why the Steelers coaches were on the field - it was an injury timeout and there were coaches from both sides ON THE FIELD> PUNKMAN Jones is a first class idiot who has no class, he got what he deserved and as I said before, Burfict's clearly illegal hit and general behavior (he incited most of the bad blood throughout the game to the point the announcers and TV crew looked for him specifically whenever there was an issue, on his great interception, he ran it up the ramp to the locker room, nice class again). Again, this guy and an a number of others have no business being on the football field and anyone who thinks they should be is nuts in my opinion. That goes for every team and includes Michael Vick (NO he didn't deserve a second, third in my opinion).
To end this, hopefully the next playoff games are much better and leave a lot of what I saw last night out of it. I hope the Steelers beat the Broncos, but if I ended up seeing a Carolina or Phoenix or Minnesota against KC, Pats or Broncos, bring it on, will be a good game.
TD