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On the surface, SundayÆs 37-0 whipping at the hands of the New York Jets seems to be a bad omen for the Cincinnati Bengals. But in reality, how much bearing does it have on this weekendÆs playoff game? Absolutely none whatsoever. The Jets won a game they needed to win. The Bengals played a game they were told to play. It was apparent that although Cincinnati played most of its starters, it ...

Thereùon a blustery night in the Meadowlandsùthe Jets closed a tripping, bumbling trip into the playoffs with a convincing romp over the suprisingly anemic Cincinnati Bengals. In the frigid night airùwith windchill the temperature easily below zeroùthe Bengal's first team offense had a total of nine yards at the half. Carson Palmer was even more off balanceùbetween one drive alone where three passes were dropped (including two by Chad Ocho Cinco). ...

Rex Ryan and his players conducted a victory lap with the fans at Giants Stadium once the game was over. They earned it by making the playoffs after going through tough times this season. It helped the schedule favored the Jets with the Colts and the Bengals laying down as an attempt to rest their stars. In the Bengals case, they didn't want to showcase their best stuff for the Jets to ...

In a regular season that they began by earning the moniker of the "Cardiac Cats," the Cincinnati Bengals ended the year without a pulse. The Bengals sleepwalked through a 37-0 thrashing at the hands of the New York Jets in the final game of the regular season, setting up a rematch with New York next Sunday in the first round of the AFC playoffs. Playing without running back Cedric Benson on offense ...

For the second time this decade, the Pittsburgh Steelers followed a Super Bowl Championship by not making the playoffs. For all the people that are going to start pointing fingers as to the decline of the Pittsburgh Steelers, remember this, the last time we didn't make the playoffs, we won the Super Bowl two years later. Though the Steelers did not make the playoffs, I believe that if they had, they ...

In a week that saw plenty of Curtis Painter and Brian Hoyer, Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy shook the dice on a potential severe injury to any of his key players and let his starters play a majority of the game in the Packers' 33-7 rout of the Arizona Cardinals. Starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers played into the second half, as did most of the defense. With the exception of ...