I imagine Mac in his basement, wearing Blackhawks leggings doing the safety dance while uncontrollably crying.

Get well soon Mac!!

3rd time in NFL history? Marvin Lewis didn't even have the heart to finish arguing over whether or not it was safety in the post-game presser.

Lewis's questionable coaching cost the Bengals the Bears game earlier this season. And tonight, right before the go ahead FG near the end of regulation, why did Lewis have Dalton--with 3 picks already--throw down-field into double coverage and stop the clock on the inevitable incompletion...could've stayed on the ground and used up more clock/made Miami burn their last TO. Or, if you wanna convert the 3rd and 4, at least try a low risk play that'll get the 1st down without risking another pick.

Geno Atkins might be out with an ACL.

another reason thursday night football blows. fuck that.

Why is Marvin Lewis considered a good coach? Because he was the D coach for the Ravens in 2000? (Or whenever they got really good)

His team is loaded with talent and they lose easy games!

Went to school in southwestern Ohio, so around a ton of Bengals fans. Vast majority have no idea why he still has a job.

Can we also get over the complaints whenever someone gets injured on Thursday night that it somehow is a result of a shortened week? I didn't know Geno Atkins ACL needed 6 days of recovery or it rips itself apart.

I don't know about Atkins, but there is a lot of anecdotal evidence coming from the players themselves suggesting that the short week makes them more vulnerable during the game.

That's because they just don't like it.

Playing on three days rest? I can see why they wouldn't be wild about it.

didn't watch the game. He is clearly out of the endzone when the sack begins and that should not be a safety

Yeah, I thought the same thing. I assume they reviewed it. Was there no goal-line angle?

I didn't watch it either.

There is a better angle where the ball is barely still over the line when he is touched.

It's the opposite of a touchdown. The entire ball has to be out of the end zone.

Why is Marvin Lewis considered a good coach? Because he was the D coach for the Ravens in 2000? (Or whenever they got really good)

His team is loaded with talent and they lose easy games!

In the mid-2000s they missed the playoffs five times in his first six years. They've never won a playoff game. His record is either .500 or close to it. Mediocre is just right. And the 2006 Saints were going to win the Super Bowl and rebuild New Orleans, remember? No one ever thought the Bengals would even crack the Patriots/Colts/Steelers rotation.

They have been to the playoffs under the new core for two consecutive years, and will most likely make that three years in a row once the season ends. 2006 was a stepping stone year for the Saints, and I do recall much public support for their chances, but they were still a piece or two away if I remember correctly.

I don't know if we remember the Bengals the same way in the mid-2000s; in 2005 for instance they went 11-5 with a stud QB and WR, both of whom were very young, and I seem to remember the arrow pointing up after the lost to the eventual champion Steelers in the first round.