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[Kendrick]

False.

Steelers TD to Martavius Bryant would have come off the board considering once he re-clutched the ball to his thigh he did not re-establish himself with 2 feet in the field of play (arguably one of the worst calls of all time)

(Even Dean Blandino said this was not a catch - http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2608276...tch-vs-bengals)

Giovanni Bernard is hit CLEARLY helmet to helmet and the Steelers recieve the fair hit call which turns the ball over to them late in the game. This also knocks Bernard completely out of the game, with no reprucussions for the Steelers. How are you gonna knock a man out cold via a helmet to helmet hit and have no flag?

When the Pacman Jones thing goes down, Joey Porter (A LB coach) should not be on the field yelling at our players. A coach being on the field without permission (I'd give a HC and arguably any offensive coach permission at that time) is a 15 yard penalty which offsets one of the 2 penalties making it a 45 yarder instead of a 30.

The Bengals had a very rough ending to the game, but it never even should have got to that point tbh. Take that TD off the board and add a FG instead and the Steelers need a TD at the end not a FG to win. Give us the ball back on the Bernard fumble and now we score at least 3 more points, potentially making it a 2 possession game.

They still played undisciplined. Excuses are excuses and until the Bengals actually show up in the playoffs, my nickname for them is justified. I get you're a Bengals fan and obvious bias is there, but come on. Have the Bengals succeeded in the postseason? No they haven't so try to validate in the other direction all you want, but your Bengals aren't not who you think they are.

Andy Dalton has how many playoff wins?
Marvin Lewis has been there 14 seasons now and has this to show for it:
0 Super bowls
0 Playoff Wins
.545 Winning percentage in the Regular Season

I hate to break it to you but I think Marvin Lewis is a good coach, but not a great one and the Bengals can't sit there and say "Well we lost because of the refs and blah blah blah". Fact is they have disappointed. You can disagree but the facts are there.