Three of the four AFC division champions each have more than one representative in AFC team to play the Pro Bowl game. Only the AFC North champion, the Cincinnati Bengals, has no player picked for the all-star game, for the second straight year, joining the 3-12 Kansas City Chiefs to be the only AFC teams not represented this season.
“I don’t even know what to think about it,” said running back Cedric Benson, representing most of those in Bengals jersey. “That was a bit surprising. There’s been a lot of great plays made, a lot of guys have played consistent for us to be where we are, winning our division. So I don’t know. I can’t put my finger on it. I know sometimes it tends to be the known names in the league get in that thing. That’s all right. We still have a chance to get to the Super Bowl.”
The Bengals originally thought someone from their defense, like cornerbacks Johnathan Joseph and Leon Hall, would get chosen as the team has given up the fifth-fewest points in the league and ranks fourth in yards allowed. All got disappointed.
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Steelers QB Roethlisberger said it was his fault for team’s losses
The Pittsburgh Steelers top quarterback Ben Roethlisberger understands well what a team leader’s responsibility is: not only to take honor for wins, but also take blames for losses.
Instead of blaming the wide receivers for running incorrect pass routes, blaming the special teams for allowing a third costly kickoff return touchdown in four games or blaming the offensive coordinator Bruce Arian for wrong decision, the quarterback wearing No.7 Steelers jersey blamed himself for affecting the whole offense and leading the team to the loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC North.
“You know what? I had a bad day. Everyone in here’s had a bad day. … I flat out had a bad day and it’s going to happen sometimes,” Roethlisberger said Thursday. “It’s just unfortunate that when the quarterback has a bad game it affects the whole offense. That’s why you can’t afford to have too many bad games.”
Having been in the top three in passing yardage most of the season, Roethlisberger slipped to No. 7 after going 20 of 40 for 174 yards during a second successive loss to the Bengals. He took the blames, but did not figure out why he should. Instead, he said his focus has been shifted to the next game: this Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Perhaps that is what he wanted people to do: shifting focus from past losses to possible win in the future.
Instead of blaming the wide receivers for running incorrect pass routes, blaming the special teams for allowing a third costly kickoff return touchdown in four games or blaming the offensive coordinator Bruce Arian for wrong decision, the quarterback wearing No.7 Steelers jersey blamed himself for affecting the whole offense and leading the team to the loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC North.
“You know what? I had a bad day. Everyone in here’s had a bad day. … I flat out had a bad day and it’s going to happen sometimes,” Roethlisberger said Thursday. “It’s just unfortunate that when the quarterback has a bad game it affects the whole offense. That’s why you can’t afford to have too many bad games.”
Having been in the top three in passing yardage most of the season, Roethlisberger slipped to No. 7 after going 20 of 40 for 174 yards during a second successive loss to the Bengals. He took the blames, but did not figure out why he should. Instead, he said his focus has been shifted to the next game: this Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Perhaps that is what he wanted people to do: shifting focus from past losses to possible win in the future.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Bengals signed kicker Swank to fill spot of injured Graham
After receiver Chad Ochocinco kicked extra points during a preseason game at New England on Thursday, the Cincinnati Bengals found that they were in need of a kicker with Shayne Graham injured. So they signed rookie kicker Sam Swank on Sunday.
Swan was from Wake Forest. While he was at school, he was the school’s leading scorer. He made a school record of kicking 71 career field goals. The Philadelphia Eagles signed him as a free agent but released him on May 27.
The experience made Swan a proper backup for the Bengals kicker Graham, who was recovering from a groin injury, especially after the Thursday’s preseason game in which receiver Ochocinco did the kicker’s job.
Swan was from Wake Forest. While he was at school, he was the school’s leading scorer. He made a school record of kicking 71 career field goals. The Philadelphia Eagles signed him as a free agent but released him on May 27.
The experience made Swan a proper backup for the Bengals kicker Graham, who was recovering from a groin injury, especially after the Thursday’s preseason game in which receiver Ochocinco did the kicker’s job.
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