WEEK 18 RECAP 

SIN BLITZERS

Bengals Vs Steelers:  By Bill Murphy 

The Bengals end their regular season by winning five consecutive games, by beating the Steelers 19-17.  Even though the Bengals finished the season strong , unfortunately due to the Broncos victory over the Chiefs, the Bengals were eliminated from playoff contention. 

Stars Of The Game 

Bengals 

Joe Burrow : Burrow was 37- 46  for 277 yds and one touchdown . Burrow throws his ninth consecutive game  with 250 yards or more . Burrow unfortunately snapped the record of having three or touchdowns. 

Ja’marr Chase : Chase wound up winning the receiving triple crown. He had 10 receptions , 96 yards and one touchdown, which was a 12 yard touchdown pass from Joe Burrow.  Chase finished the season with 127 receptions for 1,708 yards and 17 touchdowns. Chase and his agent know those numbers and the Bengals will have to pony up.

Trey Hendrickson-  In big games your best players have to be the best players.  I said in my preview that Hendrickson was going to be a big part of the Bengals defense against the weak Steelers offensive line, well I was right. Hendrickson had three and a half sacks ,five total tackles and three solo tackles.

Steelers 

Russell Wilson: Wilson threw 17/31 , 148 yds  and one touchdown. 

Pat Freiermuth : Fremuth had eight receptions , 85 yards  and one touchdown which was a 19 yard touchdown pass from Russell Wilson. 

The Defense: The Steelers defense rocked this strong Bengals offense , only holding  Burrow to 277 yards and breaking his record of having three or more touchdowns.  They sacked Burrow four times  buy Patrick Queen , Keenu Benton ,Preston Smith and Nick Herbig .  They held the rushing offense to  only  68 yards .

Next Week 

• As stated the Bengals are eliminated from the playoffs 
• The Steelers will be facing off against the Baltimore Ravens in AFC Wild Card game on Saturday

Dolphins at Jets : The Dolphins had an opportunity to clinch a playoff spot with a win over the Jets and a Broncos loss. The Broncos won 38-0, but the Dolphins were still playing to go over .500. Snoop Huntley was 25-41 for 227 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. De’von Achane went for over 100 yards and a touchdown. Aaron Rodgers threw for 274 yards and four touchdowns in what could be the last game of his career. 
Vikings at Lions : The number one seed was up for grabs and the story was Aaron Glenn’s defense against Sam Darnold. Jahmyr Gibbs had four total touchdowns and the NFC playoffs will run through the Motor City.