PITTSBURGH _ After watching his Bengals slam out a win-or-else 19-17 victory on a 19-degree Saturday night where the defense stopped the Steelers cold while allowing a season-low 193 yards and the fewest ever against Pittsburgh in 41 years, head coach Zac Taylor had a message for the rest of the NFL when the regular-season season ends Sunday.
“They’re capable of everything,” Taylor said as he savored his team’s fifth straight win and fourth straight winning season in the coldest game of his six seasons. “They don’t want us in this tournament, I promise you.”
Taylor left the visitors’ locker room to prepare for next week’s Wild Card Game in Buffalo knowing he won’t know if the Bengals are going to the playoffs for the third time in four years until about 8 p.m. Sunday. The 9-8 Bengals need the Dolphins to lose to the Jets and the Broncos to lose to the Chiefs in the late afternoon games.
“I’m sending out a mass (bleeping) text,” said Bengals left tackle Orlando Brown Jr., the former Chief. “Hopefully everybody takes care of business. Some guys who haven’t been playing but are going to get the opportunity are going to be hearing from me. My message to (Jets quarterback) Aaron Rodgers is I’ll get his next Peru trip.
Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow says he won’t message Rodgers unless the Jets win. But it sounds as if he thinks the Bengals ‘ playoff hopes are in good hands.
“I’ve been a fan of his for a long time,” Burrow said. “Watching him growing up, he was one of those guys that you love to watch, and when Monday Night, Sunday Night Football came around, you were hoping that he was on it. Hopefully he can help us out tomorrow and break out a big-time game for us.”
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