As a Bengals fan, this game hurt way more than the super bowl loss

This......this game right here broke me. I'm not even joking. I still love football......but this was the moment I realized it was ridiculous to care about sports as much as I did and time to grow up.

The game that started Antonio Browns downward spiral

The most violent game I've ever seen in my life

As a Ravens fan, I normally enjoy watching the Steelers lose almost as much as I enjoy watching the Ravens win. However, this game was almost poetic justice. Cincy couldn't even hold off on the cheap shots and dirty hits long enough to win their first playoff game in no one remembers how long. Then, they left the Steelers so bloody and bruised that it probably hurt them in the next round. You know what, I changed my mind. I don't care if the Steelers won -- this game was awesome!

You should have included the bit where the Bengals fans were raining down beer bottles and garbage on Big Ben as he was being carted off the field. That was what convinced me of the bad blood even from the fanbase. My mom and I saw this game live and she was horrified at the entire game. To this day, it's one of the few NFL games she can easily remember.

Man as a lifelong Bengals I cried so much watching this game, so angry with Pacman, and Vontez I HATED those steelers teams, and even until this day I still do. What a wasted oppurtunity tho...

The dirty hit on Antonio Brown aside, how volatile this game got is something I can't help but be fascinated by still.

As a Bengals fan, This game easily brought me more grief than the Super Bowl loss.

I’ll never forget this win. I was reaching for my remote to turn the tv off because I was so upset we were about to lose when the fumble happened. I couldn’t believe my eyes

I’ll never forget that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette front page was captioned “Nobody’s Burfict” the day after this game. First game winning kick I’ve ever seen live also.

As a Steelers fan who has seen all their Super Bowl wins and so many great games, this stands out as one of their most bizarre and improbable wins. First Ben was hurt by a questionable Burfict hit, then Hill fumbled when all they had to do was run out the clock and Ben came back despite being obviously injured. Then the implosion with Burfict's criminal hit on AB and Pacman totally getting punked by Joey Porter. I have never seen a game like it. and I loved it.

That Burfict hit on AB, the fumble by CIN to giv PIT the ball, that Otherworldly Flipping catch By Martavis Bryant, this game was a Banger that im surprised I still remember, should be more regarded as one of the wildest wildcards ever 😂

5:19 The funniest thing about that is that that he was barred from getting physically involved in wrestling matches, so his tag team partner Ron Killings did all the work for him.

I'll never understand what Pac Man was thinking.

Whose here after the Steelers upset the Bengals in a wild week 1 overtime game?

I love the Bengals and this was such an iconic Marvin Lewis era game- just a hot mess of talent/luck/unhinged passion to win going all wrong.

This is a 14 min video but doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of what this game meant to as a bengals fan. This bengals team also started 10-0 and were beating other very good teams. Andy Dalton was having his best season and was dropping dimes. I remember I went to the KC@CIN game at Andy threw probably a 50 yard bomb on the run. Also the defense was downright scary. Up until Andy got hurt I really thought we were going to go far in the playoffs. Then the injury happened and I thought it was over. My hopes were lost. We played the Steelers and I expected to lose… once again as per usual in the month of January. Then AJ Green catches an absolute bomb from McCaron and we get the immediate INT. I was so happy, I don’t even know what I did but it finally ended. My entire life id never seen a playoff win. Then… well Jeremy Hill fumbles, then this happened. This blew up the entire team. We didn’t see success again until 2021, and I don’t believe there’s even one player from that 2015 season. Happy to have the Bengals squad we have now but that 2015 group may have been better if healthy all the way through.

As an Arizona State alumnus, all I can say about Burfict is that he got Dennis Erickson fired at ASU, and I was grateful as hell he didn't come back for his senior season under a new coach. Everything he did in the pros he did in the Pac 12. I was genuinely shocked when the Bengals picked him up as a free agent. I knew he was poison then.

I (Steelers fan) was at a Bengals bar this game. I have never had so much beer and popcorn thrown at me by the end of this game... Still worth it.

This game was CRAZY…..I remember watching. That 4th quarter was like 30 damn mins.

Don’t care what anyone says, Bengals making the Super Bowl last year was one of the biggest shocks in the last decade.

and to think that todays wild ass game happened a day after this dropped? its almost poetic.

I swear that hit by burfict is what caused Antonio Brown to go absolutely nuts for the rest of his career.

Watching the Bengals complete implosion & meltdown along with seeing the complete 180 of the entire crowd into stunning disbelief was almost worth the heartbreak of the Steelers loss to Denver the following week

I’ve still to this day never been as mad as a sports fan than I was watching the end of this game. Bengals fans really went through it with this era, but it makes the gratitude for the current team even more profound! Who Dey!

I didn’t know something could age so well in just 24 hours.

I was listening to this game on the radio. As soon as Burfict got that last interception and started celebrating afterwards, I was like “watch us find a way to lose”. We did.

I'm still wondering what the hell Porter was doing in the Bengals huddle when he wasn't allowed on the field

As a lifelong Bengals fan I still describe this as the greatest sporting moment ive been a part of and poured my heart into, just happened to be memorable for all the wrong reasons!

Not a fan of either team but it was def worth watching. What a game 😂

This game was so satisfying as a Steelers fan because just as Marcus Gilbert said... the Bengals would find a way to choke in the final moments... of course we couldn't have seen all those penalties coming but if you go back & rewatch the game.... you'll see it was almost inevitable that something was going to go wrong for them.

My dad grew up a lifelong Bengals fan. When I started following football and was ready to choose a favorite team, I naturally leaned towards the Bengals. Excepted he insisted I pick another team because of how dysfunctional and disappointing the Bengals had been all his life, which he didn't want me to deal with as a fan. Turns out I picked the Steelers and have been a fan ever since.

Watching as Cincinnati actively tries to top this game today

Fitting after the 2022 Bengals vs Steelers Week 1 Game. Expect the unexpected.

Steelers fan here. This was the game that won me over as a fan forever. I remember watching it in the middle of the night at my grandparents hosue and I wanted to scream and shout the house into the ground out of sheer excitement, but I needed to be quiet, because everyone else was sleeping. So it was just me and the game. After that game I decided, I would heavily invest time to learn the game and well, the rest "is history".

I knew we'd hear about Big Ben's radio show. Like definitely a positive team culture building decision. I can't see how that'll backfire on the Steelers.

I’m glad I can enjoy this video after making the Super Bowl this year because up until then, this moment right here? Still hurt.

This was the biggest playoff implosion I'd ever seen, and I'm a Cleveland Browns fan.

Side effect of this collapse: If CIN would have won, the Bengals would have gone to New England, while KC would have played Denver in the divisional round. Instead, the Broncos got an injured Steelers team while the Pats got the Chiefs. As a Chiefs fan who watched KC drill Denver in Denver just a month prior, I was furious. To this day, I firmly believe the Broncos owe Burfict a Super Bowl ring.

I cried so much. This really broke me. Deep inside

As a bengals fan we really don’t have to talk about this

Half of my family are Steelers fans so I've seen all of this game. Game was totally crazy. At least Bengals got Joe now and had a crazy run last year

I’ll never forget watching this game in California when I used to live there, being someone who was born in Cincinnati, rooting for my team even through the “Bungles”, Akili Smith, and so on. Corey Dillon, being one of the only highlight for the team, lost a fan in me when he dissed my little brother for an autograph. Taking all the brunt for how we played even after when Palmer took us to the playoffs, I was in Navy Boot Camp and missed that game. Celebrating for a while I alone, until I found one guy, post military who was also #whodeynation, and watching with the ONLY Bengals fan I knew in the West Coast. Every High and Low…. The Burfict hit… then “The Pac-Man Penalty”…. I have never felt so much energy sucked out of me from watching my team. Both of us, fell silent, then just so much anger. We never forget this moment. We knew where it brought us back too. Back to the bottom. But here we are today. I now live back in Ohio and got to actually see the Bengals end the playoff drought, in Cincinnati, while my boy Charles got to see them in the Super Bowl. It’s been a rough and rowdy ride being a Bengals fan, but it’s forever #Whodey!

This was a lot better than I thought it was gonna be, thanks for the continued great work.

When game first happened I was devasted and it hurt me for years but since they broke the curse under Joe Burrow that game can't hurt me no more

I was screaming my ass off when that fumble happened. This game was such a swing of emotions. This win was amazing

Nothing makes Steelers fans more happy than seeing Bengals fans sad and angry. I remember this game like it was yesterday and I probably always will. This was the super bowl to me that year. Good times.

My brother and I were watching the game together. When the Burfict got that pick, my brother was about to dip, but he was like, 'It's the Bungles. They'll find a way to miraculously lose this game.' Lo and behold, that Hill fumble happened and we laughed throughout the entire end of the game. Good times, man...

The day after this was posted, the bengals lost to the steelers in an even more inexplicable way somehow. Not even a super bowl can break the bengals curse of losing to the steelers in impossible ways.

It’s crazy that this game broke the bengals mental….man them early 2010s bengals teams had some nice squads and the team just imploded on their own

I became a bengals fan when I was 7 because I had no idea how to change the teams in madden 07, (goated madden btw). Man, growing up around a good amount of Steelers fans, this one still haunts me till this day, even with the amazing run we had last season. Burfict was one of those guys you loved having on your team at the time, but when he would slip, it would be so frustrating to watch it unfold. Great video. Love the channel and the content you guys put out. Was really cool to see a bengals rewind.

As a Bengals fan you guys really didn't have to do this

I’m sure you have tons of ideas in the hopper, but I would love to see a Rewinder video of Bob Burnquist’s 2001 Vert gold medal run.

Can't believe y'all really doing this. I'm still going to watch. But dayum! I paused it before knowing who is narrating. Should be fun.

I remember this game so well. My family was having our Christmas party. My whole family was born and raised in Pittsburgh so we were loosing it. We were watching the game on a small tv in a banquet hall we rented out.

If my Giants ever lost to the Eagles like this in the playoffs I genuinely don’t think I could ever watch football again

It still hurts man…

Finally! I been asking for this for years! THANK YOU!

Turns out this was aptly timed as the Steelers just won the most improbable opening day game I can remember. Check out yesterday's game to see what I mean.

Antonio Brown’s been crazy since that hit

This was the first Football game I ever watch. I won't forget how loudly I screamed when they made that field goal

Great episode, amazing breakdown, least satisfying ending. Love you guys at Secret Base.

I'm surprised this Rewinder didn't already exist. It's not every day you see a team "implode" in a game they trailed 15-0 entering the fourth quarter.

Roethlisberger trotting back out onto the field for that game winning drive still gives me goosebumps. After Bengals fans threw bottles at him as he was being carted off and Burfict throwing a whole party in the endzone, I just knew somehow he'd find a way to win. I just never foresaw it happening the way it did. Important note: in this season Burfict managed to knock out all 3 "Killer Bs". Bell's knee in that first match-up, Brown was concussed from Burfict's hit and couldn't play in the divisional round, and Ben was forced to play with an obviously limp shoulder in the divisional round. Their divisional round match-up was against the soon-to-be superbowl champion Broncos. They almost won that game if it weren't for a fumble by the steelers backup RB late in the game. So while the Steelers won this game, Burfict's hits likely cost the steelers a deeper playoff run.

AB was never the same after that hit 💯

The "full field" chart at the end was masterfully done. Quite creative with no bells n whistles. Great job

Just wanna give some love to this channel. I have watched these for hours. Great content

The hit that turned AB into the AB we know today

Man I love AFC North matchups lol.

the fact that this was posted right before the game on Sunday makes laugh

Bro we just went to the damn super bowl and this game still lives rent free in my head. Like the 05 playoff game hurt. Probably worse for me than most Bengals fans because I was 13 at the time lol. But at least that loss wasn't embarrassing. Can't do much about your superstar QB going out early. This 15 game was just... man to this day Jeremy Hill is a pariah in Cincinnati. We could embarrass the Steelers in the AFC Championship in similar fashion and I don't think I'll get over this game.

This is one of the top 5 most memorable games I've ever watched. Just a complete meltdown in the truest since of the word. Soooo glad I'm not a Bengals fan. I would still be steaming

Can’t wait for you guys to do a deep rewind on Epic Games like the 2022 AFC Divisional Round or Rams-Chiefs from 2018

I remember accidentally watching this game. I never cared for actually viewing football that much out of my favorite team, and that team was neither the bengals or the Steelers however, from the moment the game started playing, I was absolutely enthralled. I could see all the emotions of the players, how tough each one is as fighting, how brutal they were willing to be to win. After that, I couldn’t look away.

actually insane that you guys posted this cuz i just searched for it thinking it would have been deep in ur reminder playlist. most boneheaded way to lose a game i remember in my history of witnessing sports.

It’s also wild how this game started ABs total decline. He may have always been like he is today, but I feel like that Burfict hit broke him mentally, or at least broke his ability to control himself.

So as a wrestling fan I feel like I need to elaborate for any of y’all non wrestling fans about Pacman Jones’ TNA wrestling career. So basically he signs with TNA, which at the time was the 2nd biggest wrestling promotion in the US. The Titans were not a fan of that so they protested and said that if Jones did anything physical they would sue TNA and void Jones’ contract. At the 2007 No Surrender ppv Team Pacman won the tag team championship. During the match Jones spent the entire match on the ring apron and never tagged in while his partner, Ron Killings wrestled a 2v1 handicap match and won the titles. They would hold the titles for 35 days and would lose them at the 2007 Bound for Glory ppv where Consequences Creed would be a substitute to Pacman Jones so it would not be another handicap match. Pacman Jones left TNA soon there after, Ron Killings would become R-Truth in WWE, Consequences Creed would become Xavier Woods in WWE, and wrestling journalists acted like upset children because Pacman Jones was making it rain on tv and that was an abomination to the already ridiculously stupid sport of Pro Wrestling.

As a Eagles Fan I Remember Watching This Ending and It Was Crazy Stuff!

I love Football sooooooooo much. As a Steelers fan I still can't believe we won this game. We should've beat Denver a week later but we had no Bell or Brown. But still had a chance to win that game in the end but the rookie RB fumbled. He played a heck of a game too up until that fumble. I still feel bad for that kid.

The single most painful moment of my sports watching life.

Throwing hits like that is how Shazier ended his own career. Keep that head up.

Just knew before this game even kicked off it was going to be crazy and it did not disappoint.

This was the hit that changed AB.. he has not been the same since. I really don't think people think about that when AB does crazy things

As a Cincinnati fan this loss was utterly devastating. Time heals all wounds and now I can say that I'm glad they lost this because Burrow breaking the curse these past playoffs was so much sweeter

Woah woah woah. 2:32. "Palmer blew his knee out" YOU MEAN THE DIRTY PLAY FROM THE STEELERS KEEMO THAT INTENTIONALLY INJURED HIM?

Your channel always impresses me. Games are never won by one play. 11 vs. 11 happens for a reason. You do a great job explaining this. This game is all about bad decisions.

I love these videos so much

“Palmer blew his knee out”. Yeah he shouldn’t have rammed it into Kim Von Olhauffen’s helmet I guess…. Silly Carson blowing his own knee out.

I remember saying to myself after that embarrassing display by the Bengals, Marvin Lewis should’ve been given the Pink Slip (fired) the next day, because, he had lost control of the team when the opportunity to finally win a playoff game was there, and it all fell apart.

As a bengals fan who grew up loving these marvin lewis and burfict teams, I think the reason that I loved them so much was how much they cared, they may be stupid, but they cared so much. SO often I feel like fans care more than some players, but pacman, burfict, and jeremy hill, cared about winning and their teammates. Glad the bengals have that attitude back, because from 16-19 it was not like that. And, now the players aren't stupid and they still care.

I’ve been waiting for this one…

As a Steeler, I'll never forget this game. That hit on Brown made me blow my top, and beating the Bengals as a result of it kept me laughing for days.

Within the year after losing the superbowl, you guys rewind their worse lose ever. Nice

Steelers fan who saw this go down in real time. This was just wild to see

Keep the good work up guys

Note: Joey Porter should have been flagged for being on the field in the first place. A linebacker coach had no right to be on the field during an injury timeout with their offense on the field. Now because of him, only head coaches are now allowed on the field during injury timeouts.

Gee, I sure hope that Cincinnati recovers from this

Left a couple key things out. That helmet to helmet on Bernard was not called and he fumbled the ball on that carry so instead of a penalty, Pittsburgh got the ball on the recovery and also Joey porter should've been flagged for being on the field. So even with the 15 yards by burficts hit. The steelers should've received a 15 yard penalty for porter being in the Bengals huddle period which would've offset penalties and basically been a do over with 22 seconds left.

I've been waiting years for this video.