Rewind: Steelers-Bengals 2015 Wild Card with Justin Edwards - Remember That Game

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🗓️ 1 May 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Originally aired November 2023. Native Cincinnatian Justin Edwards (4for4, PFF) joins host Thomas Emerick for the sick game that is revisiting another Bengals season lost to injury, this time the 2015 AFC wild card against Pittsburgh. But how close were they to pulling it off with AJ McCarron that day — perhaps if not for Vontaze Burfict’s illegal hit on Antonio Brown — and could Andy Dalton (thumb) have returned from injury the next week to lead Cincy in a wide-open field that season? Also, not lost is the gut punch of Joe Burrow (wrist) going down in 2023. This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey and chart the path of the zeitgeist. I'm your host Thomas Emerick, enjoy the show. Follow Remember That Game for the full archive: Apple Spotify YouTube "Remember That Game" in search wherever you get your podcasts More from the Steelers-Bengals 2015 AFC wild card: NFL Throwback supercut: Pittsburgh Steelers 18, Cincinnati Bengals 16 (YouTube) Box Score: Ben Roethlisberger hits Martavis Bryant for Pittsburgh's only touchdown, while Jeremy Hill and AJ Green both notch fourth-quarter touchdowns (Pro Football Reference) Game highlights (YouTube) HOST RotoViz Contributor Thomas Emerick (@ThomasEmerick) Guest 4for4 Fantasy Football Senior Analyst Justin Edwards (@justin_redwards) SPONSORS BetterHelp - This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ROTOVIZ and get on your way to being your best self. Underdog Fantasy – Get a 100% deposit match on your first deposit up to $100 when you sign up at Underdogfantasy.com using this link or the promo code ROTOVIZ. Listeners of RotoViz Radio can save 10% on a one-year RotoViz subscription by visiting RotoViz.com/podcast or by using the promotional code "rvradio2023" at the time of purchase. Gametime - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code ROTOVIZ for $20 off your first purchase. SHOW NOTES RotoViz Radio provides the power for Remember That Game: Subscribe to the RotoViz Radio on YouTube Follow and direct message: @ThomasEmerick Email: emericktc@gmail.com Subscribe: Remember That Game on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	At the time, maybe just a little bit, even looking back now, it was like, why the hell is Joey Porter on the field right now?
0:12.6	It's January 2016, Steelers at Bengals.
0:16.6	This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey,
0:23.6	and maybe chart the path of the zeitgeist.
0:27.0	I'm your host Thomas Emmerich, and my guest is Justin Edwards,
0:32.1	senior analyst at 4-4-4 fantasy football and data for pro football focus,
0:33.4	and a Cincinnati.
0:39.5	For anyone who says this show is just some sick game, well, here's another data point.
0:46.9	So Carson Palmer's knee, Andy Dalton's thumb, and now Joe Burroughs' wrist, which one felt like the biggest gut punch?
0:49.7	It hasn't been too long with the most recent one, but the Andy Dalton thumb was really, really something brutal.
0:57.6	That team did feel like it was Super Bowl bound or at least deep playoff bound.
1:02.4	So having him break his thumb pretty miserable.
1:06.9	In each case, right before the young quarterback's salary cap allocation makes the jump for future
1:14.4	seasons, different contract structures, but in each instance, you lose that team building edge
1:20.4	as the quarterback gets injured.
1:22.7	So by this 2015 wildcard here between the Steelers and Bengals.
1:32.8	Bengals are three-point home dogs with A.J. McCarron starting over the injured Andy Dalton.
1:38.1	Were you resigned going into this about the Bengals in that championship window, or were you more just, I don't care about the big picture right now. Please just take out the Steelers.
1:44.6	I think at this point in my fandom, this rivalry was so heated at this point.
1:50.7	I think I was more concerned with just rooting the Steelers Day.
1:54.9	Dalton was maybe able to come back at some point in the postseason, but that was still up in there too.
1:59.4	They had been talking about that since it happened in the regular season matchup.
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