Doc: Can Bengals stay the course in Pittsburgh?

Bob Johnson, the Bengals' first draft pick, and Tom Kinder Jr., the Bengals' announcer, remember the first season.The Enquirer/Cara Owsley

(Photo: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports)Mike Mitchell said to look at the play, so I did. The play wasn’t quite as Mitchell described. Mitchell, the Pittsburgh Steelers safety, said he was “pushed’’ into Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith last Sunday. If by pushing, he meant a teammate laid a feather-hand on his shoulder and he lunged forward, then OK, Mitchell was pushed.

“I felt myself tripping. I felt myself losing balance,” Mitchell said. “If you watch the tape, I'm even trying to turn my body while I’m falling. Alex is backpedaling into me.’’

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