Bengals running back Jeremy Hill’s first two fumbles this season got him benched. The third one did him no favors, either. But the fourth and last one had the direst of consequences.
The Paul Brown Stadium crowd of 63,257 was in a full-throated ecstatic din. Linebacker Vontaze Burfict had just picked off Steelers backup quarterback Landry Jones with a diving interception with 1:36 left and the Bengals had seemingly broken the 25-year play-off drought in the greatest way imaginable. With a16-point fourth quarter that erased a 15-0 deficit against the dreaded Steelers. All they had to do was make Pittsburgh use its last three timeouts and .