Pittsburgh Steelers Defeat Cinnicinati Bengals, 18-16, in Wild Wild-Card Win (VIDEO)

This was a yawner of a game, and then the spectacular turnarounds at the end.

Just wow.

At LAT, "Steelers escape with wild-card win, 18-16, as Bengals lose control":

A knockout hit by Cincinnati linebacker Vontaze Burfict wound up knocking the Bengals out of the playoffs -- yet again.

Thanks to Burfict's headhunting hit to the helmet of Pittsburgh receiver Antonio Brown -- followed by an unsportsmanlike call on the Bengals after the play -- the Steelers pulled off an 18-16 victory in a wildcard game, clinching with a 39-yard field goal by Chris Boswell.

The rain-soaked crowd, delirious just minutes earlier, watched in devastated disbelief. Orange crushed.

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who had to be carted to the locker room late in the game with a right shoulder injury (the result of another Burfict hit), came back to direct the final scoring drive.

Pittsburgh moves on to play a divisional game at Denver next weekend.

For the Bengals, more heartache...

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