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"Hallelujah, Holy Shit! Where's The Tylenol?": Your Sunday NFL GIF Roundup

Sean Newell, deadspin.com

We'll be putting all our GIFs for the day here, from London Fletcher losing his lunch to sad Tom Brady. We'll update the post as the later games conclude, so stay tuned. More »

CNNSI.com

The Bengals are playoff-bound and the Steelers aren't. Cincinnati's 13-10 win was a tour de force performance by maybe the NFL's most off-the-radar defense, says Don Banks.

Frank Schwab, yahoo.com

When teams are tempted to take a chance late in a game backed up in their own territory, they might remember what Ben Roethlisberger did on Sunday and run out the clock instead. There just wasn't much good that was going to come out of Roethlisberger ro…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Josh Brown kicked a 43-yard field goal with 4 seconds remaining to lift the Cincinnati Bengals over the Pittsburgh Steelers 13-10 on Sunday, sending the Bengals into the playoffs for a second straight season.

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

The Cincinnati Bengals have made the playoffs, and the Pittsburgh Steelers are done. In a tough, back-and-forth AFC North battle, Bengals kicker Josh Brown hit a 43-yard field goal with three seconds remaining to give the Bengals a 13-10 win. That win c…

The Pittsburgh Post, post-gazette.com

The Steelers were eliminated from playoff contention when Cincinnati beat them on Josh Brown's 43-yard field goal with four seconds left.

CNNSI.com

The Bengals not only secured their playoff berth, but they eliminated the rival Steelers along the way. Ben Roethlisberger's late INT led to the game-winning FG in Cincy's 13-10 win.

Bengals 7, Steelers 0

Dec 23, 2012

CNNSI.com

The Steelers can stay in the playoff hunt with a win today, but it'll have to come against the rival Bengals, who can clinch their own postseason berth with a victory. Follow the action here.

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

After what was certainly “a lot of thought,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is letting Rashard Mendenhall out of the doghouse. The pending free agent running back, who was suspended after bailing on his team the week before, will be active for today’s g…

ESPN.com

Join our ESPN.com NFL experts as they break down the AFC North clash between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Contribute your thoughts and questions beginning at 1 p.m. ET. See you there. Countdown Live: Bengals-Steelers

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The late Al Davis hated the play that allowed the Pittsburgh Steelers to swipe a playoff win from the Raiders 40 years ago today via a deflected pass that Franco Harris plucked out of the sky on the fly and ran into the end zone. Current Raiders owner M…

Ron Cook, post-gazette.com

Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger usually is at his best in big games, and for the Steelers this season there is no bigger game than today.

Gerry Dulac, post-gazette.com

The key number for the Steelers' playoff hopes is two: Win their final two games and they are in the postseason.

Gerry Dulac, post-gazette.com

With Ike Taylor out, Keenan Lewis draws the assignment of trying to shut down Cincinnati's standout wide receiver A.J. Green today.