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CINCINNATI - The Bengals were in good shape heading into the fourth quarter. Then it all came apart. And a day later, they were still trying to figure out exactly what had happened.A 42-21 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday has staggered the AFC North leaders. Sure, theyre still in first place in the NFLs toughest division. Its not the record but the way theyre playing thats causing concern.All I can tell you is I felt great and then all of a sudden, 12 minutes later, Im in my car going home going, What the hell just happened? defensive co-ordinator Paul Guenther said on Monday.Heres what happened: The Bengals got outscored 25-0 in the fourth quarter, gave up more than 500 yards overall for a club-record third time this season, and lost their cushion in the division race.Cincinnati (8-4-1) is up by a half-game on Pittsburgh (8-5) and Baltimore (8-5) heading into the final three weeks. But theyve got a tough closing stretch, starting with a game at Cleveland (7-6) on Sunday.The Bengals have one more home game — against Denver (10-3) on a Monday night — followed by a game at Pittsburgh.One more slip-up could cost them the playoffs.Everything is important this time of year, and were in position where weve made it that way, quarterback Andy Dalton said on Monday. It starts this week.It starts with trying to figure out why theyve turned into such a team of extremes. They looked like one of the best in the NFL during their 3-0 start to the season. Theyve been blown out in all four of their losses — two of them at home to division rivals — while playing some of the worst defence in franchise history.Which team is it going to be in December? The one that looked like it could run away with the division, or the one that seems to run and hide in the biggest games?The way we lost is pretty bad, safety George Iloka said.The Bengals led 21-17 heading into the fourth quarter, and then totally fell apart. Daltons fumble on a fake handoff started the Steelers 25-point surge. The Steelers had 229 yards in the fourth quarter alone and 543 for the game, the most against Cincinnati this season.Cincinnatis defence has allowed 500 yards three times this season, a franchise record, according to STATS. The previous mark was two 500-yard games allowed in 1968 and 1969, when the Bengals were an expansion team.Theyve given up more points (298) than theyve scored this season (281).And in four of their most important games, theyve totally come apart. They lost a Sunday night game at New England 43-17. They failed to cross midfield until the fourth quarter of a 27-0 loss at Indianapolis. And theyve dropped their last two home games against Cleveland 24-3 on a Thursday night and against the Steelers on Sunday.Its the first time since 2002 — when current Steelers defensive co-ordinator Dick LeBeau was their head coach — that the Bengals have lost consecutive home games by 21 points or more. Its the first time since 2008, when they went 4-11-1, that the Bengals have lost four games by 21 points or more.All those very bad trends have them feeling like anything except a division leader.No, it definitely doesnt feel like it, linebacker Vincent Rey said.Notes: The Bengals have lost their last two games in Cleveland. They havent been swept in their two-game season series since 2002. ... Coach Marvin Lewis was noncommittal on Monday when asked whether linebacker Vontaze Burfict would return this season. Burfict hasnt played since he had surgery on Oct. 29 to clean out his left knee. ... The Bengals have to decide whether to activate quarterback AJ McCarron or leave him on an injury list for the rest of the season. The fifth-round draft pick has been sidelined since training camp with a sore passing shoulder. He was cleared to practice on Nov. 18. The Bengals had a roster exemption for him that ends this week.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Pat McAfee Jersey . He just didnt expect them to be this good. Darrun Hilliard scored 19 points to lead No. 6 Villanova to a dominating 77-59 victory over Georgetown on Saturday, preserving the Wildcats hopes of a No. Anthony Walker Jersey . The two teams will play through the completion of the game starting at 5pm ct on Wednesday. The regularly scheduled Wednesday night matchup will follow that and will now be seven innings. http://www.officialindianapoliscoltsfootball.com/authentic-joe-haeg-jersey-womens .com) - Ryan Johansens creative moves and hometown appeal highlighted Team Folignos successful night at the NHL All- Star Skills Competition. Skai Moore Jersey .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Denico Autry Jersey . Watch the announcement live on TSN.ca at 12:30pm et/9:30am pt. This years honourees will be recognized at the 2014 Hockey Canada Foundation Celebrity Classic, scheduled for June 23-24 in Vancouver. LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Rory McIlroy played the kind of golf Saturday that typically would put him in control at a major championship. Staked to a one-shot lead in the PGA Championship, he made three birdies over his last four holes for a 4-under 67. All that did was allow him to stay in front -- barely. More rain in the morning allowed for a deluge of birdies during a third round so wild that six players had a share of the lead at some point. McIlroy could hear it. The cheers of so many birdies resounding across the back nine made him realize it was time to get it in gear. He rolled in a 20-foot birdie putt at No. 15. His approach from 172 yards landed with a splat next to the hole on the 16th for an easy birdie, and he took a one-shot lead over Bernd Wiesberger by getting up-and-down from a front bunker on the par-5 18th. He was at 13-under 200. McIlroy loves the view from the top -- he has won all three of his majors with the lead. "Its not the biggest lead Ive ever had," said McIlroy, who led by eight, three and six shots after 54 holes in his previous major wins. "But Im still in control of this golf tournament. Its a great place to be going into tomorrow." Sunday is shaping up as a thriller, typical of the final major of the year. McIlroy would have reason to feel like a driver in pole position who looks into his rearview mirror at the start of the race. Eight players were within four shots of the lead, a group that includes Rickie Fowler, Phil Mickelson and Henrik Stenson. Wiesberger closed with three straight birdies -- the three putts were a combined 3 feet, 6 inches -- for a 65. Playing in only his sixth major championship, the 28-year-old Austrian now gets to play in the final group at a major with the No. 1 player in the world. "From now on, its just a bonus, really," Wiesberger said. Fowler, a runner-up in the last two majors and the first player since Tiger Woods to finish among the top five in all three of them, gets one last crack. He played bogey-free for a 67 and was two shots behind. Fowler will be playing in the penultimate group with Mickelson, the five-time major champion who turned his game around with strong finish. Right when he looked to be fading from contention, Lefty turned it on with a long birdie putt on the 14th hole, two more birdies, and then he narrowly missed an eagle putt on the final hole. He had a 67 and was three shots behind. "That birdie putt on 14 was really the one that got me going, because I needed to finishh strong to get back in it," Mickelson said.dddddddddddd Mickelson was at 10-under 203 with Jason Day, who played in the final group Saturday and had to settle for a 69. Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Saskatchewan fired a 3-under 68 to get to 8-under par and within five strokes of the lead. He made six birdies and five pars over his last 11 holes of the third round. The PGA Championship does not bill itself as the toughest test in golf. It assembles the best field of the majors and lets them slug it out over four days. Add a super soft course from morning showers, and cheers rained down from every corner. The average score was 69.6, though it felt easier to former Masters champion Adam Scott, one of nine players with a 66 or better. "Doesnt get any easier," said Scott, who was six behind. "Seems like 4 or 5 under is about even par today." For all the birdies, two pars early in the round were important. Day hooked his tee shot so badly on the second hole that it cleared the stream and landed in a bog. It eventually was found in knee-high vegetation. Day had to remove his shoes, roll up his pants and wade across the stream to get there. He blasted across the fairway into the rough, hit wedge onto the green to 8 feet and made it. The tee was moved forward on the par-4 fourth hole, making it play 292 holes. Seven players made eagle. McIlroy was not one of them. He hooked his tee shot into the woods and had to take a penalty drop to get a clear look at the green. McIlroy made a 12-footer for par to stay in the lead, and he made birdie on the next hole. Back and forth it went all day. Fowler, Day, Wiesberger and even Ryan Palmer (69) and Jim Furyk took turns joining McIlroy atop the leaderboard. Through it all, Boy Wonder never fell back. "It wasnt as easy as I expected it to be out there today," McIlroy said. "They tucked a few pins away, and obviously playing with the lead, you maybe cant play with the freedom as if youre chasing. But really happy with how I finished. To shoot another 67 without really having some of my best stuff for the round was really pleasing." And thats what makes it hard on everyone else chasing him Sunday. McIlroy is coming off a wire-to-wire win at the British Open and rallied to win a World Golf Championship in his next start. He goes after a third straight victory from a familiar position -- in the lead. Unlike his other three majors, he has hardly any margin for error and a lot more players chasing him. 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