For nearly three quarters Saturday night, referee John Parry and his crew kept a lid on extracurricular activity at Paul Brown Stadium. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals were still intense and had plenty to say to one another, but the floodgates opened with one especially brutal late in the third quarter -- one that transformed the game into a mess of dirty and angry play that ultimately made the difference in the Steelers' 18-16 victory in the wild-card playoffs.
As we all try to process exactly what happened, let's trace the major events from that point on in a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) format.