Jeremy Hill's fumble while the Bengals had the ball 1st and 10 at the Steelers 26 following Burfict's interception of Landry Jones with less than two minutes left was the miscue that preceded the Burfict and Jones "Black Boys Gone Wild" grand finale. Hill was only holding the ball with one hand when he fumbled.
Hill had hobbled off the field shortly before that and the Bengals were forced to use overachiever Rex Burkhead as Giovanni Bernard had been KO'd earlier by Ryan Shazier.
Burkhead immediately got a carry, good for 4 yards, and was in for one or two more plays before Hill unfortunately returned. Burkhead would have excelled at the short dump-off passes McCarren was throwing at that time of the game, mixed in with the occasional run. One thing for sure -- Burkhead would have been holding the ball with two hands on rushes near the end of the game, unlike Hill. It's another way in which pro football has been degraded when it comes to fundamentals -- even at the most crucial moments of a playoff game, a running back can't be bothered to hold onto the ball with both hands.