Pittsburgh slowly “de-striped” the Bengals’ offense in a 24-16 victory and is at least entertaining the question of whether vintage Steelers defensive football is finally back. That the Ravens came to life when the original Browns moved to Baltimore 20 years ago still hurts in Cleveland, but maybe not as much as watching these current Browns. It seemed to be the recipe for a Bengals win, yet somehow it didn’t play out that way.
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The Bengals intercepted Roethlisberger twice and converted both into field goals, but Pittsburgh kept the Cincinnati offense playing on long fields for most of the day. Rookie receiver Tyler Boyd stepped up admirably, even though a late fumble was credited to him when it probably shouldn’t have been.
Xavier Grimble and Jesse James both caught touchdown passes. To come back from down 15 and take the lead with a few minutes to go in the fourth. Their defense against the run is well rated, but NY got more than 150 ground yards against them. As usual, the Steelers stuffed the running game, holding the Bengals to 46 rushing yards.
In the first game of the season, Rogers had a monster first half and finished the game with six receptions (on seven targets) for 59 yards and one touchdown. Regardless, it was a poor performance from Green, who repeatedly torched Darrelle Revis in Week 1. Both sides are keeping it pretty professional so far but the buildup has been definitely hard to escape. The only impact play he made came on drawing a pass interference play against Cockrell that set up a Mike Nugent field goal. On first-and-goal, the Steelers got a tackle for a loss from linebacker Ryan Shazier and forced two incompletions.
The announcing by Dan Fouts and Ian Eagle throughout the first half was also pretty unusual, especially when referring to the Bengals. The Chiefs staged a huge comeback last week, but the Texans’ victory over the Bears gives me a lot of confidence, so I’ll take Houston at home in a high scoring match 34-31. “It’s going to be a slugfest”, says Bengals tight end Tyler Eifert, who won’t be involved because of an ankle injury.
Coates had catches of 44 and 53 yards to set up touchdowns.
Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger struggled in the rain, completing only 19 of 37 passes and throwing two interceptions. They were going to be contenders. Uzomah for what should have been a touchdown, but the tight end’s catch was ruled out of bounds.
“Every time we play those guys, certain things go out of hand”, Kirkpatrick said.
Boyd returned home Sunday to the stadium where he spent three years torching secondaries with the Panthers — this time as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ archrival Bengals.
On Pittsburgh’s second possession of the third quarter, Roethlisberger again hooked up with Coates on a big play.
Yes, Williams is aware he’s 33, a time when backs are either retired or rapidly heading in that direction one carry at a time.
If the season ended today, the Steelers team MVP would most likely be running back DeAngelo Williams. While the Steelers defense allowed 412 yards-including 366 through the air, Keith Butler’s charges limited Cincinnati to four of 16 on third down. “The play he threw the ball behind him, Adam was in great position to make the play”. Cincinnati Bengals vs. Pittsburgh Steelers Betting Odds, Analysis. Cincinnati Bengals vs Pittsburgh Steelers NFL Live Stream is available across devices including desktop, smartphones, tablets, and select connected TV devices, so you can rewatch games wherever you are.
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And with that, the game was over.
