The Cincinnati Bengals hit a go-ahead area objective with seven seconds left within the recreation to defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers 33-31. With the win, Cincy ended its four-game shedding streak.
Quarterback Joe Flacco regarded nice in his second begin with the Bengals, finishing 31 of 47 passes for 342 yards and three TDs. In the meantime, vast receiver Ja’Marr Chase completed the sport with a franchise-record 16 receptions for 161 yards and a landing.
On the primary drive of the sport, Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw a lovely rainbow go to vast receiver DK Metcalf on a third and 11 for a 39-yard choose to get deep into enemy territory. On their subsequent third down, Rodgers hit tight finish Jonnu Smith for a ten-yard landing go to go up 7-0. That was Smith’s first TD catch since Week One.
From there, the scoring died down till the second quarter, when the Steelers lastly obtained again into the crimson zone. Nonetheless, they had been flagged for offensive holding, which ended up killing the drive and resulting in a 41-yard area objective for a 10-0 benefit. Aaron Rodgers went six for six on that possession with 42 passing yards and 6 speeding yards.
Cincy had a pleasant response. Working again Chase Brown minimize upfield for a 27-yard scamper – the longest run of the season for the Bengals – to get onto Pittsburgh’s facet of the sector. Going through a third and 10, quarterback Joe Flacco related with wideout Ja’Marr Chase for 15 yards and a primary down. Quickly, Cincinnati made it into the crimson zone, the place Chase caught a diving eight-yard landing go to chop the Steelers’ result in 10-7. In his final three video games, Chase has 4 TD catches.
On the primary play of Pittsburgh’s subsequent drive, Aaron Rodgers was picked off, and the Bengals took over at their very own 24 with 4:25 to go within the second quarter. That was Rodgers’ first INT in 4 weeks.
Chase Brown continued to pile it on with a 37-yard pickup on the bottom proper after the interception to get the ball to Pittsburgh’s 34 yard line. Three performs later, vast receiver Tee Higgins took a 29-yard catch-and-run into the tip zone for a 14-10 Cincinnati lead. The Bengals, who averaged 56.7 yards on the bottom per recreation coming into this matchup, had 97 speeding yards within the first half of this contest.
Pittsburgh obtained the ball again with 2:46 to go within the half. Whereas DK Metcalf tried to catch a go at Cincy’s 30 yard line, Bengals cornerback DJ Turner ripped the soccer away from him for an interception with 43 seconds remaining within the quarter.
Following back-to-back completions for a complete of 21 yards, a 12-yard defensive go interference penalty obtained the ball to the Steelers’ 37. Due to a seven-yard reception by tight finish Noah Fant, Cincy hit a 49-yard area objective for a 17-10 halftime lead.
All evening lengthy, the Steelers had no reply for Ja’Marr Chase, and that was confirmed on the primary drive of the second half when he made 4 catches for 38 yards. That finally resulted in a 23-yard area objective to increase Cincy’s result in 20-10.
Pittsburgh answered by leaning on the speeding assault. They ran the ball 4 straight instances for 37 yards to get to Cincy’s 24. A little bit later, Aaron Rodgers hit tight finish Pat Friermuth for a 19-yard landing go on a third and objective to slim the hole to 20-17. This was Rodgers’ fourth recreation of the season with a number of passing TDs.
Joe Flacco hit wideout Andrei Iosiva on a 37-yard go on Cincy’s subsequent possession. That finally arrange a landing catch by Noah Fant on the primary play of the fourth quarter to place the Bengals on prime 27-17.
It was a unbelievable evening for Steelers working again Jaylen Warren, who had 127 speeding yards and 31 receiving yards. His 36-yard run arrange an Aaron Rodgers TD go to make it 27-24 with 11:03 to go within the recreation. On this contest, Rodgers handed former Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to maneuver into fifth place all-time on the NFL’s profession passing yards listing.
Chase Brown additionally went over the century mark with 108 speeding yards, his first 100-yard recreation of the season. His 19 yards on the bottom allowed the Bengals to kick a area objective to convey the rating to 30-24 with 6:58 remaining within the fourth quarter.
In a while, Pittsburgh’s offense took the sector at its personal 42 with 2:46 to go within the fourth quarter. On a 2nd and 20, Aaron Rodgers prevented a defender and hit Pat Freiermuth for a 68-yard catch-and-run landing to retake the lead 31-30 with 2:21 to go. This was simply the second-career recreation for Freiermuth with a number of TD catches.
On the following drive, Joe Flacco discovered Ja’Marr Chase for a 15-yard achieve to convey this one to the two-minute warning. Popping out of that break, Ja’Marr Chase had an 18-yard catch-and-run to get to Pittsburgh’s facet of the sector. Then, Tee Higgins made a 28-yard reception to get right down to Pittsburgh’s seven with 1:37 to go. That allowed Cincy to run down the clock and kick a go-ahead area objective with simply seven ticks left on the clock.
Although Aaron Rodgers managed to throw the soccer to the tip zone as time expired on a last-gasp try and win the sport, his go was batted down. Regardless of the shedding effort, Rodgers nonetheless threw for 249 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Following this recreation, the Steelers fell to 4-2 on the marketing campaign. This was Pittsburgh’s first loss since Week Two.
*Writer’s word: all info and statistics are tracked in actual time and are offered by the sport’s broadcaster, NFL.com, and ESPN.com*
