The Cincinnati Bengals hit a go-ahead area purpose with seven seconds left within the sport to defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers 33-31. With the win, Cincy ended its four-game shedding streak.
Quarterback Joe Flacco appeared nice in his second begin with the Bengals, finishing 31 of 47 passes for 342 yards and three TDs. In the meantime, broad 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 an attractive rainbow move to broad 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 move 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 purple zone. Nonetheless, they have been flagged for offensive holding, which ended up killing the drive and resulting in a 41-yard area purpose for a 10-0 benefit. Aaron Rodgers went six for six on that possession with 42 passing yards and 6 dashing 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. Dealing with 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 purple zone, the place Chase caught a diving eight-yard landing move 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, broad receiver Tee Higgins took a 29-yard catch-and-run into the top zone for a 14-10 Cincinnati lead. The Bengals, who averaged 56.7 yards on the bottom per sport coming into this matchup, had 97 dashing 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 move 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 move 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 purpose for a 17-10 halftime lead.
All night time 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 ultimately resulted in a 23-yard area purpose to increase Cincy’s result in 20-10.
Pittsburgh answered by leaning on the dashing assault. They ran the ball 4 straight occasions for 37 yards to get to Cincy’s 24. Slightly later, Aaron Rodgers hit tight finish Pat Friermuth for a 19-yard landing move on a third and purpose to slim the hole to 20-17. This was Rodgers’ fourth sport of the season with a number of passing TDs.
Joe Flacco hit wideout Andrei Iosiva on a 37-yard move on Cincy’s subsequent possession. That ultimately 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 implausible night time for Steelers working again Jaylen Warren, who had 127 dashing yards and 31 receiving yards. His 36-yard run arrange an Aaron Rodgers TD move to make it 27-24 with 11:03 to go within the sport. 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 dashing yards, his first 100-yard sport of the season. His 19 yards on the bottom allowed the Bengals to kick a area purpose to carry the rating to 30-24 with 6:58 remaining within the fourth quarter.
Afterward, 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 sport for Freiermuth with a number of TD catches.
On the following drive, Joe Flacco discovered Ja’Marr Chase for a 15-yard achieve to carry 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 purpose with simply seven ticks left on the clock.
Although Aaron Rodgers managed to throw the soccer to the top zone as time expired on a last-gasp try and win the sport, his move was batted down. Regardless of the shedding effort, Rodgers nonetheless threw for 249 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Following this sport, the Steelers fell to 4-2 on the marketing campaign. This was Pittsburgh’s first loss since Week Two.
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