On Friday, Cincinnati Bengals protection Vonn Bell said he would hit the Pittsburgh Steelers between the lines and show his department rival where they were.
The Bengals’ position in the area in front of the north AFC leader in “Monday Night Football” was even stronger.
Cincinnati (3-10-1) beat steelers (11-3), 27-17, on time at Paul Brown Stadium, earning the ultimate victory from head coach Zac Taylor’s career.
In front of the AFC’s second-best team, the Bengals did not have starting quarterback Joe Burrow or Quarterback Brandon Allen, they had no offensive part Joe Mixon or any of his initial defensive tackles, and open catcher Tyler Boyd missed the game’s maximum. due to a concussion.
And yet Cincinnati won with two scores.
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The Bengals won 17-0 in halftime.
Ben Roethlisberger had one of the worst halves of his career, completing seven passes for 19 yards. Pittsburgh did not record a first attempt until the middle of the quarter hour and Roethlisberger nearly released four interceptions in the first half.
Although Cincinnati defensive backs struggled with Roethlisberger’s wandering passes to interceptions, the Steelers still committed three overs before half-time.
In Pittsburgh’s third practice, Roethlisberger escaped the instant exchange. Two possessions later, Bell leveled the Steelers’ open catcher, JuJu Smith-Schuster, in the middle of the area to force the ball to lose. In the quarter of a moment, Roethlisberger launched an interception of the Bengal cornerer, Mackensie. Alexander, who stepped forward towards the band.
Pittsburgh committed three ball losses in Bengal territory in the first half. The Bengals scored on them, adding two touchdowns from the offensive part Giovani Bernard.
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Roethlisberger more productive in the middle of the moment, leading two 67-yard practices that reduced the Steelers’ deficit to seven points. Field Marshal Ryan Finley then derailed the attempt to return from Pittsburgh, and did so with his legs.
Entering Monday night, Finley totaled 96 yards on the ground. In Finley’s final educational year, he totaled 21 yards on the ground. But to get Cincinnati to a victory over the department leader, Finley made plays outside.
At the end of the third quarter, he stepped in, a Steelers pin and handed a first pass to A. J. Green under maximum pressure. Five plays later, he climbed the 3rd and 5th for an 8-yard drive. Then, from Pittsburgh’s 23-yard line, Finley kept the ball on a road option and ran to the finish line, giving the Bengals a 14-point lead with 11 minutes left.
The Steelers recovered the ball with two minutes to the end through seven points. Before Monday, the Bengals had never achieved a victory that prevented Taylor from staying in Cincinnati.
This time, the Bengals diverted roethlisberger’s last two passes, one to the fourth. The Bengals scored a last-minute tray for a double-digit victory.
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