…Then Chris Boswell missed his first attempt ever in the building, giving the Bengals one last chance. Evan McPherson missed a 29-yard field goal in overtime to win it, likely due to the change in timing after the switch at long-snapper. And that’s a nice, clean summation of it. But…they missed the extra point because long-snapper Clark Harris left the game earlier due to injury, which meant overtime. Bengals blew a fourth-and-inches for a game-winning score, then got the ball back because the Steelers were silly with their possession, only to march down the field and score. The final two minutes of this game were the craziest fans will ever see.
Bengals fell short on a fourth-and-inches attempt that would have likely won the game after stunningly choosing not to challenge what might have been a touchdown by Ja’Marr Chase. He was throwing off his back foot often because of his line, but he wasn’t seeing the field all that well, either. Burrow threw a fourth pick in the second half on a ball that had no chance to make it through a pair of defenders. Cincinnati stayed in the game through sheer defensive effort headed up by the defensive line and stout coverage. Steelers ran up to 14 points off Bengals turnovers in the first half after that Watt INT led to a touchdown. Best defender in football read the quick pass and timed it right while the offensive line didn’t get in him to prevent it. Third turnover for Burrow was a leaping interception by T.J.
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But a Burrow-sack fumble during the former gave the Steelers free points to make it 10-3. As expected, pass-blocking was an issue early for the Bengals, whereas the run-blocking was just fine. Evan McPherson hit from 59 yards, a club record and one yard longer than the record he set last year. This isn’t something they can maintain for the long term but I do expect Pittsburgh to ride the wave of last week and give the home fans something to cheer about with a home win. Not totally unexpected given the lack of reps for the whole unit this summer, but a majorly bad start. Steelers The Steelers showed they can beat a really good team when the offense absolutely stunk.
A rusty-looking Burrow then fired a late throw that went for a pick-six. Nightmare start for the Bengals as the line starting four new players gave up a sack on the first play.
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