By Mitch Stacy The Associated Press CINCINNATI — Russell Wilson has been at the center of a quarterback controversy since he arrived in Pittsburgh, competing with Justin Fields for the starting job. There was no debate on Sunday. Wilson threw for a season-high 414 yards and three ...
By Jeff Wallner The Associated Press CINCINNATI — It was more of the same for the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. Another dismal defensive performance that has the team talking about offseason changes. Cincinnati almost assuredly will miss the playoffs for the second straight year after it lost 44-38 to Russell Wilson and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Joe Burrow passed for 309 yards and three touchdowns, but it wasn’t enough for the Bengals (4-8). Again. “We’re sitting here in December and (still) saying we didn’t do enough to win a game,” Bengals center Ted Karras said. ...
CINCINNATI — The Pittsburgh Steelers had stacked up five straight wins and pulled ahead in the race for the AFC North before letting one slip away to the lowly Browns on a snowy Thursday night in Cleveland. The Steelers have a chance to get back on track Sunday against the reeling Bengals (4-7), whose own playoff hopes are dwindling. “It’s a huge game — every game from here on out, especially since it’s an AFC North game, Bengals, one of our rivals,” said Steelers linebacker Alex Highsmith, who hopes to play after missing the past two games with an ankle injury. “It’s ...
Records: Pittsburgh (8-3); Cincinnati (4-7) Kickoff: Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS BetMGM NFL odds: Bengals by 2.5 Against the spread: Steelers 8-3, Bengals 6-5 Series record: Steelers lead 70-39 Last meeting: Steelers beat Bengals 34-11 on Dec. 23, 2023, at Pittsburgh Last week: Steelers lost to Browns 24-19, Bengals lost to Chargers 34-27 Steelers offense: overall (18), rush (8), pass (26), scoring (14) Steelers defense: overall (9), rush (4), pass (17), scoring (4) Bengals offense: overall (9), rush (27), pass (1), scoring (6) Bengals defense: overall (23), rush (21), pass ...
By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The yard lines weren’t the only things lost in the early winter squall that swept off Lake Erie and turned Huntington Bank Stadium into a snow globe on Thursday night. The “good vibes only” mindset that carried the Pittsburgh ...
The Associated Press CLEVELAND — An incompletion and the final whistle ended Thursday night’s snow-covered game between the Steelers and Browns. The bad blood is still boiling. Pittsburgh wide receiver George Pickens had to be restrained from going after Cleveland cornerback Greg ...
