2025 Week 11 Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Steelers | Bengals Weekly

2025 Week 11 Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Steelers | Bengals Weekly

Oh, I know. We are who we think we are. Set the tone. You are not descended from fearful men. This is it, fellas. Starts today. Well, well, well. It’s Steelers week. The Pittsburgh Steelers better be looking in that rear view because you have a team right there on your heels. Every game, every drive, every snap has led to this moment. The season is not over. This is more than just a game. This is a statement. We leave no doubt. All day long. All day long. They want to caught Jamar Chase with a touchdown. A promise that we are here to every step shakes the ground. Every play ignites the air. The moment calls for everything we are and everything we’ve yet to become. Eight games remain as the Bengals take on their rivals in week 11 with a chance to shake things up with the AFC North standings. Welcome in to Bengals Weekly. I’m Marissa Kipelli. The opportunity this week is massive. Divisional standings at play and it’s the second tilt against the AFC North leading Steelers and it’s on their turf. So, as we get you set for this AFC North showdown, we head down to field level with one of the best height men in the game, Jamar Chase, who is miked up in week nine. As the NFL continues to honor veterans and military members during Salute to Service, we’ll show you how growing up in a military family helped shape rookie Jaylen Rivers. We’ll check in with the guys in the locker room as they prepare for a tough Pittsburgh environment. And on Countdown, I’ll tell you more about Charlie Jones’s opening kick return touchdown against the Bears. But first, the Bengals finished off their tour of the NFC North by hosting the Chicago Bears before hitting the by-week. Joe Flacco had a career day as the game was filled with emotion and drama all the way down to the final seconds. So, before we set our sights on week 11, let’s turn back the clock to week nine. Here’s From the Jungle. For more than two decades, the AFC North has widely been considered the NFL’s best and toughest division. But this year, the King of the North is completely up for grabs. The Bengals are currently 3 and five. And if they win today, they could be playing for first place in their next game at Pittsburgh. And it is time for the pig skin to fly here in the jungle. Let’s do a great job. Most important moving our feet. Move our feet. Stay in front. Nobody loses left. Nobody gets the ball. Hey, no fouls. Great. I got Cairo Santos getting ready to kick it off. Charlie Jones and Sam Perine back to return for this kick. Launched high and deep. Charlie Jones catches at the one and sprints up the middle of the field. He’s to the 20, the 30. It’s him versus the kicker. Jones down the sideline. 30 20 10 5 touchdown. Let’s go, baby. Charlie Jones with his second kick return touchdown of his NFL career. 99 yards to get the party started by Jones. Come on, man. Hit that fast, too. Hit that fast as That’s my family, man. Oh, it was weird. That’s fire. That was them. You jumped in. That’s hard. That’s hard. That’s hard. Did you start feeling that hope in that game late in that fourth quarter? Obviously, when I I think when you go down and then you you think what you have is a touchdown and no, it’s incomplete and then you throw an interception. Um, and obviously at the time you thought they scored a touchdown. That was probably that that at that point you probably weren’t thinking too much about it. Chicago 34, Cincinnati 27. It’s going to be a great drive start for the Bears. First and 10 at the 17 yd line of Cincinnati. End the round. It’s DJ Moore. He’s got Lovelin blocking. Moore trying to pound his way to the end zone. He’s knocked out short. They have ruled a Chicago touchdown by DJ Moore. I think we were down by 14 and we were going out there and I said, “Hey, listen. Crazier things have happened.” Like somebody, a coach that was standing right there, you know, I think it was a tight end’s coach. 147 to go at the 23 of Chicago as the Bengals look for a miraculous finish, a touchdown, an onside kick recovery, and then another TD shotgun snap. Flaco throwing up the field. It is caught by Noah Fant and the Bengals will go for two with 143 to go. So, Zack Taylor says, “Let’s go for the two-point try right here.” If you get the two points now, then you can win it. If you don’t, you still have an opportunity to tie if you touch. Black drops back, throws it into the end zone, and it is caught for the two-point conversion by T. Higgins. You know, when you when you go down and you score and you make it a one-sore game, I mean, anything can happen. Um onside kicks not very likely, but who knows? The Bengals are down by six, 4135. They’re going to try for an onside kick. And if they recover it, there would be plenty of time left to try for a game-winning touchdown. McFersonson lines up looking for the bounce football live. Who’s got it? Cincy is saying they’ve got it. And they do. Unbelievable. No way. 58 seconds to go. The Bengals trail the Bears by six points. Flaco ready for the shotgun snap. He catches. Short drop. Firing into the end zone. Caught by Andre Yosim. The Bengals have tied it. Better way to answer, brother, man. Better way to answer, D. About 20 yds from being within field goal range. 25 seconds left. Williams in the gun with Manungai to his left. Williams slings it. Williams Lovelin Basel his man. He’s going to score home. Cen Lovelin in a jaw dropper. Oh, it’s tough, you know. I mean, but anytime you’re on the losing end, it it’s tough. I think when you’ve when you’ve played a lot of games, the way you lose doesn’t make it any worse necessarily. You know, I I think you you learn that these these games come down to the last minute and um you got to be ready for anything and you know, a win’s a win, a loss is loss. Hey, where the camera at? Zoom in on your socks. Wait, what happened with Uno socks? Well, coming up next, we put the mic on Jamar to find out. Stay with us here on Bengals Weekly. Bengals Weekly is brought to you by Kataring Health, the official healthc care provider of the Cincinnati Bengals. Alta Fiber, the official Wi-Fi and internet provider of the Cincinnati Bengals. And Payor, proud to be the official HR software provider of the Cincinnati Bengals. Welcome back to Bengals Weekly. Now, I hope everyone has a hype person in their life like Jamar Chase. Now, there is no question that Uno is one of the best players in the game, but the love that he has for his teammates is truly unmatched. Let’s now head down to field level for some Jamar on the mic. I’m hot Mike today. Just letting y’all know. Found out when I put my shoulder pads on, but got my hot. Good hands, good feet. Good hands, good feet. Good hands, good feet. Charlie Jones going to play it from just inside his end zone. And Jones has his seam. Jones. 30 20 10 touchdown. Let’s go, baby. Let’s go, baby. Let’s go, baby. Hey. Hey. Hit that fast, too. Hit that fast. Hell yeah, Chuck. Way to start the game off. That’s my family, man. Oh, it was. That’s fire. That was them. You jumped in. That’s hard. That’s hard. That’s hard. That’s hard. Come on, man. Execute right here. Execute. Flaco. Throws it down the left side. Caught by Jamar Chase. Shotgun snap to Flaco. Drops back five steps. Fires a deep ball left side. T. Higgins comes away with the football. Too slow. He’s too slow. You’re that boy. You’re that boy. You’re that boy, man. Yo, that’s incredible, bro. That’s one of them for sure. That’s what it is for sure. I heoled the out his ass. It looked like he didn’t even try to catch it, bro. That’s just stuck in your hand. All I see was swim move him. Oh my god, that is crazy. for all the lethality that he’s got in the open to range. Jamar Chase a pickup of 37 first and goal Bengals. Come on, man. Why my sauce look lighter than the other? They are. Hey, where the camera at? Zoom in on a green. I just grabbed some. I ain’t going to lie. Shotgun snap caught by Flaco. Throws into the end zone. T. Higgins with the catch. Knocks over the pylon. Touchdown from the big body T. Higgins getting it done. You know they talking about F. You’re that guy. Five. You’re that guy, bro. They talking about man too easy for you over there. Five. Yeah. What else? What you think? Go hands feet though. Go hands and feet. Go hands feet. Second and goal. Fleco end zone. Touchdown Yosi Bush. better way to answer, brother, man. They don’t want to answer, D. When we return, we check in with a trio who rewind the clock and take a look at some of T. Higgins top moments. Stay with us here on Bengals Weekly. Welcome back to Bengals Weekly. T. Higgins kept an impressive streak alive in week nine when he found the end zone thanks to a Joe Flacco 44 strike. So, it got our guys thinking, what have been some of the top T. Higgins moments that we have witnessed in stripes. And this one was difficult to narrow down to just three. Here is Dan, Dave, and Jeff with more. T. Higgins has scored a touchdown in nine straight home games at Por Stadium. He’ll look to add to that incredible streak a week from Sunday when the Bengals host the Patriots. And in this who conversation, we are teeing up our top three T. Higgins performances. Lap, you’re up first. How about a Super Bowl performance from T. Higgins that was extraordinary. First, you have a halfback option pass. Joe Mixon sold the fact that he was running the football. That’s a key to it. And then T. Higgins is all by his lonesome. That was an easy pitch and catch right there. The thing about T. Higgins is he’s got such extraordinary physical talents. Big hand, snatches the football, just plucks it out of the sky, tucks it away, very strong, very long arm, very strong. Hard to separate him from the football once he puts it away. And then his uh run after catch is extraordinary. His size, speed, strength ratio is off the charts. Hard to top two touchdowns in a Super Bowl. But where do we go next? I go to last year and that game against Denver. I kid T when he makes those big tough contested catches, he gets it like a game seven Bill Russell rebound. T Higgins never gives up the ball when it’s a contested catch. It’s what he did against Denver which was basically a game seven. It was an elimination game for the Bengals. They had to win it. T did what he was supposed to do and Moss Riley Moss 131 yards, three touchdowns, a career high. And of course, we remember the walk-off touchdown, the three-yard fling from Joe Burrow, the only walk-off offensive touchdown in Bengals history. But the play before that, talk about Vintage T with a nod to his idol AJ Green, the great Bengal receiver. Somehow he catches the ball. He keeps both feet in, but that’s the backb breakaker, the 31y. And big game T, he’s got 15 100yard games, six of them in the month of December. Big game T game 17. Well, that leaves me with several great T. Higgins performances, including a career-high 194 yard receiving game against the Ravens in the Super Bowl season or the unselfish slide earlier this year against the Pittsburgh Steelers. But I’m actually turning the clock back to 2023 in a game against the Vikings. The Bengals were down by two touchdowns going to the fourth quarter. And the comeback began when T caught a TD pass from Jake Browning. was their first touchdown all day. But it was not their last because down by seven with less than a minute to go, Browning threw a desperation heave off his back foot. T caught it at the one and somehow whipped his arm around his shoulder and got the ball over the pylon. I don’t know how he was able to do that swooping maneuver. You can actually separate your shoulder just from watching the replay, but it was a great play. I think it’s Te’s most memorable single play of his NFL career, but who knows? He could top it the next time the Bengals take the field. Three great moments from T. Higgins, the subject of this Bud Day conversations. The NFL’s Salute to Service initiative honors veterans and military members year round. And coming up next, we’ll tell you more about the Bengals Salute to Service Award nominee and his military roots. Welcome back to Bengals Weekly. Salute to Service has been an integral part of the NFL’s commitment to recognize and honor veterans and the military community. Jaylen Rivers is this year’s Bengals Salute to Service Award nominee. Jaylen’s father, mother, and stepfather all served in the US Navy. And his upbringing in a military household is a direct reflection as to who he is today. All three of my parents were in the military. My dad did 24, my mom did 26, my stepdad did 30. Sometimes I don’t think people know the sacrifices that military, what we go through, what we do. Us being recognized, Jaylen being recognized, I think that’s outstanding. It means a lot to be nominated for this award to give back to the veterans because they did a lot for us in this country. How are you? Yes, sir. Appreciate you. I think I can tackle one of you guys. Don’t hurt yourself now. I served 26 years in the US Navy and I retired in 2014. I was going to do four years, go to college. I love to serve my country and I love the camaraderie, the people, and that made me want to just keep going. 30 years in the military, served on five ships, two tours in special ops, 14 deployments. I was in a long time, but it all started with my my stepfather who I introduces my dad because he raised me just like I raised Jaylen. He was in the army for 20 years. My dad, he spent 24 years in the military. When we moved away to Virginia, he made a lot of effort move or drive up to Jacksonville, come to my games, come to, you know, ceremonies for schools and stuff. all my parents sacrificed a lot but my dad being away from me a majority of my life he was doing his job they all did a great job raising all of us I wasn’t able to have kids here he is my miracle child that’s my literally my best friend so growing up at one point it was just me and her when he was only two I had to deploy for 9 months and then when I came back I’m like is he going to know me at first he was like he didn’t say anything he said don’t leave me again. So, it was tough not being there to call her whenever or talk to her face to face. Back on deployment, I would just find a phone and see if I can just talk to Jaylen for 5 10 minutes. A lot of writing, sending care packages. My husband would tape his games and number them and I would watch him on the ship and I go to my rack at night time. I would have Jaylen’s pictures posted up on the rack and I would just cry. Some days you wake up and you be like, why am I doing this? But I get up because I knew the outcome. I knew the end result. So it was a strict household, a disciplined household growing up as you know. So but I wouldn’t trade it for the world. They raised me the man I am today and I thank them very much. He makes it known that hey I’m from a military background. I was raised by military parents. You know I was disciplined. I was taught responsibility and accountability. The biggest thing was integrity and applying that throughout your life. Really do the right thing. Be a great person. Be a great for me a future husband, future father. I’m a great son, great brother. Being mentally tough, being disciplined my school work. How to take criticism from coaches and being disciplined and critiqued and all that. Just being mentally tough to just keep pushing forward and persevering. It’s a lot of adversity throughout life you’re going to face. And I feel like my parents repaired us for life. Anytime that someone is honoring veterans and honoring the service that people have done, it is one of the things that make this country great. Our mission statement on Operation Ramp It Up is to provide freedom, independence, and accessibility. And that’s exactly what we’re going to do today for Chris. He gave us our freedom that we’re here because he served. So, we’re going to give it back to him today. He has issues getting in and out of his house. The garage is not accessible. His front door, when he comes in with his scooter, he can’t make a turn. So, the only way for him to get in and out on his scooter is to go through the back onto his patio. So, we’re pretty much going to make a bridge or a sidewalk out of ramp to get him from the front to the back. Let’s go build something. Your first time building the ramp. That’s it. I’ve never put in a ramp. No, you never. It’s not even lined up. It got to be Go ahead. I heard it was like salute and service building a rant for a veteran. I’m like, “Hold on, I want to be a part of that.” Doing anything I can to give back to the veterans. They pour a lot into this country and it’s important for us to pour back into them, too. So, it feels great to come out here and build this ramp. I was stationed in Mayport, Florida. Mayport. My parents were stationed there, too. I was born in Virginia. Virginia. In Portsmith and North, Virginia and then moved to Jacksonville when I was like five. Well, you said your family was a lifetime military. Oh yeah. So I know all about Mapore, NAS, Jacks, all those bases. Oh, every year we try to find that perfect veteran, that one that that’s welld deserved. And and Chris has done so much in the veteran community. He served in Alaska. He was injured in Alaska. He’s had so many injuries. He’s in a scooter. He’s 100% disabled. Excited that we were able to come and make this project salute the service for him. On behalf of the Bengals, we’re giving you four tickets for this game against the Bears. and and we’re honoring you as our hometown hero. So, we appreciate everything you’ve done. Appreciate you. Not only is he a veteran, but I see my grandfather. I see my dad. I see my stepdad. I see all the veterans in my life in him, too. I feel like it’s my calling in general to give back community, whether that’s veterans, the youth, homeless, in that nature. I’m a very giving person, and I like putting smiles on people’s faces. I truly love doing what I do, which is football. And with football comes a lot of responsibilities. If I want to be successful, I want everybody around me to be successful, too. That’s the biggest thing in my books. Whether that’s friends, my family, my teammates, coaches, anybody that’s around me, I want them to be the best they can. Up next, we tell you the story of one Bengals fan and military man who is using his gift of songwriting to reach other veterans. Stay with us here on Bengals Weekly. Welcome back to Bengals Weekly. For Cincinnati natives, going to Bengals games is just what you do. But for Scotty Hastings, his story goes beyond that. Scotty found his calling to serve his country by joining the military. He then channeled his experiences into songwriting. And now he uses his talents to reach other disabled veterans in an effort to spread the message of hope. From the very beginning, my mission has always been the same. It will never go away. It is the reason why I do this. For me, I want someone to hear my story. I want them to hear my music or I want them to see me up on stage and I want it to help them in some way, shape or form. I want them to see that, you know, someone who struggles with PTSD, depression, and anxiety, and someone who’s been through a lot can get up there and they can be successful. And if I can do it, there’s nothing that can stop them from doing it. My name is Scotty Hasting. I’m a combat wounded Army infantryman and country recording artist. I was 21 in 2010, and I decided that I I needed to do something that meant something. The military was always kind of in the back of my mind. It was always something that I thought about and then one day I just I just decided that it was time. I went to basic training, graduated basic training. And then I believe it was a month later I was in Afghanistan. I ended up getting shot in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan. I got shot 10 times and that was April 21st, 2011. You know, someone who suffers from PTSD, depression, anxiety, you’re not here. A lot of times you’re over in Afghanistan or you’re thinking about your best friends that didn’t come home. Like I it’s very hard to live in a moment. And when I found music, I was able to live in a moment. And it became magic for me. In 2020, COVID hit and everything shut down. The world shut down and it was it was very quiet. I had a guitar in the corner of the room and one day I decided I was going to start learning how to play it. I have nerve damage in my hand. I have this much movement in my hand and I have no feeling whatsoever. So, I knew that learning how to play the guitar was going to be challenging enough to where I would have to put all of my focus and everything into it. So, I jumped on YouTube and I started learning how to play. And it became an escape for me. It became a way for me to get out of my head and to focus on something. And for me it was it was therapy. I’ve been incredibly blessed in this journey that I’m in that I have been able to work with some incredible organizations. Um you know Pinfed Foundation, Tunnel to Towers, Creative Vets, Guitars for Vets. I mean there’s so many incredible veteran organizations that I’ve been able to be a part of to try to help. And yeah, Creative Vets, you know, it was they were the first. They really were. They were the first that I ever knew about. They have since become family. Richard who created Creative Eets is an incredible person. Good to see you, dude. See you all over the place now. For real. So, I started Creative Eets back in 2013, but it ultimately started back in 2006 when uh my buddy was killed beside me and I was blown up four times. So, I have a traumatic brain injury. And when I came home and I struggled and I was almost suicidal and I thought, well, what can I do with this new brain injury? I decided to take a degree in art and then start writing music because I wanted people to know about my buddy who died and it ended up just absolutely changing my life. So I decided to design programs that no veteran would want to turn down. And so that’s Creative Ed. It’s funny the first time I ever went into Creative Vets was to write a song. A lot of it is just wanting to write something that’s healing for me and hopefully, you know, it talks to somebody and it’s healing for them as well. From the very beginning, my mission is to help. That’s all I want to do. I want to help someone. I want to help a veteran put the gun down and try tomorrow and then try tomorrow. And it’s so easy to align myself with incredible organizations that are trying to do the same thing. My dad just passed June 1st. Um, and with my dad, we would always go to games. That’s what we did. Those are memories and emotions that I will cherish forever. I grew up in the Cincinnati and Kentucky area, and I have always wanted to go home and play a show. There’s just something about being able to go home and playing in front of people that knew you before you were where you are. I’ve always wanted to do it. I’ve never had the opportunity to do it. Everyone that I grew up with has been bugging the crap out of me to come up there and play. And I have always wanted to. And I I never got the opportunity. And now we get the opportunity. Now we get the opportunity to play in a way that I never thought possible. It’s going to be truly one of the most full circle moments that I’ve ever had. It’s going to be incredible and it’s going to mean everything. This is a, you know, it’s amazing for someone who’s from Cincinnati, like this is in your blood and now I get to truly be a part of something incredible. And uh I mean, are you kidding me? Like, look at that. Excited isn’t even the word, man. I don’t I’m beyond excited. It’s It’s going to be incredible. And now here to perform I’m America. Please welcome home Scotty Hasting. You know, I hope that someone hears my story in the overwhelming sense that they get is that there’s hope. You don’t have to be defined by the bad, but you can be defined by what you do with it. You know, the bad doesn’t have to control your life and you can continue to push forward. I really truly hope that, you know, when people hear my story or when they hear a song or they see me on stage, I truly hope that it helps them in some way, shape, or form understand that, you know, you don’t have to be defined by what happens to you. Coming up next, we take a closer look at this week’s matchup as AFC North implications are on the line in week 11. Welcome back to Bengals Weekly. The Bengals take on their AFC North rival this weekend in the Steel City. And to help you get set for this week 11 showdown, ESPN 1530s Tony Pike now joins Dan Hord as he gives us his take on Joe Burrow returning to practice along with previewing Bengals versus Steelers. Let’s talk about Joe Flacco. What he’s done in his first four games with minimal practice time seems impossible to me. As a former quarterback, what’s impressed you most? the composure, the ability to pick up a new system. It’s a completely different set of verbiage. It’s a completely different router. It’s different concepts. I love how simple he’s kept things. And he’s the first one to tell you, I know number one and I know number five are really good players and I’m going to throw it to them as much as possible. And then you’re starting to see everything kind of mesh together. The run game now gets better. the O line gets better cuz now he knows he’s got opposing defenses kind of in the palm of his hands cuz you can’t guard everyone on this offense. I think he’s been fantastic. Let me follow up on the offensive line. Flaco has been sacked less than twice a game in his four starts. The running game is averaging 5 1/2 yards per carry in those four games. Is it time to start giving some love to the often maligned offensive line? Yes, they they deserve it at this point. Dylan Fairchild has been awesome as as a rookie to come in and be tasked with what he’s been tasked with. Amarius Mims, I think he’s getting better each and every game. Orlando Brown Jr. Jaylen Rivers, another rookie, a draft pick for this team that’s been relied on many different times. Ted Carris is solid up the middle. I think it’s also important to recognize they have a new offensive line coach in Scott Peters. You know, that just doesn’t happen overnight. When you’re trying to fit new pieces together, it takes time. The offensive line over the last couple weeks has been making very, very good improvements. The Bengals beat the Steelers 331 about a month ago. What are the biggest keys to beating Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh the second time around? You know, a Mike Tomlin coach team coming off a loss is going to come out swinging early. It’s a Steelers team that has been up and down. They beat one of the best teams in the AFC, the Indianapolis Colts, and then just essentially no-showed uh against the Chargers on Sunday Night Football. You’re going to get a focused team. You’re going to get a team that’s understanding with what’s going on in the AFC North that they have to put their best foot forward. Aaron Rogers was not good on Sunday night. I would expect him to be much better. It’s not a game that I foresee Pittsburgh beating themselves. It’s a game you’ve got to go. You got to be fundamentally sound. It’s still a good defensive line. Jack Sawyer is one of the best rated rookies out there. TJ Watt is still a member. Cam Hayward. You can’t let those guys start to feel comfortable. You can’t let them start to feel, okay, here we go. Keep them off balance. Keep pushing the ball. I like the tempo at which the Bengals are playing with offensively and defensively. I know it’s cliche, tackling space. And I think make Aaron Rodgers uncomfortable. Make life a little bit harder on Aaron Rogers. Get some pressure up the middle. Get some pressure around his feet. And I think he got a great chance to pick up what would be a huge win to get this season right back on track for the Bengals. No doubt about it. Tony, keep up the great work on ESPN 15:30. Thanks so much for your time. Now, the Bengals enter Sunday’s meeting against the Steelers at 2 and 0 in the division. And with the division being anyone’s to take, the team knows what’s at stake and how they have to take hold of the opportunity ahead. This game always comes down to physicality and being able to put your guys in positions to to play physical and play fast. So, even though we only played them a couple weeks ago, you know that they’re going to have a plan and and be able to come out and and execute it at a high level. Violence number one, violence, precision, and getting the ball back to our offense. That’s like our our key emphasis is just getting the ball back to our offense and take 11 hats, swarming to the ball every single play. Everyone just focusing on doing their job, just playing with a lot of execution, a lot of violence, and just just swarming to the football and just getting 11 hats to it. Then you got the two young guards that are ascending and and learning a lot really fast. This is a huge challenge for them. You know, this game in a lot of ways goes as they go. It’s a tremendous front group that Pittsburgh has. They present a challenge every game you watch a lot of times comes down to to the trenches in this one and especially on the road. Silent cadence um the advantages that that creates for them and so we have to do a great job. They need to continue to trend upwards in a game like this. Whenever we play the Pittsburgh Steelers, it’s always pretty much the same game. Close back and forth. Got to stop the run. Um, I mean, they have big guys up front, you know, good running back, we have the tackle as well. So, we’re already kind of just preaching that. Obviously, a huge week because it’s a divisional game. I feel like this locker room is going to have that fire regardless. You know, we’re a hungry group, man. We’re very hungry unit. You know, you got a bunch of guys in here that really want to win. Up next, it’s Kipelli’s Countdown, where I’ll tell you all about Charlie Jones’s kick return touchdown and where it stands in Bengals history. Welcome back to Bengals Weekly. The jungle was electric just seconds into the game against the Bears, and that was all thanks to Charlie Jones and the special teams unit. Jones’s touchdown was the first of the season for the returner as the Chicago native ran straight to his family who were sitting in the first row of the end zone that he scored in. And as Chuck sizzled his way down the sideline, he also ran himself into the record books. The 98-yard touchdown return marked the second career kick return touchdown for Jones. and just the first time in team history that the Bengals returned the game’s opening kickoff for a touchdown in Cincinnati. Chuck also became the third player to wear the stripes with multiple kick return TDs, but is the first player in team history with multiple kick return scores of 98 or more yards. And with that score, Jones joined Lamar Parish as the only players in franchise history with three or more returns for touchdowns. Now, in that week nine game, we saw Joe Flacco throw for a careerhigh 470 yards and four touchdowns. And in doing so, he became just the fourth quarterback in NFL history with at least 1,200 passing yards, 10 touchdown passes, and a passer rating of at least 100 in his first four games with a team. Flaco will make NFL history once again this Sunday when he takes the field as Joe will become the 17th quarterback ever to make at least 200 career regular season starts. In his 18th season, Flaco ranks in the top 25 in league history in career passing yards and touchdown passes. And when Flaco connected in the end zone with Andre Yosh in week nine, it marked the 71st different player Flaco has thrown a touchdown to in his career. fourth most in NFL history. Black waits for a shotgun snap. Catches the ball shoulder high. Back to throw. Passes over the middle. Caught on the run. Chase Brown to the five. Fighting for the goal line. He’s in. Touchdown Bengals. And with Flacco under center, Chase Brown has started to find his groove. Brown has eclipsed the 100 scrimmage yardage mark in three straight games, logging a season high against Chicago in week nine. Brown accumulated 317 yards from weeks seven through nine. That’s fourth most among all running backs in that span. Well, DJ has been turning the heat up in the secondary. Turner has a league high 14 passes defended on the year as he’s one of just three players this season to record five or more PDs in a single game. DJ also snagged his first two career interceptions this season with the latest coming off of Aaron Rogers and the Steelers. And speaking of Rogers, the QB posted a season low 50.6 passer rating in last week’s loss to the Chargers as Pittsburgh scored a season low 10 points. The Steelers are averaging just 280 total yards of offense per game. That’s fourth lowest in the league. And as for their defense, they enter week 11 allowing a league high 194 yards to opposing receivers per game. And since Flaco took over the reigns in week six, Cincinnati’s receivers are averaging over 230 yards a game. That’s most in the NFL. December 23rd, 2012, the Steelers hosted the Bengals in hopes of making their Christmas wishes come true. But the Bengals had other plans for that chilly afternoon in the Steel City. Not only was Cincinnati looking to put an end to a five-game skid against their rivals, but a win would knock Pittsburgh out of playoff contention while clinching a playoff birth for Cincinnati. We now take you into the vault. With a playoff spot on the line, the Bengals visited Hines Field for a tough AFC North battle with the Steelers. Big Ben has it. Drops back, throws, intercepted by Leon Hall. He’s to the 10, running back to the five, going to the end zone. Touchdown Bengals. Leon Hall’s 17-yd pick and Josh Brown’s 41-yd field goal gave Cincinnati a 10 to nothing lead in a defensive battle. The Steelers at their own 29 yd line. Rothosberger takes the shotgun snap, drops back about three steps, scrambles to the right. Now he throws downfield. It is intercepted by Reggie Nelson. Runs it back to the 50 and steps out of bounds. The Bengals defense added three sacks and another pick before Andy Dalton hit AJ Green for 21 yds to set up Brown’s 43 yd gamewinner. Andy takes the shotgun snap. He’s looking. He throws. He’s got a man open. It’s caught. AJ Green goes out of bounds at the 25 yd line. The kick sealed the Bengals first win over Pittsburgh since 2009 and clinched Cincinnati a playoff birth while eliminating the Steelers from contention. When we return, it’s time for social spotlight and we’ll show you how Flaco Fever has taken over the field. Stay with us here on Bengals Weekly. This fall, the Bengals have teamed up with Ohio to bring the jungle to you. Every Friday during the football season, we will be out at a different high school football game cheering on our local teams. Students and fans have the opportunity to take pictures with HUD, show off their best school spirit, and win great prizes. Rule your school and be on the lookout for Friday night stripes because the Bengals and Ohio Cat could be coming to your game next. It’s now time for our weekly social spotlight segment and we are going to turn it back to week nine with our first post. Now the NFL highlighting the longest touchdowns from that week and you love to see not one but two Bengals make that list. Charlie Jones longest touchdown was in week nine. 98 kick return on the opening kick of that game. And you also have T. Higgins entering the list. He was good for the fifth longest, of course, connecting with Joe Flacco on a 44 yard score. Now, when it comes to Jamar Chase, well, he topped 100 yards again in week nine, keeping him near the top of the NFL receiving yardage leader. And of course, he was getting the nod of approval from one of the greats, Chad Oo Senko. And also to note, Uno is the lone AFC receiver in the top five. Now, we had ourselves a Flaco Friday last week. Flaco threw for a career best 470 yards in week nine as it marked the most passing yards by a quarterback over the age of 40 in NFL history. Now, make sure you are following along with the Bengals social media channels all season long. To find us, all you have to do is search at Bengals and give us a follow. The Bengals and Steelers kick off Sunday at 100 p.m. Eastern, and you can catch all the action on your local CBS station. You can also check out one of the streaming options including Paramount Plus in Market, NFL Sunday Ticket out of Market, and NFL Game Pass internationally. And as always, you can listen in to Dan Horde and Dave Lapam on the Bengals Radio Network. Thanks for tuning in to Bengals Weekly. Kickoff between the Bengals and the Steelers is coming up. for Dan Horde, Dave Lapam, Jeff Hopson, and our entire crew. I’m Marissa Kipelli. We’ll see you next week. 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