Week 7: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
OCT. 16, 8:15 P.M.
It sure looks like it’s Seamless Joe vs. A-Rod in a Thursday Prime Video battle of gunslingers with Burrow pitted against Rodgers for the second time in his career. Rodgers beat him here in a classic OT nearly four years to the day as Rodgers lifted his record to 2-2 against the Bengals with both wins coming in overtime.
It’s the first time the Bengals are playing the Steelers in a Paycor prime timer since the Vonn Bell culture game in December 2020 set the path to the Super Bowl in 2021 when Bell’s turnover-causing shot on the preening Ju-Ju Smith Schuster helped stun the AFC North champ Steelers in a Monday nighter.
MATCHUP TO WATCH
The Steelers added Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf over the offseason, setting up a rematch with Bengals cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt. This game takes place two years and a day after Taylor-Britt celebrated his 24th birthday out bullying the monstrous 6-4, 235-poud Metcalf, one of the more feared physical receivers in the league.
But the Bengals, on the way to a 17-13 win over Seattle at Paycor, let Taylor-Britt follow Metcalf all over the field, holding him to four catches for 69 yards on ten targets. And, he drew a 15-yard penalty when Metcalf threw him to the ground in frustration after a play.
“The bullies get bullied,” former slot cornerback Mike Hilton told Bengals.com after that game. “We know that’s Metcalf’s type of game. He wants to get in corners’ heads. But we knew once we put 29 (Taylor-Britt) on him, all that was dead. He’s not used to guys pushing back and getting physical with him, Once the game plan was for Cam to follow 14 (Metcalf), we knew what time it was.”