Bengals Beat Steelers: Cincinnati now 2-1 as Steelers drop to 1-2

Writer: Anthony Iles

Wednesday September 29, 2021

Bengals are clawing their way up to the top in the AFC North as they go to Heinz Field and dominate the Steelers in a 24 -10 win. Steelers do not look good on offense and the defense is now average. The once dominate force on all phases during a football game the Steelers have regressed. The Bengals however made significant upgrades this off season and improved in all areas. Defense plays with an attitude and offense has a young core that has now formed good chemistry. The offensive line improved from the last 3 seasons and now looks to be a solid group. Against this Steelers defense the Bengals gave up 0 sacks! Finally good to see Joe Burrow not go down on the grass. I think it is great the Bengals drafted Ja’Marr Chase as their round 1 draft pick. He is AJ Green 2.0 for this team. Media did ask the coaches if their decision was affected by the connection Burrow had with Chase with drafting him. They gave a good professional answer to get around it by saying they drafted what they thought was best for the team. I think a lot had to do with Burrow and Chase connection and it is paying off as they are connecting well at the pro level as well getting deep bombs and TDs. So cool to watch. Also another LSU player that played with Burrow that is on the Bengals is TE Thaddeus Moss, NFL HAll of Famer Randy Moss son. Thaddeus is on the Bengals practice squad starting out but if one of the 2 TE on the active roster get hurt he will be called up to be on the active roster. It is rare you get to have 3 players on your pro football team that all played together in college (these 3 at LSU) and were on the National Championship team while all 3 had huge impacts with winning the National Championship. I hope Moss ends up on the Bengals active roster as the season goes on. I think he will be a great addition to the 53 man roster. To see Burrow out there with Chase and Moss would be cool to see.