{"id":221744,"date":"2025-10-18T03:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T03:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/221744\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T03:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T03:12:13","slug":"steelers-tight-end-trio-makes-nfl-history-vs-bengals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/221744\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers tight end trio makes NFL history vs. Bengals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SteelersNOW.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">SteelersNOW.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Steelers offense was firing on all cylinders in their <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/thursday-night-curse-continues-bengals-shred-steelers-defense-33-31\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:33-31 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">33-31 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> on Thursday Night Football, and it was in large part to their tight ends. In fact, the group was even able to make a little bit of NFL history along the way.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Jonnu Smith, Pat Freiermuth and Darnell Washington helped the Steelers become just the second team in NFL history to have three tight ends catch a touchdown in the same game. The only other instance occurred in 2018 when Indianapolis Colts tight ends Mo Alie-Cox, Jack Doyle and Eric Ebron did so, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/doug_clawson\/status\/1979018078156456089\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:according to Doug Clawson of CBS Sports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">according to Doug Clawson of CBS Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Smith was the first tight end to find pay dirt against the Bengals as he caught the first touchdown of the game \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/steelers\/status\/1978980686011732312\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a 10-yard pass on third-and-6;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a 10-yard pass on third-and-6<\/a>. He finished the game with three catches for 28 yards and the score.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-tight-end-trio-makes-nfl-history-vs-bengals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here to read more from SteelersNOW.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Click here to read more from SteelersNOW.com. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FREE WPXI News app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch WPXI NOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This article originally appeared on SteelersNOW.com. The Pittsburgh Steelers offense was firing on all cylinders in their 33-31&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,1252,134857,134858,134856,1246,134859,5342,134860,593,75978,72402,1241,85,44399],"class_list":["post-221744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-darnell-washington","tag-doug-clawson","tag-eric-ebron","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-jack-doyle","tag-jonnu-smith","tag-mo-alie-cox","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-history","tag-pat-freiermuth","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-sports","tag-tight-ends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}