PITTSBURGH _ A quick look at the Bengals’ 34-12 loss to the Steelers Sunday at Acrisure Stadium:
Key Play of the Game
Steelers strong safety Kyle Duggar, acquired in a trade with the Patriots two weeks after these two clubs met on Oct. 16, was nowhere near that 33-31 Bengals win.
He won this one with a 73-yard pick six with 37 seconds left in the third quarter right in the heart of the game.
The Bengals were driving, down 13-9 in the last minute of the third quarter. Facing a third-and-nine from the Pittsburgh 35, quarterback Joe Flacco got bumped by ubiquitous defensive lineman TJ Watt as he tried to hit wide receiver Tee Higgins over the middle.
“I don’t know if my arm got hit. I just got ht. I was trying to wrap it around that guy,” Flacco said. “Kind of saw him sitting there and felt like there was a lot of room in the middle of the field trying to wrap Tee in there. And maybe it’s out in front of Tee or not. I thought there was room in there, and kind of got bumped and couldn’t get the ball where I wanted it.”
It was Watt’s lone hit on Flacco Sunday, but a big one.