“Walking off the field with him was emotional. Just the fact he was able to walk, to see him walk off that field and be able to walk off with him, it was special.” — Ben. You can watch his post-game interview here.
From Teresa Varley, Steelers.com:
It took a full 60 minutes. It took contributions all around. And it took some heroics.
And in the end, it all came together as the Steelers pulled out a 28-21 win over the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium in an AFC North battle. The win sends the Steelers into their bye week with a 3-2-1 record.
Ben Roethlisberger did what he does best, taking the Steelers on a last-minute drive to win the game. Taking over at their own 23-yard line with 1:12 to go, and down, 21-20, Roethlisberger first hit JuJu Smith-Schuster for eight yards. He went back to Smith-Schuster for 10 yards, and then connected with him over the middle for 23 yards. With just 15 seconds to play, Roethlisberger went deep to Brown, who pulled it in and never slowed down, aided by a block by Justin Hunter and taking it in for a 31-yard game-winning touchdown. The Steelers added a two-point conversion, when Roethlisberger hit Smith-Schuster, for the 28-21 win.
“It’s AFC North football,” said Roethlisberger. “It’s just a lot of fun to win here.”
You can read the rest here.
From Jeremy Fowler, ESPN.com:
Same as it ever was.
Antonio Brown made sure of it with an All-Pro walk-off score.
The Pittsburgh Steelers broke the Cincinnati Bengals’ spirit for the sixth straight time in Paul Brown Stadium with their toughest all-around performance of the season.
Brown broke free over the middle for a catch and run between Bengals defenders and an untouched, 31-yard score with 10 seconds left, giving Pittsburgh a 28-21 win.
The Bengals’ efficient 75-yard touchdown drive to take a 21-20 lead left the Steelers with 1:18 left and all three timeouts.
That was plenty of time for Ben Roethlisberger, who orchestrated his 39th career game-winning drive.
Roethlisberger finished with 369 yards and one touchdown on 32-of-46 passing, avoiding mistakes by taking what Cincinnati gave him. That often meant finding McDonald (seven catches, 68 yards) and Smith Schuster (seven catches, 111 yards). Brown added 105 yards on what was a balanced day for the offense.
You can read the rest here.
And from the other side – Geoff Hobson, Bengals.com:
Two weeks after the Bengals stunned the Falcons on the road with a touchdown in the last 10 seconds left of the game, the Steelers did it to them Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium when quarterback Ben Roethlisberger flipped to wide receiver Antonio Brown a 31-yard quick pass on a rub route through an empty defensive middle for a touchdown and Pittsburgh’s 28-21 victory.
Roethlisberger’s 44th game winning drive swiped Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton’s 21st that had seemingly been secured with 78 seconds left as Dalton finished off another 90 rating day (92.3) on 26 of 42 passing for 229 yards and two TDs.
The fourth-quarter magic that brought them three of their four victories this season vanished as the Bengals only saw defensive injuries pile up.
Cornerback Dre Kirkpartrick was called for holding on Roethlisberger’s third-down incompletion with 22 seconds left and Big Ben wasted no time. On the next snap he hit wide receiver JuJu Schuster down the middle for 23 yards to set up Brown’s stunner with 10 seconds left.
You can read the rest here.
Happy Bye-Week to you Steeler Nation!!
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