""It's not the secondary, that's a cop-out," defensive tackle Cameron Heyward said. "I think the front line, we got to control line of scrimmage a lot better. I'm pissed off. We didn't take care of our job. ... they were last in rushing, and the way we gave it up today that takes the cake. We got to stop the f---ing run. That's as simple as that.""
"The Steelers bottled up the Bengals' ground game on their first two drives and built a 10-0 lead, but halfback Chase Brown exploded for a 27-yard run on the first play of the team's third drive. He slipped through a hole on the left side created by the interior linemen and raced up the sideline for the Bengals' longest run of the season to that point until Jalen Ramsey stopped him just across midfield."
Joe Flacco made his second start in 10 days while Ja'Marr Chase totaled 161 yards on 16 receptions and Tee Higgins added 96 yards and a touchdown. The Bengals defeated the Steelers 33-31 after totaling a season-high 142 rushing yards, nearly double their previous best. Steelers defenders blamed an inability to stop the run, with Cameron Heyward calling secondary blame a cop-out and urging the front line to control the line of scrimmage. Pittsburgh led 10-0 early but surrendered long runs by Chase Brown, including a 27-yard burst and another big play, shrinking Pittsburgh's AFC North lead to 1.5 games and dropping Tomlin's Thursday night road division record to 0-7.
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