This huge division rivalry added another chapter at Paul Brown Stadium, the game has been a very tough one right from the pre game warm up when players of both teams came face to face hardly. The game has been heavily conditionnated by the injuries, all on Bengals' side because in the first quarter they lost Dalton and Eifert for the game and Burfict suffered a light concussion that later kept him out of the game. Even before the injuries Pittsburgh shown the best things especially on offense where all game long they have been unpredictable and so efficient dividing the touches between all of the players involved in their offense, with an o-line able to be so effective on both running and passing game, on the other side the Bengals due to their key injuries struggled on entire offense and no only on passing game where they have been truly affected, in fact Bernard and Hill's job to run the ball has been so hard due to the typical Steelers way of play and also due to the lack of danger that Maccarron had with his multiple over and under thrown passes. A positive note came from the Bengals defense who played a good game especially counting the stressful situation that they had, they have been good against deep passes thanks to the great job of Nelson (1 interception) and Iloka, Dunlap and Johnson had some good moments on pass rushing even against a great performance of the Steelers o-line. Deangelo Williams played very well the spaces of his offense providing great ball carrying vision along with a blazing sprint speed on the holes.
MVP: Roethlisberger
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