Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cincinnati Bengals | 2023 Week 12 Game Highlights

LITTLE LESS MOTION THAN MATT CANADA IN THE PRESNAP. IAN: IT WAS DESCRIBED TO US CUT IT LOOSE AND HAVE FUN. PICKETT CAUGHT AND FREIERMUTH IS DOWN AT THE 49. WORKED WELL FOR SIX WINS DESPITE THE OFFENSE BEING OUTSCORED. IAN: TERRELL AUSTIN AS COORDINATOR FOR THIS GROUP. BROWNING, LOOKING, SACKED FROM BEHIND AND LOSES THE BALL. T.J. WATT KNOCKED IT FREE AND CINCINNATI RECOVERS. CHARLES: TALK ABOUT IT ALL YOU WANT TO YOURSELF BUT HE TALKED SEASON RUNNING AND CATCHING. IAN: PLAYING HARRIS AND WARREN. THEY THROW IT TO HIM AND HE’S GOT ENOUGH FOR A FIRST DOWN. THERE

YOU GO, A LITTLE CREATIVITY, MAKE THE DEFENSE QUARTERBACK COACH. WORKING WITH KENNY PICKETT ON A DAY IN AND DAY OUT BASIS. PICKETT THERE CONNECTS WITH FREIERMUTH. FIRST DOWN IN CINCINNATI TERRITORY. THAT’S BEEN MISSING FROM THE PITTSBURGH OFFENSE. THAT BIG PLAY TIGHT-END THAT CAN THE BACKFIELD. PICKETT OPERATING FROM THE GUN. IT’S A GIVE. HARRIS CARRIES A COUPLE TACKLERS WITH HIM. EXCELLENT GAME ON FIRST DOWN. IT’S GOING TO BE EIGHT ON THE PLAY. BLOCKED FROM MASON COLE UP FRONT. BEEN A TOUCHDOWN. IAN: RIGHT THERE. PICKETT PUT IT WHERE IT HAD TO BE. RUNNING PLAY, THIRD AND 2.

TRYING TO GET THERE IS WARREN AND THE BALL POPS FREE AND LIVE BALL, SCOOPED UP BY D.J. TURNER AND HE MAKES A MOVE AND IS DOWN AT

THE 40-YARD LINE. NONE OF THAT WENT ACCORDING TO PLANNED FOR PITTSBURGH. SO THE BENGALS TAKE OVER, FIRST TIME WARREN HAS LOST A FUMBLE. THE THROW TO JA’MARR CHASE AND HE BRINGS IT IN AT MIDFIELD WITH THE FLAG DOWN AFTER AN 11-YARD PICKUP THROUGH THE AIR. KAZEE AND JOEY PORTER JR. DEFENSIVELY. OUT OF THE GUN HERE. STEPPED IN FOR JOE BURROW LAST WEEK IN THE 34-21 LOSS TO BALTIMORE. THAT

ONE CAUGHT. TAKES A HARD HIT AND SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN. PETERSON AND KAZEE THERE. SOME NICE ADDITIONS JUGGLED THROUGHOUT THE VENUE. STEELERS TAKE OVER ON A FIRST DOWN RUN WITH NAJEE HARRIS. HE KEEPS THE LEGS MOVING AND NOT GOING DOWN. HARRIS SOMEHOW EMERGES FROM THAT CROWD. TO THE 31-YARD LINE. THAT’S A 20-YARD WELL-EARNED RUN PITTSBURGH STEELERS. 28TH IN TOTAL OFFENSE AND 28TH IN SCORING. THE LOWEST SCORING STEELER TEAM IN QUITE SOME TIME. DOWN FIELD, HIT, CAUGHT BY JOHNSON. D.J. TURNER WITH A TACKLE. THIS IS WHAT STEELERS FANS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. 39 YARDS ON

THE PASS PLAY. CHARLES: KENNY PICKETT TANGLED. IAN: 10 RUNNING PLAYS AND 10 PASSES FOR PITTSBURGH. THIRD AND 10 FROM CINCINNATI 23. PICKETT UNCORKS IT AND BOUNCED IT IN THE DIRECTION OF DIONTAE JOHNSON. INCOMPLETE. THE STEELERS DRIVE STALL WITH ZACH HILL PUTTING PRESSURE ON IAN: PHIL GOT PICKETT ON THE ELBOW TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THAT PASS. BOSWELL, PERFECT. STEELERS ON THE BOARD, 3-0 LEAD WITH 12-39 REMAINING IN THE FILLED IN THE VOID. IAN: A MEMBER OF THE BUCCANEERS AND WITH THE GIANTS. THE PASS DEFLECTED AND CAUGHT BY JA’MARR CHASE. ZIGZAG MOVE BY CHASE, OUT OF

BOUNDS. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BE LUCKY AND GOOD. CHARLES: AND STAY WITH IT. IAN: SECOND AND 5. BROWNING FAKING IT, FLIPS IT, CATCH MADE. SAMPLE. BANGS INTO HIS OWN MAN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! NORMALLY ARE HERE IN THE STADIUM ARE NOT OPERATING. THERE’S 5:58 LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF WITH THE STEELERS DOWN 7-3. PICKETT THROWS ON TARGET TO FREIERMUTH. WE’RE AT 5:30 LEFT IN THE SECOND QUARTER. PISTOL FORMATION. DOWNHILL RUNNING FOR NAJEE HARRIS. IAN: A FIRST DOWN. BANGS HIS WAY TO THE 41-YARD LINE P. A PICKUP OF FIVE. HE KNOWS WHEN HE’S GETTING READY FOR THE

STEELERS. IAN: 3:30 TO GO IN THE SECOND QUARTER. NICKEL PACKAGE ON THIRD AND 10. PICKETT THROWS OVER AUSTIN’S HEAD. THE HEAT FROM NICK SCOTT. IT’S FOURTH DOWN FOR THE STEELERS. THOSE ARE POINTS AND THE WAY CINCINNATI BENEFITED ALL THE WAY AROUND. IAN: ON THE FUMBLE THEY DID NOT GO AFTER THE FOOTBALL WHEN PITTSBURGH TURNS IT OVER P. SOMEHOW BROWNING GETS UP THERE AND FLOATS IT OUT. IT TURNS OUT TO BE A BIG PLAY DOWN FIELD. 123450. REFEREE: THE RULING IS AN INCOMPLETE PASS. IAN: FOURTH DOWN FOR THE THE A.F.C., AT LEAST ON PAPER. OBVIOUSLY THIS

IS ALL DONE WITH WHAT’S CURRENTLY THE STANDINGS. PICKETT UNDERNEATH THE THROW AND FREIERMUTH HOLDS ON TO THE FOOTBALL WITH A FIRST DOWN OUT TO THE 35. TREY HENRICKSON OUT THERE FOR THE TIGHT-END. PICKETT, LOOKING FOR A RHYTHM. AGAIN, IT’S FREIERMUTH OUT ACROSS MIDFIELD TO THE 49. THE NUMBER ONE PICK FROM THE TIGERS. IAN: THIRD AND 17. DELAY TO WARREN. NOW THE BENGALS BRING HIM DOWN JUST AS HE CROSSES MIDFIELD. THEY LEAD IT 7-3. THE FIRST PLAY OF THE SECOND HALF P. BROWNING GOT HIS MAN. FIRST DOWN. THERE. IAN: WILLIAMS ON THIRD AND 3. BROWNING IS

ON TIME. A COMPLETION TO HUDSON FOR A FIRST DOWN. COVERS FIVE YARDS P. CHARLES, I’M WITH YOU ON THAT. IAN: IT’S NOT A KNOCK ON A BACKUP WIDE RECEIVER OR A BACKUP PLAYER BUT IT’S THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT REQUIRES IT. UP IN THE AIR. SNAGGED BY CHASE. FIRST DOWN GRAB THE CROWD HAVING GONE TO SCHOOL AND LEARNED BETTER HOW TO THROW IT. IAN: THIRD AND 6. BROWNING PICKED OFF. THOMPSON STEPS IN FRONT FOR THE I.N.T. JA’MARR CHASE THE INTENDED RECEIVER. IAN: TRENTON THOMPSON HAS BEEN LIKE A SWISS ARMY KNIFE FOR THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS STEPPING IN AND

MAKING A BIG PLAY. DUMP BALL FOR WARREN GETTING TO THE OUTSIDE FOR A FIRST DOWN. 16 YARDS ON THE CATCH AND RUN. EVENTUALLY DROPPED BY PRATT. IAN: PLAY CALLER IS MIKE SULLIVAN, VETERAN NFL COACH. PICKENS HAS BEEN LIMITED TO ONE CATCH FOR FIVE YARDS. THIRD AND 5. PICKENS. HE HITS AUSTIN FOR A FIRST DOWN. SO NOW KENNY PICKETT IS HASN’T SEEN ENOUGH POINTS. PICKETT ON THIRD AND 4. HE HITS FREIERMUTH. FIRST DOWN. JUST INSIDE THE 40. GOOD FOR NINE YARDS. 5:25 TO PLAY IN THE THIRD. PICKETT IN THE POCKET. WILL TOSS IT TO THE SIDELINE.

CATCH AND CURL BY PICKENS AND HE SIDELINE.S WAY ALONG THAT- A LITTLE SLOW TO GET UP. D.J. WITH THE HIT. IT’S ENOUGH FOR A FIRST DOWN. IAN: FINALLY HERE. THIRD DOWN AND 6. CHARLES: WE’LL SEE WHAT LOU DECIDES TO DO HERE. LOOKS LIKE HE’S SHOWING PRESSURE TO DROP PEOPLE OUT. IAN: PICKETT UNLOADS IT TO FREIERMUTH. OVER 100 YARDS ON THE DAY FOR THE TIGHT-END FREIERMUTH. ON THE JOB IN THIS SECONDARY FOR CINCINNATI. FIRST DOWN RUN. WARREN RIPS THROUGH. NINE-YARD PICKUP. CHARLES: HE’S SO QUICK AND DECISIVE IN HIS RUNS THAT GUYS OPEN IN THE HOLE THAT

SHOULD THE END ZONE? IAN: TIGHT FORMATION, NAJEE HAIR HIS THE BACKFIELD. GIVE IT TO THEM. HARRIS GETS TO THE OUTSIDE AND HE’S IN. TOUCHDOWN! FLAG DOWN AT THE END OF THE COMING BACK. CHARLES: THEY PICKED IT UP AND SAID NO PENALTY ON THAT PLAY. IAN: SHOTGUN HERE. BROWNING PICKED THE HANDOFF, HIT TYLER BOYD. ENOUGH FOR A FIRST DOWN. TACKLE MADE BY KAZEE. GOOD FOR 10. CHARLES: I’M SURE PITTSBURGH IS THE REST OF OUR CREW, HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. PITTSBURGH LEADS 10-7 TO START THE FOURTH. OFF THE DEFLECTION, ANOTHER GRAB BY CHASE. SECOND

TIME TODAY THE STEELERS COULDN’T COME AWAY WITH IT AND CHASE DOES FOR 14 YARDS. TOUCHDOWN AND A PICK. THIRD DOWN AND LONG. BROWNING, STEP UP. BROWNING CAN’T GET OUT OF THERE. AND HE IS DEVOURED BY WATT AND HEYWARD. A LETHAL COMBINATION FOR PITTSBURGH. IT’S THIRD AND 9 FOR THE STEELERS. FROM THE GUN. PICKETT, LOW THROW. HANDLED BY DIONTAE JOHNSON. FIRST DOWN. FOUR THIRD DOWNS. GOING UP TOP. PICKENS OVER THE SHOULDER GRAB FOR THE FIRST DOWN. HILTON BRINGS HIM DOWN BUT PICKENS APPEARS TO BE MORE THAN OK. 43 YARDS ON THE HOOKUP. KNOW WHERE HE IS.

IAN: PICKETT ZIPS IT. KNOCKED AWAY. JOHNSON THOUGHT THERE WAS CONTACT FROM D.J. TURNER. THAT’S NOT HOW THE OFFICIALS SAW 34-YARD FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT. EITHER WAY, THIS WILL REMAIN A ONE SCORE GAME. BOSWELL LANES INTO IT AND CURLS IT THROUGH. STEELERS NOW IN FRONT 13-7. AND HE DRAWS PORTER. LOOK OUT! T.J. WATT BLOWS IT UP. BROWNING DIDN’T HAVE A CHANCE. OBVIOUSLY THINGS CHANGED WITH BURROW’S PRESENCE, 4-1 IN THE LAST FIVE GAMES AGAINST PITTSBURGH. IT’S A HELPLESS FEELING. BURROW CAN’T GET OUT AND DO IT BUT NAJEE HARRIS CAN. HARRIS TAKES IT INTO CINCINNATI TERRITORY, A BLOCK FROM

DARNELL WASHINGTON TO HELP SPRING HIM STEELERS HAVE 394 YARDS OF OFFENSE. GIVE IT TO HARRIS AGAIN. CUTTING TO THE OUTSIDE P. HARRIS TURNS THE CORNER. FIRST DOWN. 58 CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITHOUT HITTING THAT MARK AND THE STREAK 22 ON 2 IT. IAN: THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE ON TUESDAY, MATT CANADA WAS LET GO REPLACED BY A COMBINATION, EDDIE FAULKNER AND MIKE SULLIVAN. THINGS ARE CLICKING NOW FOR PITTSBURGH. THAT’S GOOD FOR 11 YARDS. CHARLES: THAT DUO, EDDIE CINCINNATI IS OUT OF TIME-OUTS. SURPRISED THIS GOES IN THE AIR. IAN: PICKETT, A SOFT TOSS TO FREIERMUTH. HE’S BEEN SO DEPENDABLE

TODAY FOR KENNY PICKETT. THAT’S SIX YARDS WORKING THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. NINTH CATCH OF THE DAY AND 119 YARDS FOR PAT FREIERMUTH. HE DESERVES. IAN: A 43-YARD ATTEMPT. BOSWELL BANGS IT THROUGH TO EXTEND THE STEELERS LEAD. 16-7. BOSWELL MAY HAVE BEEN WAVING THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON THEY WILL OUTGAIN THEIR OPPONENT. BROWNING THE TOSS. MIXON THE CATCH. YARDS AFTER THE GRAB. HE’S STILL GOING. JOE MIXON. OUT OF BOUNDS. BENGALS GOT A BIG GAIN, 2:40 ON THE CLOCK. WAYSIDE FOR A LONG TIME. IAN: SECOND AND 10. BROWNING OVER THE MIDDLE. CATCH MADE BY BOYD. CHECK

IN WITH EVAN. EVAN: SOMETHING NOTICING FIELD LEVEL HERE. YOU SEE THE STRAP ON THE RIGHT LAST SERIES OF THE SIDELINE BUT HE’S CLEARLY WORKING THROUGH SOMETHING. IAN: HE WAS TALKING TO THEM IN THE PREVIOUS SERIES. THE THROW ON THE TRAFFIC IS BROKEN UP. TYLER BOYD. SO NOW THEY’RE STARING AT A FOURTH AND 2. ATTEMPT. TRYING TO CUT INTO THE STEELERS LEAD. MCPHERSON, HE’S GOT IT. BACK TO A ONE-SCORE GAME. 16-10. CHARLES: IF YOU’RE PITTSBURGH, YOU GO GET IT AND DON’T LET THE BALL PLAY YOU AND GET THE BAD HOP. IAN: ROLL IT AND TAKES A

BOUNCE. RIGHT INTO THE BREADBASKET FOR THE STEELERS. SO MCPHERSON GAVE HIS TEAM A CHANCE BUT GEORGE PICKENS, PART OF THE HAND TEAM, COMES AWAY WITH IT. 2:03 ON THE CLOCK. MIKE TOMLIN AND THE STEELERS GET THE WIN. ON THE ROAD IN CINCINNATI. 16-10 THE FINAL AND PITTSBURGH