Joe Flacco Outduels Aaron Rodgers As Bengals Beat Steelers In Exciting Fashion
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NFL fans got a real treat on “Thursday Night Football” as the Cincinnati Bengals snapped their three game losing streak with a 31-30 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers at home.
The Bengals, desperate to win after starting the season 2-0, are now 3-4, while the Steelers fall to 4-2 on the year.
And while they’re going through the motions, Aaron Rodger and Joe Flacco are putting on a show like the early 2010s in Cincinnati.
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Joe Flacco of the Cincinnati Bengals throws a pass against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the first quarter of the game at Paycor Stadium on Oct 16, 2025 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
It started with rodgers, who is better in the week seems to be the steelers in his sad time. He needed eight plays to go 69 yards for a touchdown to stifle Jensu Smith from 10 yards out, as he broke, screened and threw a strike to his seven man.
For Flacco, success didn’t come right away at home with the Bengals, as they were forced into two shocks. But the third virus saw the Bengals fans of the Bengals have been desperate when Flakco was traded to the Cleveland Browns to free jake browning of his first jobs.
Flacco went 10 drives and 72 yards where he found Ja’marrr sacked for one of the many, this one an eight yard touchdown to make it 10-7.
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After that, Cincinnati’s defense quickly showed up as the home team’s fury. Jordan’s battle included Rodgers making a spectacular play, ripping the ball through DK Metcalf’s hands and staying inside while doing so. Flacco took that opportunity to find some Higgins, running like many steeterers defenders to get a 29-yard pass.
Rodgers would be picked off again on the next drive, and the Bengals were able to kick a field goal before the end of the first half leading to a surprising endgame.
If the first part wasn’t enough, the second part is knocking on the doors of Primetime Couplof Bout. There were five straight field goals, including a direct drive, with Flacco finding Noah Amsm and Rodger using his tight ends Pat Freiermuth and Darnell Washington to make it a 27-24 game.
Aaron Rodgers of the Pittsburgh Steelers throws against the Cincinnati Bengals during the first quarter of the game at Paycor Stadium on Oct 16, 2025 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
The Bengals were able to give Evan McPherson a field goal, which he buried to move their lead to 30-24, but Rodgers had a chance late in the fourth quarter to shoot him in the lead from the first quarter.
With 2: 21 left on the clock, the rododgers escaped the pressure and his eyes lit up as he saw FreiriERMUTH alone in Dow Downfield and went up to him who was caught. Freiermuth went 68 yards to tie the game, and the extra point was good to give Pittsburgh a 31-30 lead.
But was the steelers score too fast considering how dangerous flacco and the bengals offense was? You bet.
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FLACCO came out to defend the Steelers once with a seven-play drive that was well blocked by a 28-yard pass to Higgins, who slid well into the red zone to run out the clock and allow McPherson a go-ahead field goal opportunity. He was nailing 36 outs and the Paycor Stadium crowd was in trouble as they finally got back into the win column.
If you look at the box score, the sack broke his franchise record for touchdowns in a single game, hauling in 16 of his 23 targets from Flacco for 161 yards and a touchdown. Those 23 targets were the most by a player all-time in the NFL by a mile.
Higgins added 96 yards with his touchdown on six catches, while Charo Brown finally had the rushing game he was looking for with 10 yards on 11 carries in the first six games.
Ja’marr Chase of the Cincinnati Bengals celebrates after being recovered during contact during the NFL Football Game Pittsburgh Steelers at Paycor Stadium on Oct 16, 2025 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Michael Owens/Getty Images)
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FLACCO finished 31-of-47 for 342 yards with three touchdowns and no sacks. As for the sticks, his patented hail doesn’t work at all. He was 23-for-34 for 249 yards with four touchdown passes and two interceptions.
Jaylen Warren racked up 127 yards on the ground and 31 yards on four carries, while Freimuth had his breakout game of the season with five yards.
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