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BENGALS WON THE TOSS AND ELECTED TO DEFER, WHICH MEANS WE’LL SEE AARON RODGERS AND COMPANY RIGHT OFF THE BAT. EVAN MCPHERSON TO KICK OFF FOR THE BENGALS. GAINWELL AND WILLIAMS ARE BACK TO RECEIVE AND IS KE’SHAWN WILLIAMS A PASS TO 30 AND IS TACKLED AT THE 32. SO HERE HE COMES AARON RODGERS ENDED LAST SEASON WITH THE JETS THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE OVER. HE DIDN’T KNOW PITTSBURGH CAME MCCOLLUM HAD SOME GREAT MEETINGS WITH MIKE TOMLIN AND HERE HE IS LEADING THE TEAM TO A FOUR AND ONE MARK. ONE THING THAT HE’S VERY HAPPY ABOUT TONIGHT IS THERE’S NO TREY HENDRICKSON. THE GREAT PASS RUSHER OF THE BENGALS WHO IS OUT TONIGHT. SHEMAR STEWART WILL GET THE START IN HIS SPOT. AND OFF WE GO FROM THE 31 YARD LINE. RODGERS TO THE AIR. CHECKS IT DOWN UNDERNEATH. BREAKING A TACKLE AND ANOTHER ONE. AND THEN STOPPED THERE FOR A GAIN OF ABOUT THREE IS JALEN WARREN WHO SPLITS TIME IN THE BACKFIELD WITH KENNETH GAINWELL SECOND DOWN. >> AND RIGHT AWAY YOU GET A FEEL FOR ONE OF THE KEYS IN THIS GAME WHICH IS ARE THE BENGALS GOING TO BE ABLE TO TACKLE THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS? IT’S BEEN A REAL ISSUE FOR THE SECONDARY AND FOR THIS DEFENSE. AND THE STEELERS RELY ON A LOT OF QUICK THROWS AND A LOT OF YARDS AFTER THE CATCH. BENGALS GOT TO TACKLE WELL. >> A TON AFTER THE CATCH, ESPECIALLY WITH SOMEBODY LIKE DK. THEIR NUMBER TWO RECEIVER IS INACTIVE TONIGHT. CALVIN AUSTIN. SECOND AND SIX AND THE PASS TO THE OUTSIDE. YOU GOT A FLAG DOWN. >> MOVEMENT BY THE TIGHT END JONNU SMITH. >> BEFORE THE SNAP. >> NUMBER 81 FIVE-YARD PENALTY. SECOND DOWN CLAY MARTIN TONIGHT’S REFEREE MAKE IT. >> SECOND DOWN AND 11. >> BIG THING FOR PITTSBURGH. OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE AN ADVANTAGE AS FAR AS THE MATCH-UP. BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY CANNOT DO ON THE ROAD ESPECIALLY EARLY. YOU SEE HIM THERE JUST A LITTLE FLINCH CROWD NOISE A FACTOR HERE RIGHT NOW THIS PLACE IS GOING NUTS. RODGERS LOOKS. >> TO HIS RIGHT AND THROWS OVER THE MIDDLE. THE PASS IS INCOMPLETE. I MEAN, THE STEELERS TRAVEL WELL BUT YOU LOOK AROUND THE STADIUM TONIGHT AND EVERYBODY’S IN WHITE. YEAH A VERY PREDOMINANT BENGALS CROWD WHICH YOU WOULD FIGURE IT’S THEIR HOME GAME. IT’S THEIR HOME CITY AND ALL THAT. BUT THE STEELERS SOMETIMES ESPECIALLY IN LOS ANGELES THEY OVERWHELM THE PLACE. THEY’LL TAKE THEY’LL. >> TAKE A STADIUM OVER IF YOU LET HIM. BUT THURSDAY NIGHT GAME THE WIDEOUT LOOKS LIKE THE BENGALS FANS HAVE SHOWN UP. IT’S A BIG THIRD DOWN HERE. LET’S SEE WHAT THIS DEFENSE CAN DO AGAINST AARON RODGERS. GO. >> THIRD AND 11. EMPTY THE BACKFIELD. RODGERS DEEP DOWN THE RIGHT SIDELINE GOT HIS MAN AND HIS METCALF MAKING THE CATCH. SO ON THIRD AND 11 YOU’VE GOT METCALF AT SIX FOR GOING AGAINST DJ TURNER AT 511. THEY FIGURED HE’D BE MATCHED UP ALL NIGHT LONG. THAT CONFRONTATION IS WON BY METCALF FOR A GAIN OF 39.>> AND A BIG RISK. YOU TAKE JORDAN BATTLE TAKING THE CROSSER AWAY. GREAT JOB. AS YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM AARON RODGERS LOOKING THE SAFETY OFF, HE SEES THE ONE ON ONE OPPORTUNITY. AND THIS IS A TOUGH ASK FOR ANYBODY. TURNER IS THEIR BEST COVER MAN AGAINST DK METCALF GREAT JOB BY THE LINE GIVING RODGERS THE TIME ON THAT THIRD DOWN THROW. >> EXTRA LINEMAN IN. YOU GOT SIX OFFENSIVE LINEMEN HERE A LITTLE TOSS BACK HERE TO WARREN WARREN CUTS IT BACK. YOU’RE GOING TO HEAR CLAY MARTIN TONIGHT A LOT AS WE GET SET FOR THE PLAY. SAYING SO AND SO IS ELIGIBLE. GET READY FOR THAT. SPENCER ANDERSON 74. >> WE’RE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON HIM. WE TALKED WITH ARTHUR SMITH, THE OFFENSIVE CO-ORDINATOR. WE’VE SEEN THIS JUMBO PACKAGE PACKAGE TRICKLED IN. AND WHEN YOU PUT 74 AND 80 TOGETHER ON ONE SIDE, YOU ADD THE OFFENSIVE TACKLE. YOU’RE LOOKING AT 1,000 POUNDS OF WEIGHT TRYING TO SET THE EDGE .>> YEAH. WASHINGTON IS LISTED AT 264. FAT CHANCE. HERE THEY ARE TOGETHER UP TOP SECOND AND THREE. WASHINGTON MOTION TOSS BACK HERE. FIRST DOWN AND A LOT MORE. GOOD RUN BY JAYLEN WARREN JOE BURROW STEELERS ON THE MARCH. WHAT A GAME’S OPENING DRIVE.>> AND NOW WHAT A BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THIS. YOU GOT ONE TIGHT END GOING IN MOTION 80 AND THEN 74. YOU’RE GOING TO FOLLOW HIM AROUND SO THAT WEIGHT LOOKS LIKE IT’S ON THE RIGHT SIDE. BUT NOW IT MOVES TO THE LEFT SIDE. AND THESE GUYS ARE ATHLETIC ENOUGH DESPITE THEIR SIZE TO BE ABLE TO PULL HIM AROUND. SO YOU THINK THEY’RE OVER SET ON ONE SIDE AND THEN THEY MOVE AND NOW YOU’RE ALL THE WAY MOVING TO THE FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT .>> THESE GUYS DO A WHERE’S THE BEEF COMMERCIAL .>> LOOK AT THE FROM THE 14 ON. >> THE GROUND AGAIN WARREN AGAIN PICKS UP FOUR. GETS TO THE TEN YARD LINE. SECOND AND SIX. >> THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT DARNELL WASHINGTON WATCHING HIM COME OUT OF GEORGIA. HE WAS KIND OF ON THE A LITTLE BIT ON THE BACK BURNER BECAUSE OF BROCK BOWERS. BUT HE HAS REALLY TAKEN OFF IN PITTSBURGH. AND YOU KNOW WE KNOW WHAT HE CAN DO AS A BLOCKER AS A GUY THAT’S UP AROUND 300 POUNDS. HE’S A MISMATCH ALSO IN THE PASS GAME AND THERE WHAT A GOOD JOB OF ESTABLISHING THAT LEFT SIDE THERE AGAINST BARRETT CARTER THE ROOKIE OUT OF CLEMSON. >> GAINWELL IS NOW THE BACK. CONNOR HEYWARD IN AT FULLBACK. RODGERS TO HIS LEFT. RODGERS TO THE END ZONE AND OFF THE FINGERTIPS IN THE END ZONE AND INCOMPLETE. TRY TO GET IT TO CONNOR HEYWARD WHO SCORED A TOUCHDOWN ON SUNDAY. >> ARTHUR SMITH GIVES YOU A LOT OF DIFFERENT LOOKS. HERE’S CONNOR HEYWARD THEIR FOURTH TIGHT END LINED UP AS A FULLBACK. THEY JUST SNEAK HIM OUT OF THE BACKFIELD AGAINST GENO STONE. LOOK AT THIS BALL VERY CLOSE TO THE CONNECTION FOR THE TOUCHDOWN, GIVING HIM A LOT OF DIFFERENT LOOKS. MAKING THIS DEFENSE HAVE TO ADJUST TO NOT JUST DIFFERENT PERSONNEL GROUPINGS DIFFERENT MOTIONS AND FORMATIONS .>> HAVE YOU SEEN THAT LOOK AARON RODGERS THROUGH THE YEARS THIRD AND SIX. GO. RODGERS BUYING TIME. GOING TO HIS RIGHT DIRECTING TRAFFIC THROWS AND IT IS HAULED IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN BY JONNU SMITH. SO AARON RODGERS AS HE HAS DONE SO OFTEN THROUGH THE YEARS. EXTENDS THE PLAY. WAITS FOR THE OPEN MAN, FINDS HIM AND GIVES PITTSBURGH THE LEAD. >> WELL HE HAS ALL KINDS OF TIME AND WITHOUT TREY HENDRICKSON THIS OFFENSE OR THIS DEFENSIVE LINE HAS A HARD TIME GETTING ANY KIND OF PRESSURE. AND HOW ABOUT THE MOBILITY OF AARON RODGERS? THIS IS A BIG QUESTION WITH HIM AT HIS AGE. THE ACHILLES SURGERY THAT HE HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. BUT THESE LAST FEW WEEKS HE’S BEEN MOVING AROUND AND LOOKING AS ATHLETIC AS HE’S LOOKED AT ANY POINT IN HIS CAREER. >> BOSWELL FOR THE EXTRA POINT. PITTSBURGH HAD NO OPENING DRIVE TOUCHDOWNS LAST SEASON. THEY’VE ALREADY HAD THREE THIS SEASON. SEVEN NOTHING. >>RM. HE STARTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH. TRANSFER TO DELAWARE. WON THE SUPER BOWL WITH BALTIMORE IN 2012. TWO STINTS WITH CLEVELAND. TRADED TO CINCINNATI ON THE 7TH OF OCTOBER, HE HAD A ROUGH FIRST HALF AT GREEN BAY LAST SUNDAY, BUT THEN LIGHTED IT UP IN THE SECOND HALF. >> HE SURE DID. YEAH, THE WHOLE OFFENSE CAME ALIVE. >> KEPT HIM IN THE GAME. BOSWELL’S KICK-OFF FIELDED AT THE TWO YARD LINE. TAHJ BROOKS ROOKIE OUT OF TEXAS TECH TAKES THIS ONE BACK OUT TO THE 27 YARD LINE. SO AGAIN WITH JOE BURROW ON THE SHELF AT LEAST UNTIL DECEMBER. THEY HOPE FLACCO CAN DO THE JOB THEY WANT WITH JAKE BROWNING, BUT HE COULDN’T DO THE JOB OVER A THREE GAME STRETCH AND AS THEY SAY, THEY WENT TO THE EMERGENCY LINE AND PICKED UP THIS GUY. WELL. >> IMAGINE THERE’S OF COURSE A GOOD LOOK AT JOE BURROW TRYING TO HELP JOE FLACCO OUT TONIGHT. IMAGINE BEING AT A NEW PLACE AND IN TEN DAYS YOU’RE PLAYING TWO NFL GAMES AS A STARTING QUARTERBACK. IN TEN DAYS. >> AGAINST PRETTY GOOD TEAMS TOO. GREEN BAY AND PITTSBURGH. THEY STARTED ON THE GROUND TO GIVE IT TO BROWN AND HE WILL GET STOPPED BY CAM HEYWARD AT THE 29 YARD LINE. THE ONE THING CINCINNATI HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS YEAR IS RUN THE BALL. THEY ARE DEAD LAST IN RUSHING. >> YEAH. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RUN THE FOOTBALL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THIS IS AN OFFENSE BUILT AROUND THE HEALTH OF JOE BURROW AND ZAC TAYLOR. THAT’S USUALLY WHAT HE HAS IS JOE BURROW AND THESE GREAT RECEIVERS, AND THEY’LL SPRINKLE IN JUST ENOUGH OF THE RUNNING GAME, BUT THEY REALLY ARE GOING TO LIVE OR DIE BY JA’MARR CHASE AND TEE HIGGINS AND THEIR VERTICAL PASS GAME. >> AND YOU SEE THE NUMBERS. THEY’RE AVERAGING 57 YARDS PER GAME ON THE GROUND BY FAR THE WORST IN THE LEAGUE. NOBODY’S EVEN CLOSE SECOND AND EIGHT AND DOWN HE GOES THAT TIME IT’S KEANU BENTON COMING THROUGH THE MIDDLE. THE NOSE TACKLE UP THROUGH THE MIDDLE FOR THE SACK .>> WELL THEY’RE CREATING ONE ON ONE OPPORTUNITIES PK PATRICK QUEEN WATCH HIM WALK UP AND BY WALKING UP HE’S GOING TO EAT UP SOME OFFENSIVE LINEMEN. AND NOW HE CREATES SOME DOUBT INDECISION BY THE ROOKIE JALEN RIVERS AT RIGHT GUARD. AND BENTON IS A GUY. HE’S NOT JUST UP THERE EATING UP SPACE AND A ROAD GRADER STOPPING THE RUN GAME. YOU CAN SEE WHAT HE CAN DO, THE QUICKNESS THAT HE HAS. HE HIT THAT CREASE AND GOT INTO THE BACKFIELD. >> FIVE WIDE ON A THIRD AND 14 FIRES AND CAUGHT. AND HE’S GOING TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN AS THE CROWD SALUTES TEE HIGGINS. SO IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TO GIVING UP A TOUCHDOWN. AND THEN A THREE AND OUT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN FLACCO CONNECTS FOR A GAIN OF 18.>> YEAH, YOU JUST GOT TO MARVEL AT THE TIMING OF THIS THIRD DOWN AND LONG AGAINST THIS DEFENSE. THEY SIT BACK AND PLAY ZONE ONLY RUSH FOUR. BUT AS YOU SEE THAT SAFETY GETS DOWN QUICKLY MEANS YOU HIT THAT BACK FOOT ON YOUR DROP. THE BALL HAS GOT TO BE OUT IMMEDIATELY TO GIVE TEE HIGGINS A CHANCE TO CATCH THE BALL AND THEN GET DOWN TO PROTECT HIMSELF. WHAT A PLAY BY THE OFFENSE THERE TO CONVERT ON THIRD DOWN. >> ON THE GROUND AND STUFFED AFTER A THREE YARD GAIN. THAT’S DESHON ELLIOTT WHO HAD A DOZEN TACKLES LAST SUNDAY IN THE GAME AGAINST CLEVELAND, STOPS HIM THERE AFTER A GAIN OF FOUR CHASE.>> BROWN MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE MOST SHOCKED PERSON IN THIS STADIUM. YOU KNOW, HE HAS BEEN HIT BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND OVER HALF OF HIS CARRIES. THINK ABOUT THAT. 58% OF THE TIME HE’S CARRIED THE BALL, HE’S BEEN HIT BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE THERE HE SAW A CREASE. HE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT. >> HE SAW HIS AVERAGE 2.7. THE LEAGUE AVERAGE IS ALWAYS AROUND 4.4. FLACCO GETS RID OF IT IN A HURRY. LOOKS FOR HIGGINS AGAIN AND THAT’S INCOMPLETE. COVERED WELL. THIRD DOWN AND SIX. >> THAT’S GOING TO BE A GREAT MATCH-UP. YOU KNOW MIKE MIKE TOMLIN AND TERRELL AUSTIN THE DEFENSIVE CO-ORDINATOR WHEN THEY GO UP AGAINST THESE RECEIVERS A LOT OF TIMES WITH JOEY PORTER NOW IN HIS THIRD YEAR OUT OF PENN STATE, YOU WONDER HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU GO OUT AND DEFEND THESE RECEIVERS? WELL, THEY MOVED JOEY PORTER WITH HIS LENGTH OVER TEE HIGGINS. HE’LL FOLLOW HIM A LOT OF TIMES AND THEY’LL DOUBLE UP JA’MARR CHASE NOW THEY DIDN’T ON THE LAST THIRD DOWN. LET’S SEE WHAT THEY DO HERE AGAINST HIGGINS AND CHASE. AND IF THEY TRY TO TAKE THEM AWAY ON THIRD DOWN .>> THIRD AND SIX BUNCH THREE RECEIVERS TO THE LEFT, FOUR MAN RUSH HANGS IN THE POCKET, THROWS COMPLETE AND THAT TIME JA’MARR CHASE MAKES THE CATCH BUT ONLY FOR A SHORT GAIN. JUAN THORNHILL MAKING THE TACKLE. IT’LL BE FOURTH AND FOUR.>> WHAT A PLAY BY THORNHILL. WATCH HIM SIT BACK. HE’S ALMOST WAITING BECAUSE OF THIS BUNCH TO SEE WHERE DOES ONE GO? HE’S GOING UNDERNEATH. I’M GOING WITH HIM. GREAT JOB OF JUST KIND OF MIRRORING THE THREAT ON THIRD DOWN, KNOWING THEY WANT TO GET HIM THE FOOTBALL AND A GOOD JOB OF COMING DOWN AND KEEPING HIM WELL SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN MARKER. >> RYAN REHKOW SENDS IT DOWN TO KE’SHAWN WILLIAMS THE ROOKIE OUT OF INDIANA WHO DRIFTS OVER TO HIS RIGHT, MAKES THE GRAB AT THE 16 YARD LINE AND BRINGS IT BACK OUT TO THE 28. ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE OPENING QUARTER ON THIS THURSDAY NIGHT IN CINCINNATI, RR TOUCHDOWN PASS. HEY BRETT FAVRE EARLIER THIS YEAR, HIS PREDECESSOR HAD 508 IN HIS CAREER. FIRST DOWN FROM THE 26. SLIPS THE WARREN WARREN GOOD RUN WARREN OUT TO THE 39 YARD LINE. FIRST DOWN. >> THAT’S A GREAT WAY TO START THAT DRIVE. LET’S GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS DRIVE ON THAT THIRD AND 11 AARON RODGERS KIND OF WHISPERING OVER TO DK METCALF. HEY IF WE GET THAT ONE ON ONE MATCH-UP LET’S TAKE IT OUT AND UP RIGHT AT THE FIRST DOWN MARKER. AND THEN HE’S ABLE TO PULL AWAY. LOOK AT THE LOCATION OF THAT FOOTBALL ON THIRD AND 1149. >> B 49. >> FROM THE 38. QUICK THROW. CATCH MADE. METCALF AGAIN METCALF CAME OVER FROM SEATTLE IN A TRADE AFTER THEY PARTED WAYS WITH GEORGE PICKENS SENT HIM DOWN TO DALLAS AND REPLACED HIM WITH THIS GUY. >> IT’S BEEN AMAZING. YOU KNOW, THE FIRST FOUR WEEKS OF THE SEASON, MOSTLY QUICK GAME AND UNDERNEATH THROWS AND THEN AFTER THE BYE THEY WERE ABLE TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE AGAINST CLEVELAND OF OPENING UP THE OFFENSE TOOK A COUPLE MORE SHOTS DOWNFIELD TWO OF FOUR ON THOSE DEEP SHOTS LAST WEEK AND WE SAW ALREADY HERE ON THE OPENING SERIES THEY TAKE A SHOT WITH ONE ON ONE COVERAGE AND HIT IT. >> AND HE’S COMING DOWN. >> 4949. LOOK AT THE. >> LITTLE FLEA FLICKER RODGERS BUYS TIME THROWS AND THAT’S INCOMPLETE COVERAGE. WELL THAT TIME BY THE BENGALS WHO WEREN’T FOOLED. YOU SEE AARON RODGERS IS FRUSTRATED THERE. >> A LITTLE MISCOMMUNICATION EVEN WITH THE MOTION. I DON’T THINK EVERYBODY WAS ON THE SAME PAGE. SCOTTY MILLER ENDED UP GOING IN MOTION BUT RODGERS WITH THAT FLEA FLICKER HE’S ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT. BUT ALL THE RECEIVERS ARE TO HIS LEFT. SO JUST A LITTLE MIX UP AND ANOTHER THIRD DOWN HERE FOR PITTSBURGH .>> THE CAPTION ON THOSE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS BY AARON EVER THE PERFECTIONIST GO THIRD AND FOUR. COMES THE HARD COUNT. TRY TO GET THE FIRST DOWN. PLAY CLOCK AT ONE. RODGERS DANCING DEEP DOWNFIELD AND A LITTLE TOO DEEP THAT TIME FOR JONNU SMITH WHO CAUGHT THE TOUCHDOWN PASS. FOURTH DOWN. >> JOSH NEWTON ON HIM AND JOSH NEWTON IS A CORNER. BUT HE’S GOT SOME GOOD SIZE TO HIM. AND YOU WOULD THINK THIS IS A MATCH-UP ADVANTAGE FOR PITTSBURGH. BUT YOU COULD SEE THE AWARENESS AND A LITTLE BIT OF HAND CONTACT. BUT A GOOD JOB OF GETTING HIS EYES BACK TO THE QUARTERBACK IF THAT BALL IS ON THE MONEY I THINK HE’S CLOSE ENOUGH THERE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A PLAY ON IT. >> CORLISS WAITMAN TO PUNT FOR PITTSBURGH. CHARLIE SETS UP AT THE TEN YARD LINE. WAITMAN GETS IT AWAY. JONES WILL CALL FOR AND MAKE THE FAIR CATCH AT THE 17 YARD LINE. AND THAT IS WHERE THE BENGALS BEGIN. THIS DRIVE. SO AARON LOOK AT THESE DEFENSIVE ALERTS, THE RED ORBS THAT YOU SEE UNDER THE DEFENSIVE PLAYERS AND IDENTIFIES THEM AS A THREAT TO BLITZ THE QUARTERBACK, IT’S GENERATED BY PRIME’S AI ON EVERY AND EVERY DOWN BASIS. SO KEEP ALERT FOR THOSE RED ORBS. >> FROM THE 17 YARD LINE. TO THE OUTSIDE, JA’MARR CHASE FIGHTS HIS WAY FOR A GAIN OF EIGHT. TACKLED THERE BY ELLIOTT. IT’LL BE SECOND DOWN AND SHORT. >> ONE OF THE MATCH-UPS TONIGHT THAT WILL BE CRITICAL FOR JOE FLACCO IN THIS OFFENSE TO FIGURE OUT, OF COURSE IS TJ WATT ON ONE SIDE AND NICK HERBIG AND ALEX HIGHSMITH ON THE OTHER. AND RIGHT NOW THE ROOKIE OUT OF OHIO STATE, JACK SAWYER IS IN THE GAME. SO TRYING TO KEEP EVERYBODY FRESH. THEY’VE GOT A GREAT DEAL OF DEPTH THERE AT THOSE OUTSIDE LINEBACKER SPOTS. BUT CAN THE BENGALS PROTECT FLACCO TONIGHT AGAINST THAT EDGE PRESSURE. >> RIGHT NOW. SECOND DOWN AND TWO. CHANGING AT THE LINE CHASE BROWN IS THE BACK. FLACCO GETS RID OF IT. AND HURRY. AND IT’S INCOMPLETE. DOUBLE COVERAGE THERE. CROWD WANTS A FLAG AND THEY GET ONE JOEY PORTER COVERING ON THE PLAY. GET THE CALL CLAY MARTIN. >> PASS INTERFERENCE DEFENSE NUMBER 24. SPOT FOUL. AUTOMATIC. FIRST DOWN. WE JUST.>> TALKED ABOUT JOEY PORTER A LOT OF TIMES TRAVELING WITH TEE HIGGINS AND THE STEELERS. NOT AFRAID TO PLAY MAN TO MAN. THAT’S PRETTY OBVIOUS. I MEAN BOTH ARE RIGHT. AND THE LEFT HAND THE LEFT HAND GOT IN THERE AND GRABBED A HOLD OF THE JERSEY. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT’S KIND OF A GAME WITHIN THE GAME. WE TALKED ABOUT THE OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS AND THE PRESSURE. THE OTHER OBVIOUS MATCH-UP IS CHASE AND HIGGINS AGAINST THIS SECONDARY. >> 14 YARD PENALTY. FIRST DOWN UP AT THE 39 YARD LINE A LITTLE MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES TO GO IN THE OPENING QUARTER. PASS OVER THE MIDDLE A LITTLE TOO HIGH. TRY TO GET IT THERE TO CHASE INCOMPLETE SECOND AND TEN. THAT’S A. >> RARE OCCURRENCE. BALL LOOKED LIKE IT WENT THROUGH HIS HANDS. LOOKED LIKE HE STARTED TO, TO TIME HIS JUMP AND MAYBE LOST HIS FOOTING. SLAY IS THINKING, MAN, I COULD HAVE HAD A PICK. I MIGHT HAVE GONE OFF HIS FACE MASK THROUGH THE HANDS, THEN OFF THE FACE. YEAH, RIGHT THERE OF DARIUS SLAY. GOT ON SLAY PRETTY QUICKLY AFTER IT WENT OFF THE HANDS OF JA’MARR CHASE. >> SLAY A RING LAST YEAR WITH THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES. FIRST YEAR HERE. GAIN OF THREE. THEY’RE SAMAJE PERINE CAUGHT A FOUR YARD PICK-UP. IT’LL BE THIRD DOWN AND FIVE. >> YOU GOTTA YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND THAT ZAC TAYLOR REALIZES EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBERS SHOW THEY’VE STRUGGLED TO RUN THE FOOTBALL, YOU GO AGAINST THIS PASS RUSH. THE BEST THING HE CAN DO FOR HIS TACKLES TONIGHT IS BE ABLE TO MAKE THEM THINK THAT THE RUN IS IN PLAY. YOU KNOW YOU CAN’T RUN FOR 45 YARDS AGAINST THE STEELERS. YOU’VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO BE BULLISH WITH THAT RUN GAME ON EARLY DOWNS. >> THIRD AND FIVE HANGS IN THE POCKET, FINDS HIS MAN UNDERNEATH. PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN. GETS IT TO NOAH FAN WITH WHOM FLACCO PLAYED WHEN THEY WERE BOTH IN DENVER. >> A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY WHERE HE COMES OUT, BUT WATCH THE EYES OF FLACCO MOVE THE LINEBACKERS. HE LOOKS LEFT. HE LOOKS LEFT. HE CLEARS HIM OUT. PAYTON WILSON AND THEN JUST CHECKS IT DOWN. HERE’S A LOOK AT TJ WATT GETS A LITTLE BIT OF A A CHIP THERE FROM THE TIGHT END BEFORE HE MADE THAT CATCH AND LEAKED OUT. >> FROM THE PITTSBURGH 48 YARD LINE FLACCO LOOK OUT HIT AS HE THROWS AND A DROP. IT’S DROPPED BY CHASE BROWN DESHON ELLIOTT CAME IN ON A BLITZ, KNOCKS FLACCO DOWN AND THEN BROWN CAN’T HANDLE IT. SECOND DOWN. >> YEAH HE ELLIOTT COMES ALSO QUEEN COMES ON A KIND OF A GREEN DOG BLITZ WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE BACK’S DOING. AND IF HE CATCHES THIS BALL HE’S GOT ANOTHER 20 YARDS AFTER THE CATCH. HECK OF A JOB BY JOE FLACCO TO SEE THAT BLITZ AND KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS. THAT QUICKLY IN THIS OFFENSIVE STRUCTURE HE HAD THE ANSWER. THE BACK JUST DROPPED IT PAID. >> THE PRICE, GOT KNOCKED DOWN. SECOND DOWN TEN ON THE GROUND. NOW THIS IS PERINE TO THE 44 YARD LINE. HE GOES IT’LL BE THIRD DOWN AND SIX WITH 340 TO GO IN THE OPENING FRAME. >> SO FAR TWO OF THREE ON THIRD DOWN. GOT TO THINK PITTSBURGH THEY’VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF MIXING UP THEIR LOOKS. BUT THEY’RE TRYING TO KEEP ZAC TAYLOR AND JOE FLACCO OFF GUARD. REMEMBER AS GOOD AS JOE FLACCO IS HE’S STILL NEW TO THIS SYSTEM SO HE COULD AFFECT HIS EYES WITH PRE TO POST SNAP LOOKS. AMAZING HOW COMFORTABLE HE LOOKS JUST IN TEN DAYS IN THIS OFFENSE. >> IOSIVAS IN MOTION SETS UP IN THE SLOT. NOW ON THE LEFT SIDE PLAY CLOCK DOWN TO TWO. AND THEY WHISTLED THAT ONE DEAD. HE GOT A FALSE START ON THE PART OF THE BENGALS. FALSE START. >> OFFENSE 71 FIVE-YARD PENALTY THIRD DOWN. >> RIGHT TACKLE AMARIUS MIMS .>> WELL, WE’RE USED TO TALKING ABOUT THE JOB THAT AARON RODGERS DOES WITH THE SNAP COUNT. GOOD JOB OF USING THAT HARD COUNT. BUT MIMS ENDS UP MOVING. BUT HE WAS HE PROBABLY HE’S GOING TO PULL OFF PULL THE DEFENSE OFFSIDES. >> NOW YOU GOT RAMSEY. ON CHASE THIRD DOWN AND 11 AND REACHING FOR IT AND UNABLE TO HOLD ON IOSIVAS JOEY PORTER WAS THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN. INSTEAD IT’S FOURTH AND 11. >> HE GOT TO THE INSIDE OF PORTER AND FLACCO WANTS TO GET HIM THE BALL JUST TO HAVE A CHANCE HERE TO RUN AFTER THE CATCH. AND USUALLY HE’S VERY SHORT HANDED. HE DROPPED A FEW LAST WEEK AGAINST GREEN BAY. THEY GET HIM THE BALL AND ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE ATTENTION THAT 1 IN 5 ARE GOING TO GET ON THE OUTSIDE. HE’S GOT TO HAVE A BIG NIGHT FOR THIS BENGALS OFFENSE AND HE DROPS THAT BIG THROW THERE ON THIRD DOWN. >> AFTER BROWN HAD DROPPED ANOTHER THROW EARLIER. SO THE DRIVE BOGS DOWN REHKOW TO PUNT. KE’SHAWN WILLIAMS THE ROOKIE FROM INDIANA. BACK TO TRY TO HOLD IT IN WHICH HE WILL MAYBE. BUT HE GETS HIT. HE CALLED FOR THE FAIR CATCH AND THEN HE GETS WHACKED BY PJ JULES AND THE FLAG COMES IN. >> IT’S JUST A LACK OF AWARENESS. HE’S NEVER FOUND THE FOOTBALL. HE WASN’T COMING DOWN WITH BAD INTENTIONS. HE JUST GOT LOST ON WHERE HE WAS. >> KICKING TEAM NUMBER 3715 YARDS, FIRST DOWN. 46. >> YOU STARTED WITH THE EARLY PART OF THE BIG RED MACHINE, AND THEN MARTY TOOK IT FROM THERE.>> MARTY TOOK IT FROM THERE. A COUPLE OF CHAMPIONSHIPS ALONG THE WAY. YOU WERE A BIG REDS FAN. I KNOW THAT.>> ARE YOU KIDDING ME? >> PITTSBURGH NOW STARTS FROM THE 27 YARD LINE ON THIS DRIVE. SCORED ON THEIR OPENING DRIVE. LEADS SEVEN TO NOTHING. PASS IS CAUGHT ON THE OUTSIDE. THIS IS ROMAN WILSON .>> SO IN THIS TOWN LISTENING THE REDS BASEBALL, YOU KNOW, IS SACRED. MY GENERATION AS YOU SAID, I WOULD GO TO BED AT NIGHT LISTENING TO MARTY BRENNAMAN AND JOE NUXHALL. A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD GO AND LISTEN TO YOU AND NUTSY CALL GAMES, RIGHT? I HEARD GEORGE. >> CLOONEY ONCE I MET HIM AND HE SAID, I USED TO. I WAS THE KID IN BED WITH A TRANSISTOR RADIO. HE SAID, YOU ABSOLUTELY SECOND AND SIX. RODGERS BUYS A LOT OF TIME AND THEN FINDS HIS MAN ON THE OUTSIDE. IT’S JONNU SMITH JOE AARON ONCE AGAIN EXTENDING THE PLAY, BUYING TIME, PICKING UP THE FIRST. >> 41 YEARS OLD. SET IT UP AFTER THE FIRST DRIVE. I DON’T CARE HOW OLD HE IS, NUMBER 7474. COME ON BACK IN THE GAME. WELCOME ABOARD. SPENCER ANDERSON. LIKE AL SAID, YOU’LL BE HEARING THAT A LOT. BUT AARON RODGERS RIGHT NOW NOT GETTING PRESSURED TREY HENDRICKSON WITH HIM OUT. THIS IS A DEFENSIVE LINE. CANNOT GET AFTER THE QUARTERBACK UNLESS THEY BLITZ. >> LEE 19. FROM THE 40. >> TOSS IT BACK. BIG GAIN HERE FOR GAINWELL FORMER PHILADELPHIA EAGLE COMES OVER AND SPLITTING TIME WITH JAYLEN WARREN. HOW’S THAT. >> THAT’S 1,200 POUNDS. YEAH LOOK AT LOOK AT 80 HANDLING THE OUTSIDE LINEBACKER DEMETRIUS KNIGHT I MEAN HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO RUN BEHIND THAT. WE SAW WARREN. NOW YOU GET A LOOK AT GAINWELL WHO’S BEEN A GREAT ADDITION COMING OVER FROM PHILLY .>> LUCAS PATRICK HOW’D YOU LIKE TO DEFEND THAT. >> ONE MINUTE TO PLAY IN THE FIRST QUARTER. >> SIOUX FALLS A THEY’RE AVERAGING ALMOST. >> NINE YARDS A CARRY RUNNING THE FOOTBALL RIGHT NOW. >> TAKE THE PLAY CLOCK ALL THE WAY DOWN A LITTLE JUGGLE BY ROGERS BUT HE’S ABLE TO GET IT AWAY TO GAINWELL SHORT GAIN. HERE WE GO GUYS.>> YOU GOT TO BE ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS WHEN DARNELL WASHINGTON IS RUN BLOCKING. THAT’S THE WARNING PAT QUEEN HAD FOR ANY DEFENDER GOING UP AGAINST THAT HUGE DUDE WHO CAN ALSO RUN ROUTES AND GET VERTICAL AS HE CALLED HIM. BUT HEY, DON’T JUDGE WASHINGTON BASED ONLY ON THAT MENACING FRAME. JAYLEN WARREN TOLD ME WASHINGTON’S A COMEDIAN. HOW ABOUT THAT ?>> WELL, HE’S A COMEDIAN. UNTIL YOU HAVE TO DEFEND HIM AT SOME POINT, KIRK, HE COULD WIND UP AS THE LEFT TACKLE, COULDN’T HE?>> HE COULD. YEAH. >> AND MAKE A LOT MORE MONEY. A LOT OF MONEY THAN YOU MAKE AS A TIGHT END. BUT FIRST THINGS FIRST. SECOND AND TEN. PASS GOES TO THE OUTSIDE STAYING IN BOUNDS PICKING UP EXTRA YARDAGE THAT TIME IS JAYLEN WARREN AND THAT WILL TAKE US TO THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER. AERIAL COVERAGE PRESENTED BY VRBO. SO THE STEELERS HAVE NOW GONE 56 CONSECUTIVE REGULAR SEASON GAMES, SEVEN OR FEWER POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER. THAT’S THE EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT ALMOST THREE AND A HALF SEASONS. KNIGHT ARTHUR SMITH IS THE OFFENSIVE CO-ORDINATOR. NOT LONG AGO, THE HEAD COACH OF THE TENNESSEE TITANS. THIRD DOWN AND THREE. NOW AS WE START THE SECOND QUARTER IN CINCINNATI AND YOU’VE GOT WARREN ON THE GROUND PICKING UP THE FIRST IS SPOTTED JUST INSIDE THE 40 YARD LINE .>> HERE’S AL GOLDEN THE NEW DEFENSIVE CO-ORDINATOR FOR THE CINCINNATI BENGALS CAME OVER FROM NOTRE DAME. HAD A GOOD RUN OVER THERE WITH A FIGHTING IRISH OF COURSE WAS HERE BEFORE THAT AS A LINEBACKER COACH. SO VERY FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THESE PLAYERS AND WHAT THEY’RE TRYING TO DO. IT’S REALLY A TRANSITION PERIOD. YOU SEE BARRETT CARTER 49 NOW THE ROOKIE WITH THE GREEN DOT LOGAN WILSON PLAYING SOME TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY GO TO THAT JUMBO LOOK. BUT THE CAPTAIN OF THIS DEFENSE HAS NOT BEEN PLAYING AS MUCH AS HE’D LIKE .>> YEAH, YEAH GO. YEAH. GOLDEN STILL TRYING TO. >> FIGURE IT OUT AND GET IT TOGETHER WITH THESE GUYS AS GAINWELL TAKES THE TOSS AND GETS POPPED AFTER A GAIN OF FOUR BY GENO STONE OF COURSE THEY PARTED WAYS WITH LOU ANARUMO AND HE WENT UP THE FREEWAY TO INDIANAPOLIS. AND WHAT A JOB HE’S BEEN DOING. SO GOLDEN COMES IN FOR ANARUMO. MEANWHILE, THIS DEFENSE 30TH IN POINTS, 31ST IN YARDS AND 31ST AGAINST THE PASS 28TH AGAINST THE RUN.>> WELL, COACHES WILL BE THE FIRST ONES TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH YOU KNOW YOU’RE A GREAT COACH WHEN YOU HAVE GREAT PLAYERS. YOU KNOW AND LOU THREE OR 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO WAS LOOKED AT AS A PREMIER HEAD COACH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THEY DIDN’T HAVE QUITE THE PERSONNEL AND EVERYBODY SAID, WELL, SOMEBODY’S GOT TO BE THE FALL GUY. SEE YOU LATER. HE GOES GRANDY AND AS YOU SAID, DOING A HECK OF A JOB THERE. >> SECOND AND SEVEN PASS CAUGHT FIRST DOWN AND THEN IT’LL PROVIDE GENO SMITH WITH ANOTHER CATCH. HE’S ALREADY CAUGHT THREE NOW INCLUDING A TOUCHDOWN FOR 28 YARDS. >> THIS HAS BEEN MOST OF AARON RODGERS ATTACK THIS YEAR WITH ART SMITH. THERE’S JUST A LOT OF QUICK THROWS SEE LOOK LEFT. CAME BACK RIGHT. HOW ABOUT THE ADDITION OF JONNU SMITH AND BEING ABLE TO PICK UP HIM. YOU KNOW YOU SEND MINKAH DOWN IN MIAMI YOU GET JONNU SMITH AND JALEN RAMSEY. AND BOTH OF THOSE GUYS HAVE BEEN BIG IMPACT PLAYERS FOR THE STEELERS. >> TIME OUT TAKEN BY THE BENGALS. >> CINCINNATI TAKES THEIR FIRST TIME OUT OF THE HALF 30S. >> YOU KNOW YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THE QUARTERBACKS AND BOTH OF THEM GETTING RID OF THE BALL QUICKLY. BUT THAT’S THE ENTIRE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE RIGHT NOW. IT REALLY HAS BECOME YEAH. >> AND I THINK IT’S AN ANSWER TO THE TREND DEFENSIVELY WHERE YOU’RE PUTTING A LOT OF SHELL TO DEEP TWO SAFETIES BACK FORCING TEAMS LIKE PATRICK MAHOMES AND SO MANY. THAT’S REALLY WHERE IT STARTED WAS WITH KANSAS CITY AND EVERYBODY NOW SAYING OK LET’S TAKE AWAY THAT FIREPOWER. LET’S KEEP TWO SAFETIES BACK, MAKE THESE QUARTERBACKS BE PATIENT AND YOU SEE IT ALL OVER. BUT WITH A GUY LIKE AARON RODGERS IS SO QUICK TO SEE IT AND SO QUICK TO GET IT OUT WITH THAT QUICK RELEASE. AND I’LL TELL YOU IF ONE RECEIVER DK METCALF AND THEY GOT FOUR TIGHT ENDS, THEY HAVE A UNIQUE WAY OF ATTACKING YOU. >> IT’S VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT MOST DEFENSES. >> SEE WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT.>> YEAH, MAKE THEM THINK THEY’RE GOING TO SCORE SCORE ON A 14 PLAY DRIVE. >> YEP .>> NOT ON A QUICK STRIKE. QUICK FLIP THERE AGAIN NICE MOVE. AND PICKING UP NINE THAT TIME IS SCOTTY MILLER PLAYED WITH TAMPA BAY WITH TOM BRADY BACK WHEN BRADY WAS WITH THE BUCCANEERS OF 2020. >> AND SEE THIS IS ONE WHERE IT’S A RUN PLAY. BUT THEN HE JUST HAS AN ALERT WITH IT WHERE HE’S LOOKING OUT THERE AND HE’S SAYING HE GAVE A LITTLE QUICK HAND SIGNAL. HE’S JUST GOING TO FLIP IT OUT THERE. OFFENSIVE LINE IS RUNNING A RUN PLAY. HE DOES THIS ALL THE TIME. FLIPS IT OUT HERE. HE’S GOT SPACE AND GETS POSITIVE YARDS ON FIRST AND TEN. >> SECOND AND. >> ONE. HEY. GO WARREN. >> CUTS INSIDE PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN. STILL ON THE MOVE. INSIDE THE TEN. THERE’S A FLAG DOWN FOR THE MOMENT. HE’S INTO THE END ZONE. HOWEVER A FLAG IS DOWN BACK IN THE 21 YARD LINE. THAT’S A HOLDING NOW BY DARNELL WASHINGTON. >> OFFENSE NUMBER 54 TEN-YARD PENALTY. REPLAY. FIRST DOWN. >> 54 THEY’RE CALLING IT ON ZACH FRAZIER. YEAH, I. >> THINK YOU CAN GET IT ON EITHER DARNELL WASHINGTON OR ZACH FRAZIER. BUT IT HAPPENED RIGHT IN FRONT WHERE HE FLIPS THE BALL. HERE’S 54 OBVIOUSLY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. THE CUTBACK. SOMETIMES THE DEFENSE TRIES TO USE LEVERAGE TO GET BACK AND GRAB IT ONTO THE JERSEY. >> SO THAT NEGATES THE PITTSBURGH TOUCHDOWN MAKES IT SECOND DOWN AND 11 GO. >> HUSKY. GO. RODGERS SURVEYS TRICE TIME ON THE MOVE. >> BUYS MORE TIME. FAKES A TOSS, SLIDES TO A STOP AT THE 20 YARD LINE. IT’S JUST INCREDIBLE. >> HOW LITTLE OF A PASS RUSH THIS BENGALS DEFENSE HAS WITHOUT TREY HENDRICKSON. IT’S JUST A NONFACTOR YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS OFFENSIVE LINE IS GOOD, BUT AARON RODGERS IS BACK THERE. LET’S SEE. WHAT DID IT STEP AROUND STEP OUT LITTLE SLIDE. >> WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK A. THIRD AND FIVE. >> HEY, LIZ. LIZ LIZ LIZ LIZ. >> RODGERS NINE OF 13 FROM SEVEN YARDS. LOOKING FOR COMPLETION. NUMBER TEN AVOIDS THE SACK, ROLLS TO HIS LEFT. HAS TIME AGAIN. THE PASS IS HAULED IN A LITTLE SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN BY GAINWELL, SO HE FINDS THE MAN. IT’S GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN AND ONE. >> WELL THAT TIME OSSAI DID A GOOD JOB OF GETTING SOME PRESSURE. IT’S THE FIRST TIME REALLY. WE’VE SEEN THAT WITHOUT A BLITZ WHERE SOMEBODY GOT IN THERE EARLY ENOUGH TO MAKE RODGERS HAVE TO ROLL OUT. BUT WITH THE COMPLETION THEY GOT A SHOT HERE TO GO FOR IT AND THEY ARE. I’D GO WITH THE BIG THAT BIG OUTFIT BRING SPENCER ANDERSON AND DARNELL WASHINGTON. OH LOOK AT THIS. >> YEAH CHECK THIS OUT. AND THEY RUN A LITTLE PUSH PUSH. BUT A FLAG IS DOWN. YOU SEE? FALSE START. >> OFFENSE ON THE RIGHT GUARD. FIVE-YARD PENALTY. FOURTH DOWN. YEAH. MASON MCCORMICK JUMPED A LITTLE BIT EARLY. YOU KNOW THEY PUT CONNOR HEYWARD. >> UNDER CENTER. THE TIGHT END AND YOU KNOW JUST PUTTING HIM IN THERE SOMETIMES IT CAN AFFECT THE RHYTHM REALLY SEE THE WHOLE RIGHT SIDE OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE FIRING OUT THERE BEFORE THE BALL WAS SNAPPED. SO THAT PENALTY WILL PUSH HIM BACK AND THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A FIELD GOAL. THIS IS THEIR VERSION OF THE PUSH. >> LOOK AT THAT WITH WASHINGTON. HE’S A GROWN MAN. THERE’S RODGERS IS JUST STANDING BACK THERE. HE’S NOT GETTING INVOLVED IN THAT. MEANWHILE HERE’S BOSWELL TO ATTEMPT A 41 YARD FIELD GOAL AND HIS 11TH SEASON JUST MY PERL FEELINGS .>> YEAH, WELL, WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. BUT HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING. OH, IT CERTAINLY DID FOR SURE. TALKING ABOUT THE TRADE OF FLACCO INSIDE THE DIVISION PERINE RUNNING BACK TO THE 29 YARD LINE. YEAH. WELL, YOU KNOW, 19 YEARS IN THE LEAGUE, HE’S THE LONGEST TENURED MANAGER OF COACH IN BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL OR HOCKEY RIGHT NOW. SO YOU ALWAYS KNOW WHERE MIKE STANDS. AND HE WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR TRADE AT THIS TIME OF THE SEASON.>> I THINK IT’S AMAZING THAT HE JUST SAID WHAT HE THOUGHT. YOU KNOW, IT WAS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE LIKE, OH YOU GOT TO PLAY CLEVELAND. YOU SURE YOU WANT TO JUST HE’S LIKE, I’VE BEEN DOING THIS LONG ENOUGH. I’M JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN CERTAIN THINGS HAPPEN, I’M NOT GOING TO HOLD BACK. I’M GOING TO SAY WHAT I THINK AND WHY YOU WANT TO HELP A TEAM WITHIN YOUR DIVISION. FROM THE. >> 23 YARD LINE CHASE BROWN THEY CHASE HIM DOWN. BUT NOT UNTIL HE PICKS UP A GAIN ALMOST TO MIDFIELD. IT’S A. >> GOOD JOB BY THE OFFENSIVE LINE. THEY WALK TO SEAN ELLIOTT UP. LOOK AT ALL THESE PITTSBURGH STEELERS JERSEYS UP THERE. BUT A HECK OF A JOB ON THAT OUTSIDE ZONE PLAY. JUST PUSHING IT. JUST CLEARING IT OUT AND LETTING CHASE BROWN HAVE SOME WORK, SOME ROOM TO WORK. LIKE I SAID, HE’S NOT HAD VERY MANY OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT. HE’S GOT GREAT VISION, HE’S POWERFUL, HAS OUTSTANDING ACCELERATION AND THAT TIME HECK OF A JOB BY THAT LEFT SIDE OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE TO OPEN THAT ONE UP. >> LONGEST RUN OF THE SEASON BY PLENTY 27 YARDS. THE LONGEST RUN OF THE SEASON AT THIS POINT HAD BEEN 13 YARDS. NOW TIME-OUT IS TAKEN 30S WE’RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING TRADED IN YOUR DIVISION FIRST QUARTERBACK SINCE 1974, WHEN THE DALLAS COWBOYS SENT CRAIG MORTON FROM THE COWBOYS TO THE NEW YORK GIANTS. >> THAT’S WHAT MIKE TOMLIN’S REFERRING TO. IT’S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME. YEAH. >> I MEAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE EVEN SURPRISED, YOU KNOW, THAT WHEN PARSONS GOT TRADED INSIDE THE NFC. YEAH, YOU KNOW GRANTED. AND DALLAS WAS GOING TO PLAY GREEN BAY A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER TOO. >> RIGHT RIGHT. AND WITH JAKE BROWNING I MEAN HE’S HE SHOWED WHAT HE’S DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT HE’S CAPABLE WITH JOE BURROW DOWN. IT JUST FELT LIKE JAKE BROWNING EIGHT INTERCEPTIONS IN THREE GAMES. IT WAS A LIFELESS FRANCHISE. AND JOE FLACCO, AS YOU SAW IN THE SECOND HALF LAST WEEK, BROUGHT SOME HOPE AND SOME BELIEF. >> AND FIRST DOWN CHECKS IT DOWN. WHOA. LOOK OUT BROWN PAYS THE PRICE. CHUCK CLARK BEEN DOING THAT FOR A FEW YEARS. FORMER BALTIMORE RAVEN KNOCKS HIM DOWN, SPOT THE BALL ON SECOND DOWN. IT’LL BE SECOND DOWN AND 16. >> NOW THAT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS IN THE FLAT. HE WAS IN CENTER FIELD. I MEAN, HE CAME 20 TO 25 YARDS. JUST ALMOST MIRRORING CHASE BROWN OUT OF THE BACKFIELD AND TIMED THAT UP PERFECTLY IN THE OPEN FIELD. GREAT PLAY BY CLARK. >> NINE MINUTES TO HALF-TIME. FOUR-MAN RUSH MOVES OFF THE SPOT, COMPLETES THE PASS TO THE 45 YARD LINE. IOSIVAS DOWN THIRD AND TEN HERE. THE CROWD. >> GIVING HIM A KIND OF A MOCKERY OF A CHEER MENTIONED THE DROPS LAST WEEK AND YOU KNOW, DROPPING ONE EARLY TONIGHT. CAN’T BELIEVE THAT WAS ENCOURAGING. >> YEAH, THAT WAS THE OLD BRONX CHEER ABOUT 800 MILES WEST THIRD AND TEN OR A LITTLE LESS THAN THAT. DRACO FIRES OVER THE MIDDLE, FINDS HIS MAN 30 YARD LINE RIGHT ON THE MONEY TO JAMAR CHASE. AND THAT GETS THE CROWD BACK INTO IT. FIRST DOWN.>> GOOD SHOT HERE BY ZACH TAYLOR CHIPPING BOTH SIDES FAN ON, ON TJ WATT AND PERINE ON THE OTHER SIDE TO HELP OUT ORLANDO BROWN. SO JOE FLACCO WITH ENOUGH TIME AND THAT’S THE BIG KEY. WILL HE HAVE TIME TO ALLOW JAMAR CHASE AND TEE HIGGINS WIN TONIGHT? THAT TIME HE DID ON THIRD AND TEN. HE WAS HOLDING UP OK ON, ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE IN PASS PRO SO FAR. >> 80. >> FLACCO SEVEN OF 11 FOR 51. QUICK THROW JUGGLED LUCKY THAT HE HOLDS ON TO IT. PICKS UP A JA’MARR CHASE. ALMOST LOST IT THREE TIMES. >> YEAH HE DID BUT JOE FLACCO WHAT HE DOES A GREAT JOB OF IS JUST SEEING THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON THE STEELERS GAVE HIM SOFT COVERAGE, A CUSHION. HE SAW IT DID NOT HESITATE AT ALL AND IMMEDIATELY FIRED IT OUT THERE TO JAMAR CHASE. THERE’S THE CUSHION BY SLAY HECK OF A JOB. THE ATHLETIC ABILITY ENDS UP HELPING HIM OUT WITH THAT SPIN MOVE TO GET DOWN THE SIDELINE AWAY FROM SLAY. >> CHASE AS GOOD AS IT GETS AT WIDEOUT IN THE NFL. FOUR CATCHES, 32 YARDS PERINE IN THE BACKFIELD. NOW YOU GOT A FLAG HERE. AND CLAY MARTIN CHECKING WITH HIS MATES .>> OFFENSE NUMBER 85 YARD PENALTY. SECOND DOWN THE PART OF LAST WEEK WHEN. >> I THINK STOOD OUT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WATCH CINCINNATI PLAY WHEN HE GOT IN ON A TUESDAY NIGHT FROM CLEVELAND TRYING TO LEARN THE PLAYBOOK WITH ZACH TAYLOR, THE OPERATION FORGET ABOUT WINNING AND LOSING THE OPERATION, NOT HAVING A LOT OF PENALTIES, KNOWING WHERE TO GO WITH THE FOOTBALL. IT BLEW A LOT OF PEOPLE’S MINDS WATCHING FLACCO DO THAT. THERE TONIGHT. YOU HEAR 80 ON THE PENALTY, BUT THAT WAS A MIX-UP MAYBE WITH JOE AND THE OFFENSIVE LINE. YOU DIDN’T SEE A LOT OF THAT AT ALL AGAINST THE PACKERS LAST WEEK. >> SECOND DOWN 80. THAT’S A GOOD RUN HERE. SAMAJE PERINE PICKS UP THE FIRST TACKLE THERE BY ELLIOTT A HECK OF A JOB BY. >> DREW SAMPLE DOES A GOOD JOB RIGHT HERE. JUST KIND OF KICKING OUT PUSHING HERBIG TO THE OUTSIDE AND THEN TINSLEY GETS UP UNDERNEATH TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUT AS A RECEIVER TRYING TO DIG OUT A SAFETY. HE’S WORKING UP TO 23 THERE, SO ACTUALLY GOES OVER INTO THE INSIDE ON 22. SO A GOOD JOB THERE. YOU KNOW THIS IS THE BEST THEY’VE LOOKED ALL YEAR RUNNING THE FOOTBALL AND MOVING PEOPLE AROUND. >> SEVENTH PLAY OF A DRIVE THAT STARTED BACK IN THEIR OWN 28 YARD LINE. FLACCO FIRES BATTING AND THEN IT’S CAUGHT THERE BY TEE HIGGINS AND A FIGHT FOR THE STEELERS THINK THEY HAVE THE BALL A WRESTLING MATCH OFFICIALS COME IN TO GRAB A CLOSER LOOK WHO’S GOT IT. >> WELL WHEN THEY WENT DOWN TEE HIGGINS. >> IS A CATCH. SECOND DOWN TO TELL YOU IT’S A TIP BY CAM HEYWARD. THE STEELERS ARE NOTORIOUS FOR DOING THIS. 97 GETS A HAND ON. BUT LOOK AT THE LENGTH.>> BY TEE HIGGINS. LOOK AT THE HANDS. RIGHT HAND IS UNDER. THAT’S A CATCH. BUT THE BEAUTY OF BEING SIX FOUR AND HAVING THAT KIND OF WINGSPAN AND THEN OF COURSE HE CATCHES EVERYTHING WITH HIS HANDS. THAT WAS A BIG PLAY. >> HEYWARD HAS BEEN BATTLING PASSES DOWN FOR ALL OF HIS 15 YEARS IN THE NFL ON THE GROUND HERE, TAKING IT FOR A FIRST DOWN AND A FIRST AND GOAL SET UP BY CHASE. SO THEY FINALLY GET A RUNNING GAME GOING AFTER SIX AND A HALF GAMES. >> AND AGAIN, DREW SAMPLE PITTSBURGH GETTING REALLY AGGRESSIVE DOWN IN THIS RED ZONE AREA, BRINGING THESE LINEBACKERS SAMPLE AGAIN PICKS UP A A BLITZ WOULD BE BLITZ THERE BY PATRICK QUEEN AND THEN A COMBINATION BY THE ROOKIE JALEN RIVERS AND TED KARRAS OPENED THAT UP FOR THE FIRST DOWN. >> FIRST AND GOAL. FAKE TO BROWN PASS CAUGHT TOUCHDOWN JA’MARR CHASE. 72 YARD DRIVE IN NINE PLAYS. >> NOW I’LL JUST ADD YOU GOT TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS OF THE CATCH EVEN IN THE END ZONE. THIS BALL COMES OUT WHEN HE SPINS AROUND AND GOES TO THE GROUND. I’LL BE SURPRISED IF THEY HOLD THIS ONE UP. WATCH THE BALL COME OUT. UNFORTUNATELY HE DOES NOT COMPLETE THE PROCESS OF THE CATCH AND I THINK THEY’LL WAVE THIS ONE OFF. >> SO THEY LINED UP FOR THE EXTRA POINT. BUT IF THE OFFICIALS SEE WHAT WE’RE SEEING, THEY’RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK. TERRY. >> YOU WANT TO JUMP IN HERE REAL QUICK? YEAH. >> KIRK, IT’S CLEARLY INCOMPLETE. HE NEVER GETS CONTROLLED TO REVIEW THE PASS HAS BEEN RULED INCOMPLETE. RIGHT. HE NEVER GETS TWO FEET DOWN WITH CONTROL AND HAS THE BALL LONG ENOUGH FOR AN OUTCOME OF THE GAME. IT’S INCOMPLETE. I THINK SOMETIMES. >> THERE’S CONFUSION ON COMPLETE YOU KNOW, COMPLETING THE PROCESS OF THE CATCH IN THE END ZONE OUTSIDE OF THE END ZONE TERRY CLEARING THAT UP PERFECTLY FOR US. AND YOU CAN SEE THE BALL WAS NEVER SECURED. ONCE HE HITS THE GROUND. YEAH. >> YOU CAN ASSIST THE CHUCK CLARK TO WHO MADE THE CONTACT. SO CHASE CAN’T HOLD ON BACK. WE GO TO TEN NOTHING AND IT’S SECOND DOWN AND GOAL. >> AT THE EIGHT YARD LINE. SECOND DOWN. >> 10TH PLAY OF THIS DRIVE. STARTED BACK AT THE 28 YARD LINE. FLACCO LOFTS ONE CHASE MAKES THIS CATCH. TOUCHDOWN! THERE’S A FLAG DOWN. RAMSEY LOOKING BACK, WHAT RAMSEY’S TRYING TO GET OFFENSIVE INTERFERENCE GOING. >> PASS INTERFERENCE DEFENSE NUMBER FIVE. PENALTY’S DECLINED. RESULT OF THE PLAY IS A TOUCHDOWN BUT. >> IT’S ON RAMSEY.>> THIS IS A MATCH-UP EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE JALEN RAMSEY AGAINST JA’MARR CHASE CONDENSED IN TIGHT TO GIVE HIM MORE ROOM TO WORK WITH RAMSEY THERE. THAT’S THE YOU KNOW YOU CAN SEE HIM KIND OF ACTING WITH BOTH GUYS PUSHING ON EACH OTHER PERFECTLY THROWN FOOTBALL. YOU KNEW JA’MARR CHASE WAS NOT GOING TO DROP THAT ONE. >> SO NOW THE EXTRA POINT WITH MCPHERSON TO TRY TO MAKE IT TEN SEVEN. AND THAT IS THE SCORE NOW WITH 438. SO CHASE WITH A DROP COMES RIGHT BACK, MAKES THE CATCH THREE POINT GAME .>> THAT’S THE ONLY. >> BACK-UP COMING IN TONIGHT 2.57 SECONDS. IT’S THE FASTEST RELEASE THIS YEAR IN THE NFL. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BENGALS ARE TRYING TO DEAL WITH AARON RODGERS. NOT ONLY THE THREAT OF THAT JUMBO PACKAGE AND GETTING LINED UP AND DEALING WITH THE PHYSICALITY, BUT NOW WITH NUMBER EIGHT BACK THERE, YOU GOT TO GET READY FOR THE BALL BEING OUT QUICK. THEN YOU CAN GET LULLED TO SLEEP AND THEY CAN DOUBLE MOVE YOU LIKE THEY DID TO DK IN THAT OPENING DRIVE AND HIT YOU FOR A BIG ONE. >> RODGERS READY TO GO BACK TO WORK MCPHERSON SENDS THIS ONE TO THE FOUR YARD LINE. GAINWELL LOOKING. >> FOR SOME SPACE BACK UP TO THE 30. LET ME CLEAN SOMETHING UP, I SAID. ARTHUR SMITH BEFORE IT WAS THE HEAD COACH OF.>> THE TITANS. HE WAS THE OFFENSIVE CO-ORDINATOR AT THE TIME THAT LED HIM BEING THE HEAD COACH OF THE ATLANTA FALCONS. HE GOT HIS OPPORTUNITY AND HE’LL GET HIM KNOWING WHAT HE’S DOING HERE. THE HE’LL BE IN THE MIX AGAIN WHEN THERE ARE OPENINGS. >> TOTALLY AGREE. AND I JUST FEEL LIKE WITH AARON RODGERS AND DK METCALF NEW PIECES AND OFFENSIVE LINE GETTING MORE AND MORE COMFORTABLE, YOU GOT THREE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN WITH FRAZIER, MCCORMICK AND FAUTANU WHO ARE JUST STILL SECOND YEAR GUYS FEELING IT OUT. THIS OFFENSE. NOW TO WEEK TEN. WEEK 12, WEEK 15. IT’S JUST GROWING EVERY SINGLE WEEK. >> RODGERS KILLING US LAST NIGHT. HOW MUCH HE LOVES WORKING WITH ARTHUR SMITH. I CAN SEE THE SIMILARITIES. THEY LIKE TO BUST EACH OTHER’S CHOPS. OFF THE FAKE GOING DEEP DOWNFIELD AND IT’S GOING TO BE PICKED OFF. YOU’VE GOT JORDAN BATTLE WHO’S HAD A COUPLE ALREADY THIS SEASON AND BATTLE WITH A BIG RUN BACK TO THE 44 AND THE CROWD IS GOING WILD. SO RODGERS LAUNCHING ONE ABOUT 50 YARDS IN THE AIR. COVERAGE WAS GOOD. AND THERE’S THE PICK. >> AND NOW I THINK THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS TOUCHED. THIS IS JORDAN BATTLE PLAYING CENTER FIELD READING THE EYES WITH A SINGLE HIGH SAFETY. THAT’S WHERE THEY’RE GOING TO TAKE THEIR SHOTS TO METCALF. BUT A HECK OF A JOB THERE. A POOR DECISION BY AARON RODGERS TO THROW THAT TO THE INSIDE. HE LOOKS LIKE HE WAS TOUCHED BY METCALF RIGHT THERE. RIGHT THERE. THE BALL COME ALL THE WAY BACK TO ABOUT THE 2423 YARD LINE. SEE HIM EYEING THAT SAFETY. HE THINKS HE’S GOT A SHOT TO TAKE ONE DOWNTOWN TO DK. BUT EVEN THE CORNER TURNER IS IN REALLY GOOD POSITION. AND THEN BATTLE COMES OVER AND MAKES THE INTERCEPTION. RULING ON THE FIELD WAS.>> AN INTERCEPTION. WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK TO SEE IF THE INTERCEPTING PLAYER WAS DOWN BY CONTACT WHERE HE CAUGHT THE FOOTBALL. >> AND IT APPEARS THAT APPEARS TO BE THE CASE. >> I MEAN THE BALL RIGHT NOW IS AT THE PITTSBURGH 45. I THINK IT’S GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK AND. >> WALKING BACK ALREADY. >> AND IN CINCINNATI ABOUT 24 YARD LINE.>> REVIEW THE INTERCEPTING PLAYER WAS DOWN BY CONTACT 24 YARD LINE. IT’LL BE FIRST DOWN AT THAT SPOT. >> WELL ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IS THE EXPEDITED REVIEW WHEN THEY PUT THAT IN YEAH, IT’S GREAT TERRY LOVES IT. >> 25 SECONDS FOR 25. PLAYS WELL. >> SO YOU GO FROM THE PITTSBURGH 45. YOU GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 2431. >> YARD SWING. >> YEP 31 YARDS FOR 25. PLENTY OF TIME BENGALS GET THE BALL AND TO START THE SECOND HALF AFTER DEFERRING. BATTLE IS FIRED UP. HE JUST PICKED OFF AARON RODGERS .>> IT’S ANOTHER THURSDAY NIGHT GAME. WE’VE BEEN ON SOME ROLL LATELY. HERE WE GO AGAIN. THREE POINT GAME FOUR AND A HALF TO GO IN THE OPENING HALF. BIG HOLE HERE ONCE AGAIN PAST THE 40 TO MIDFIELD. AND THIS RUNNING GAME WHICH WAS NONEXISTENT IS ON FIRE TONIGHT CHASE BROWN THIS TIME FOR 37 YARDS. HE’S ALREADY RUN FOR 74. >> WATCH RISNER 66 HAS A HECK OF A BLOCK SUSTAINING. YOU SEE TED KARRAS WHAT A MOVE THERE BY CHASE BROWN LOOK AT JA’MARR CHASE KNOWN FOR OBVIOUSLY BEING ONE OF THE GREAT RECEIVERS SHOWING SOME GREAT LEADERSHIP THERE. GOOD EFFORT TO GET INVOLVED, TRYING TO GET PORTER OFF OF HIM. I’M AS HAPPY AND EXCITED ABOUT THAT THAN ONE OF THESE CATCHES THAT HE MAKES. THAT’S LEADERSHIP RIGHT THERE. BY JA’MARR CHASE. >> THIS TEAM CAME IN, WE MENTIONED IT BEFORE 57 YARDS PER GAME RUSHING TONIGHT CLOSING IN ON 100. HERE COMES THE FLAG. HE GOT RAMSEY AND CHASE AGAIN. HE TAKES CHANCES. >> HE’S VERY GOOD, VERY GIFTED. HE’S HAD A GREAT CAREER. BUT CINCINNATI THEY’RE GOING AT HIM RIGHT NOW. >> DEFENSE NUMBER FIVE. THIS IS A SPOT FOUL AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> WATCH HIM GET JALEN RAMSEY TO TURN HIS BODY. NOW HE GETS TO THE INSIDE. THERE’S THE LEFT ARM GRABBING A HOLD OF JA’MARR CHASE SHOULDER. CINCINNATI THEY TOLD US THIS WEEK LISTEN THEY’RE PROBABLY GOING TO DOUBLE TEAM JA’MARR CHASE. THEY’RE PROBABLY GOING TO PUT JALEN RAMSEY ON HIM. THEY’RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN. AND GUESS WHAT THAT DOESN’T MEAN WE CAN’T STILL GO TO HIM. HOW ABOUT THE TWO CATCHES HE HAD LAST WEEK IN GREEN BAY. HE WAS COVERED. >> HE’S ALREADY DRAWN SIX PASS INTERFERENCE PENALTIES THIS SEASON MOST IN THE LEAGUE. ROOM TO THE OUTSIDE. ANOTHER DECENT RUN PERINE TAKES THIS ONE TO THE 29 YARD LINE. >> A GUY WHO’S HAVING A NIGHT AS DREW SAMPLE MIKE GESICKI TANNER HUDSON. BOTH OF THOSE GUYS ARE RECEIVING TIGHT ENDS. NOBODY REALLY TALKS ABOUT 89 AND FOR THIS TEAM TO RUN THE FOOTBALL, THEY HAD A DOUBLE TEAM THERE ON THE LEFT SIDE BY BY RISNER AND ORLANDO BROWN. AND THE GUY WHO COULD REALLY SPRUNG THAT WAS, WAS 89 SAMPLE. THIS TEAM IS RUNNING THE FOOTBALL LIKE YOU SAID. LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS. >> SECOND DOWN AND FOUR AGAINST PITTSBURGH. 89. QUICK THROW HIGGINS INSIDE THE TEN HIGGINS TO THE END ZONE AND A CINCINNATI LEAD. 29 YARDS TO THE END ZONE. >> CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT JOE FLACCO. HE MOVES THE LINEBACKER HOLCOMB HERE AND THEN HE’S GOT TO WORRY ABOUT THE SAFETY GETTING DOWN. MOVE THE LINEBACKER. GET IT OUT EARLY AND THAT GETS TEE HIGGINS A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO PULL AWAY FROM THE SAFETY. >> FLACCO NOW OVER 100 YARDS 102 RODGERS IS AT 101 MCPHERSON TO TACK ON THE POINT AFTER HIM AND WITH 252 CHS TEAM HAS RESPONDED. >> PUSH IT REMINDS US OF WE DID A GAME IN CLEVELAND A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THE JETS AGAINST CLINTON. FLACCO LED THEM INTO THE PLAY-OFFS AND AS THEY LEFT THE FIELD THAT NIGHT, THE CROWD WAS CHANTING FLACCO FLACCO FLACCO! >> THAT WAS A GREAT NIGHT.>> YOU MAY SEE THAT AGAIN. FIVE YARD LINE. GAINWELL TO RUN THIS ONE BACK. GAINWELL EAGLE UP TO THE 31 YARD LINE. THEY’LL START FROM THERE. WILL RODGERS AND COMPANY. 247 TO HALF-TIME .>> LET’S SEE HOW THEY ATTACK HERE. OF COURSE. PLENTY OF TIME TO BE PATIENT WITH THE RUNNING GAME. IF THEY EXTEND THE JUMBO LOOK. THIS IS AN OFFENSE WHEN IT COMES TO RECEIVERS. DK METCALF AND IF DK METCALF AND FOUR TIGHT ENDS AND JAYLEN WARREN AND KENNETH GAINWELL OUT OF THE BACKFIELD WITH CALVIN AUSTIN DOWN, WHO’S THE NEXT RECEIVER? IF THEY TRY TO TAKE DK METCALF AWAY, MAKE SOMEBODY ELSE BEAT YOU. WHO IS THAT GUY GOING TO BE ?>> HEY .>> TALKING ABOUT GETTING ROMAN WILSON MORE INVOLVED. HE’S CAUGHT ONE TONIGHT FOR FOUR YARDS. >> GO LITTLE. >> FLIP HERE. WARREN BALL IS OUT AND THE BENGALS ARE GOING TO RULE IT DOWN. SO IT’S NO FUMBLE. THEY’RE GOING TO ROLL IT DOWN. >> RUNNER WAS DOWN BY CONTACT. SECOND DOWN .>> JUST FOR A MOMENT. CROWD WAS READY TO EXPLODE AGAIN BARRETT CARTER. >> THIS AGAIN. THE ROOKIE THAT’S WEARING THE GREEN DOT WHO’S A GREAT LEADER COMES IN. YOU CAN SEE THE ELBOW, THE KNEE, EVERYTHING DOWN. AND THEN THE FOOTBALL COMES OUT. GOOD JOB BY THE OFFICIALS ON TOP OF IT OSSAI KIND OF SET THE EDGE AND CARTER CLEANED IT UP. >> GAIN OF THREE. SECOND AND SEVEN. PASS CAUGHT. BREAKING A TACKLE. WARREN PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN. AND THAT’S GOING TO TAKE US TO THE TWO MINUTE WARNING OFFICIALLY AT YEARS. HOW MANY YEARS WAS HE HERE A LONG TIME CLOSE. AND THEN JUST WALTZES OUT TO LA AND WINS THE SUPER BOWL. BUT OF COURSE. >> THAT’S HOW YOU END YOUR CAREER, RIGHT? >> EXACTLY HOW YOU END IT .>> ELWAY DID IT. PEYTON MANNING DID IT. MEANWHILE. 158 TO GO. IN THE FIRST HALF IT’S A FIRST AND TEN NEAR MIDFIELD FROM THE 48 YARD LINE. BALL HANDED OFF IN A GAIN OF FIVE HERE FOR JAYLEN WARREN TO THE 47. >> OBVIOUSLY PLENTY OF TIME THREE TIMEOUTS. NOBODY BETTER IN COMMAND THAN AARON RODGERS. BUT AGAIN THE QUESTION IS OUTSIDE OF DK METCALF WHO WILL STEP UP IF THE BENGALS TAKE THAT AWAY WITH A DOUBLE TEAM? >> WELL, HE JUST WENT PAST BEN ROETHLISBERGER, A CAREER PASSING YARDAGE FIFTH ON THE ALL-TIME LIST. GAIN OF A COUPLE HERE. SETTING UP A THIRD DOWN. THIRD AND FOUR AS ARTHUR SMITH SENDS IN THE PLAY. >> MIMS JENKINS HAVEN’T SAID HIS NAME MUCH TONIGHT BUT HE MADE A HECK OF A PLAY RIGHT THERE BECAUSE IF HE DIDN’T MAKE THAT PLAY, LINEBACKERS DROPPING OUT HIS FIRST DOWN YARDAGE BUT HE PREVENTED THAT WITH GREAT QUICKNESS. >> DOWN TO A MINUTE. THIRD AND FOUR. RODGERS THROWS. HE’S GOING TO GET THE FIRST DOWN ON A THROW TO THE 41 INTO THE ARMS OF WARREN TACKLE BY CARTER. AND NOW THEY WILL TAKE THE FIRST OF THEIR THREE TIMEOUTS A FIRST DOWN .>> TIMEOUT SURPRISED THE BENGALS ARE GETTING SUCH DEPTH THERE WITH THE LINEBACKERS. THERE’S ALL THOSE QUICK THROWS. >> UBER EATS. 49 SECONDS. >> TWO TIMEOUTS RODGERS AND THE STEELERS AT THE CINCINNATI 41 YARD LINE GO! THE BACK IS GAINWELL. HE MAKES THE CATCH AND THEN FALLS DOWN RIGHT THERE. SO NOW YOU’VE GOT ANOTHER TIMEOUT TAKEN HERE .>> PITTSBURGH SO. >> WE WERE TALKING TO TOMLIN YESTERDAY ABOUT WINDING UP WITH AARON RODGERS. SO THEY START TO TALK AND ONLY THE WAY MIKE CAN PUT IT HE SAYS I WASN’T INTO SPEED DATING. THEY HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS THAT TOOK A WHILE. AARON HAD EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT RETIRING. AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF OTHER OPTIONS THAT HE HAD. BUT HE SEEMS TO HAVE FOUND THE RIGHT FIT RIGHT NOW. >> YEAH, AND HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR HE HAD SOME THINGS GOING ON IN HIS LIFE AND HE WASN’T NECESSARILY IN A HURRY EITHER. AND HE SAID THAT CHASED SOME PEOPLE AWAY AND IT WAS JUST ALMOST MEANT TO BE FOR HIM TO END UP IN PITTSBURGH. AND HE COULD NOT HAVE GONE ON ENOUGH ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION. THE CITY TOMLIN THE STRUCTURE, EVERYTHING, HOW MUCH HE LOVES BEING A PART OF IT .>> SECOND AND 13 THE PASS IS HAULED IN AND THEY’RE GOING TO SAY THAT HE DID HE STAY IN BOUNDS? THEY’RE GOING TO SAY YES. MEANWHILE, THE BENGALS WIND UP WITH THE BALL. BUT THE OFFICIAL HAS STOPPED THERE AT WHAT WOULD BE THE LINE TO GAIN AND BEYOND. EVEN THOUGH CINCINNATI IS NOW SHOWING WE’VE GOT THE BALL TJ TURNER I.>> THINK HE ENDED UP PULLING IT OUT AT DK METCALF ARMS AND HAS THE INTERCEPTION. IF HE GOT HIS FEET DOWN, HE DEFINITELY GOT THE BALL OUT.>> AND NOW HE GOT THE CONFERENCE GOING ON. THE CROWD OF COURSE, IS RESPONDING TO WHAT YOU SEE. THE REPLAY .>> HE DEFINITELY HAS THE FOOTBALL. I THINK IT’S MORE ABOUT THE FEET DOWN. WHAT AN EFFORT HERE BY TURNER TO GET THIS BALL OUT JUST TO GET IT OUT. THE RIGHT FOOT IS DEFINITELY DOWN AT LET’S SEE IT HERE TERRY. >> WHAT ARE YOU SEEING. >> AL I SEE AN INTERCEPTION. THE DEFENDER TAKES THE BALL AWAY. THE KNEE GETS DOWN INBOUNDS. THIS SHOULD BE AN INTERCEPTION. >> IS THE BALL MOVE AT ALL? ENOUGH, TERRY FOR YOU TO HAVE ANY DOUBTS ABOUT THAT? >> I DON’T BELIEVE IT DOES. I THINK HE’S GOT COMPLETE CONTROL WITH THAT KNEE DOWN AND THEN MAINTAINS CONTROL THROUGH CONTACT WITH THE GROUND.>> LET’S NOT LOSE SIGHT OF HOW THAT IS A HUGE NOT JUST THE TIME OF THIS PLAY, BUT WHAT A PLAY BY TURNER. >> WAS THE KNEE DOWN BEFORE THE HAND WAS OUT OF BOUNDS. AFTER A CREW. >> DISCUSSION, THE RULING ON THE FIELD IS AN INTERCEPTION BY CINCINNATI. FIRST DOWN. >> SO THE BENGALS CELEBRATE. THE CROWD GOES WILD AGAIN. RODGERS HAS A STERN WORD CLAY MARTIN. AND NOT ONLY WILL THE BENGALS STYMIE THIS DRIVE AND GET THE BALL BACK, THEY’RE GOING TO GET THE BALL TO START THE SECOND HALF. >> NOW I’LL TELL YOU SOMETHING I THINK DJ TURNER RIGHT NOW IS PLAYING AS WELL AS ANY CORNER IN THE NFL. IT’S VERY FITTING THAT HE ENDS UP MAKING THIS PLAY THE BALL. WHAT A THROW BY BY AARON RODGERS TO GET IT IN. BUT DJ TURNER DOES NOT GIVE UP ON THIS PLAY. THE THIRD YEAR PLAYER OUT OF MICHIGAN. HE’S BEAT BUT HE DOESN’T GIVE UP ON IT AND ENDS UP RIPPING IT OUT AND GETS THE TURNOVER. >> TREMENDOUS PLAY. THE INTERCEPTION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. >> ITS FIRST DOWN. CINCINNATI. PLAYS THE GAME CLOCK TO 40S 40S WHEN THE INTERCEPTION HAPPENED. PLEASE 40S. >> 40S. MEANWHILE YOU HAVE ONE TIME OUT FOR CINCINNATI. ARE THEY GOING TO BE HAPPY TO GO IN WITH A FOUR-POINT LEAD IN THE BALL IN THE THIRD OR TRY TO THROW SOMETHING DEEP DOWNFIELD? I THINK THEY TELL ME. >> JOE FLACCO IS PLAYING WITH THESE RECEIVERS. YEAH, HE’LL PROBABLY KEEP FIRING DOWNFIELD. HE’S HOT. >> WHY NOT TO THE OUTSIDE HE’S GOT A MAN. IS HE INBOUNDS. YES CHASE AGAIN I MEAN. >> WHO DOES THIS TEN. >> DAYS HE’S BEEN IN THIS CITY. YOU KNOW LONG IT TAKES FOR QUARTERBACKS AND RECEIVERS TO WORK ON TIMING. LOOK AT THIS. BALL’S OUT. BALL’S OUT. JA’MARR CHASE THEN TURNS AND IT’S RIGHT IN HIS LAP JOE FLACCO IS A UNICORN. WHAT IS HE DOING OUT THERE. >> THEY’RE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS AGAIN. DID HE GET BOTH FEET IN RULING ON THE. >> FIELD WAS A COMPLETED PASS. THAT PLAY IS NOW UNDER REVIEW. YEAH.>> ALL RIGHT THE QUESTION IS DOES HE GET BOTH FEET IN. >> WELL THE RIGHT FOOT’S END. THE QUESTION IS DOES THE LEFT FOOT DRAG THE LEFT TOE HAD THE DRAG. THE RIGHT FOOT IS DOWN .>> ALL RIGHT THEY’RE GOING TO CHECK THIS OUT. AND WE’LL. >> RIGHT FOOT’S DOWN. DOES THE LEFT FOOT> AFTER REVIEW, THE PASS WAS INCOMPLETE .>> SO AS WE WENT TO COMMERCIAL, WE TALKED ABOUT. DID HE GET BOTH FEET DOWN? HE DID. THAT WASN’T THE PROBLEM. HERE’S YOUR PROBLEM. LOST CONTROL OF THE BALL.>> YEAH. YOU SEE THE BALL? BOTH HANDS CAME OFF THE FOOTBALL. SO WE’RE FOCUSED ON THE FEET. AND DID HE DRAG AND HE DID. BUT HE LOST POSSESSION .>> SO IT’S 37 SECONDS. YOU GO BACK NOW TO THE 30 YARD LINE AND IT’S A SECOND AND TEN AGAIN. THEY HAVE THAT ONE TIMEOUT REMAINING. FLACCO AGAIN FROM THE SIDELINE. CHASE HAS TO TRY TO GET OUT OF BOUNDS WHICH HE NOW DOES TO SAVE THAT TIMEOUT TACKLE THERE BY THORNHILL GAIN A 12 FIRST DOWN. GOOD JOB.>> TO FIGHT TO GET OUT OF BOUNDS. REMEMBER EVAN MCPHERSON HE HIT ONE LAST WEEK FROM 67 EVEN THOUGH IT GOT WAVED OFF. SO HE HAS PLENTY OF LEG IN THIS NEW WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN, IN THE NFL WITH KICKERS. SO YOU’RE TRYING TO GET TO THE INSIDE TO PITTSBURGH 45 YARD LINE. YOU CAN START REALLY THINKING YOU GOT A SHOT HERE. >> YEAH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN NFL RECORD. BUT MATT LAFLEUR HAD OTHER IDEAS. MCCOLLUM THE TIMEOUT FOR GREEN BAY. HIGH SNAP HANDLES IT WELL TO THE OUTSIDE AGAIN AND HE GOT CHASE MAKING THE CATCH HERE. CHASE AGAINST RAMSEY. WHAT A MATCH-UP AGAIN BACK TO BACK PLAYS WITH. >> THAT ONE. TIMEOUT WORKING THE BOUNDARY WITH JA’MARR CHASE JALEN RAMSEY YOU SEE THE LEVERAGE TO THE OUTSIDE BUT THE ROUTE GOES IN AND THEN BACK OUT AND LOOK AT THE LOCATION OF THE FOOTBALL. LET HIM GET HIS FEET DOWN AND GET OUT OF BOUNDS. ONE THING WE’VE LEARNED ABOUT JOE FLACCO IN TEN DAYS AND TWO GAMES, WHEN IN DOUBT, WHERE IS NUMBER ONE? THAT’S WHERE HE’S THROWING THE FOOTBALL. >> SECOND AND ONE. IF HE DIDN’T GET ANOTHER YARD HERE, YOU’D HAVE A 67 YARD ATTEMPT. SECOND AND ONE. PRESSURE COMING OVER THE MIDDLE PASSES A LITTLE LOW AND BEHIND. AND NOW YOU GOT A FLAG COMING IN AND JOEY PORTER SAYS YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING. TEE HIGGINS INTENDED RECEIVER. IT’S BEEN A ROUGH FIRST.>> HALF FOR THE STEELERS SECONDARY WITH THESE PENALTIES. >> PASS INTERFERENCE, DEFENSE NUMBER 24. SPOT FOUL. AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> AGAIN THE MATCH-UP WE WANT TO SEE JOEY PORTER WITH THE LENGTH AGAINST TEE HIGGINS IN THE LENGTH. >> AND WE’VE SEEN WORSE HAVEN’T WE. >> YEAH I MEAN THERE’S A GRAB THERE AND I GUESS THAT’S IT CAME FROM THE BACK JUDGE. AND MAYBE THAT’S WHAT HE SAW. WELL SO.>> BE IT. BALL THE 37 YARD LINE 20S FLACCO AGAIN TO THE OUTSIDE TOO HIGH THIS TIME. ONCE MORE TRYING TO GET TO CHASE COVERED BY RAMSEY. THAT’S A FOUR SECONDS OFF THE CLOCK. 16 TICKS LEFT.>> AND MOST IMPORTANT THING AS ALWAYS HOLDING ON TO THAT ONE TIMEOUT. CONTINUE TO WORK THE BOUNDARY. I’M SURPRISED THAT JALEN RAMSEY YOU KNOW HE’S GIVEN THAT BOUNDARY UP TO JAMAAR CHASE JA’MARR CHASE KEEPS SETTING HIM UP INSIDE AS IF HE’S GOING TO GO BY HIM TO THE INSIDE. AND ALL IT TAKES IS A LITTLE BIT OF MOVEMENT FROM JALEN RAMSEY TO ALLOW CHASE BACK OUT. NOW YOU GOT PORTER UP AT THE TOP AGAINST RAMSEY WITH SAFETY HELP. >> FLACCO OVER THE MIDDLE. PICKED UP A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA YARDAGE HERE. NOAH FAN MAKES THAT CATCH AND THEY’VE GOT THE TIME-OUT WHICH THEY WILL USE AND SET UP A FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT WITH THREE SECONDS. TIME OUT CINCINNATI NO TIME TO. >> CINCINNATI TELLS THEIR THIRD AND FINAL TIMEOUT OF THE HALF 30S SO. >> HOW HAS JA’MARR CHASE DONE SO FAR? 11 TARGETS, SEVEN CATCHES. THEY ALWAYS. >> ARE LOOKING FOR UNIQUE WAYS. IT WAS GOOD CONCENTRATION TO BE ABLE TO FINISH THAT PLAY ANY WAY THEY CAN GET HIM THE FOOTBALL. THEY’VE DONE A NICE JOB OF MOVING HIM. >> YOU KNOW YOU CAN’T LET THIS PITTSBURGH DEFENSE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE HE IS LINED UP SINCE AFTER HE HAD A DROP COME RIGHT BACK WITH A TOUCHDOWN. >> AND A SPOT THE BALL AT THE 39. SO 49 YARD FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT WILLIAM WAGNER TO SNAP IT. BRIAN REHKOW TO HOLD IT. MCPHERSON TRYING TO SEND THE BENGALS TO THE LOCKER ROOM WITH A SEVEN-POINT LEAD. FROM 49, KICK IS UP. KICK IS PERFECT. CRAZY STUFF HAPPENING ON THURSDAY NIGHTS LIKE EVERY WEEK NOW. EVERY WEEK. >> WHATEVER YOU THINK’S GOING TO HAPPEN. >> BENGALS HAVE LOST FOUR STRAIGHT. STEELERS HAVE THE TWO QUARTERBACKS HE GOT ONE TEAM COMING IN WITH A THREE GAME WINNING STREAK PITTSBURGH AT FOUR AND ONE. AND CINCINNATI WITH A FOUR GAME LOSING STREAK. THE FLACCO HAS COME TO TOWN AND IT’S TO THIS POINT MADE QUITE THE DIFFERENCE. BENGALS GET THE BALL RUN BACK TO THE 33 YARD LINE BY PERINE MOMENTS AGO KELLY WAS WITH MIKE TOMLIN .>> MIKE YOU GUYS HAD CONTROL OF THIS GAME EARLY AND THEN THE BENGALS CAME ALIVE. WHAT DID YOU TELL YOUR TEAM AT THE HALF. >> IT’S SIMPLE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE WE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL AND WE GOT TO STOP THE RUN. WE TURNED THE BALL.>> OVER TWICE. >> THEY RAN FOR 100 YARDS IN THE FIRST HALF. AND THAT’S NOT A RECIPE FOR WINNING FOOTBALL. WE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THE BALL.>> WE GOT TO STOP THE RUN. WE’LL BE OK. >> AND WHAT ABOUT JA’MARR, CHASE AND TEE HIGGINS? WHAT ADJUSTMENTS CAN YOU MAKE THERE?>> IT’S LESS SIGNIFICANT. IT’S THE FACT THAT THEY’RE ON SCHEDULE. WE GOT TO STOP THE RUN, MAN, AND PUT THEM BEHIND THE STICKS. AND THAT WILL BE LESS SIGNIFICANT .>> YEAH. WHO WOULD HAVE FIGURED THEY’D HAVE TO STOP THE RUN BECAUSE CINCINNATI HASN’T BEEN ABLE TO RUN. ROLL. MEANWHILE, HE ALMOST ESCAPED THE CHASE GOT TRIPPED UP BY DARIUS SLAY GOT JUST ENOUGH TO KNOCK HIM DOWN AFTER A GAIN OF FOUR. >> THERE ARE NINE STEELERS IN THE BOX, SO HE’S HE TOOK THE EASY WAY. THAT’S AN ALERT. THAT’S AN EASY ANSWER. IF THEY’RE OVER, IF THEY’RE OVERMATCHED AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. HE JUST FLIPPED IT OUT THERE TO JAMAR CHASE. THERE WAS ONE MAN OUT THERE SLAY DON’T MAKE THAT TACKLE. THAT’S A LOT OF YARDS TO OPEN UP. THIS FIRST PLAY OF THE SECOND HALF. >> SLAY GOT HURT ON THE PLAY. THERE HE IS. UP ON ONE KNEE AND NOW UP. SO SLAY PICKED UP IN HIS 13TH YEAR THEY WENT OUT AND THEY GOT SLAY AND THEY GOT JALEN RAMSEY AND MIKE TOMLIN WAS SAYING LISTEN WE HAD TO PICK UP SOME OF THESE VETERAN GUYS BECAUSE WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT CHASE AND HIGGINS FACING THEM TWICE. >> YEAH. IN FACT HE’S CHALLENGED HIM THIS WEEK. GUYS THIS IS WHY WE BROUGHT YOU IN FOR THIS GAME. THESE RECEIVERS. AND THAT FIRST HALF MIKE TOMLIN IS ALL OVER IT. TWO TURNOVERS. THINK ABOUT THIS. THE STEELERS ARE SECOND IN THE NFL COMING INTO TONIGHT PLUS SEVEN. AND THE BENGALS ARE THEY’VE STRUGGLED ALL YEAR 29TH AT MINUS FOUR IN TURNOVER MARGIN. AND THEY ARE ABLE TO CREATE THE TWO IN THAT FIRST HALF. >> JUST SAW BRANDON ECHOLS NUMBER 26. HE COMES IN TO SUPPLANT SLAY AT LEAST FOR THE MOMENT. SECOND DOWN AND FIVE. NOW FLACCO THAT DEEP DROP HITS CHASE AND CHASE DIVES FORWARD ABOUT A YARD AND A HALF SHY OF THE FIRST DOWN TACKLED BY PATRICK QUEEN THIRD DOWN. >> THIS IS A GAME ON A SHORT WEEK WITH THE STEELERS SITTING AT FOUR AND ONE AND THE BENGALS THE CLOSEST TEAM RIGHT NOW IN THE DIVISION AT TWO AND FOUR. THIS IS A CHANCE FOR A KNOCKOUT PUNCH FOR THE STEELERS TO REALLY EXTEND THEIR LEAD, AND THEY KNEW THEY WOULD TAKE ON A DESPERATE TEAM. THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU PLAY A DESPERATE TEAM IS NOT COME OUT EARLY. AND THEY HAD THAT CHANCE UP TEN NOTHING. AND THE BENGALS TO THEIR CREDIT DIDN’T BACK AWAY. THEY JUST KEPT FIGHTING BACK. AND I THINK THEY REALIZE WHAT’S AT STAKE. >> THIRD AND TWO. THE GROUND GAME AGAIN TO THE 45 GOES SAMAJE PERINE. SO THIS TEAM NOW OVER 100 YARDS ALMOST DOUBLE WHAT THEIR AVERAGE WAS FOR A GAME TO THIS POINT IN THE SEASON. >> YOU CAN’T SAY ENOUGH AGAIN ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE. THE MUCH MALIGNED OFFENSIVE LINE DALTON RISNER WHO’S IN THERE AT LEFT GUARD FOR, FOR DYLAN FAIRCHILD THE ROOKIE. HE HAS HAD A GAME. THIS IS A TOUGH DEFENSIVE LINE AND STRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO WIN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. BUT EVEN IN THIRD AND TWO YOU COULD SEE THE PUSH THEY GOT THERE TO OPEN IT UP FOR PERINE. >> CHASE BROWN BACK IN. HE’S ALREADY RUN FOR 74. HERE HE GOES AGAIN. NICE GAIN THERE. EIGHT YARDS INTO PITTSBURGH TERRITORY TO THE 47 YARD LINE. >> DREW SAMPLE SETS THE EDGE AND THEN ALLOWS LEFT GUARD RISNER IN THE CENTER. WATCH TED KARRAS MAKE THE SNAP AND HE AND THE LEFT GUARD ARE GOING TO PULL AROUND. GOOD JOB. BY 89. RIGHT THERE ON, ON THE OUTSIDE LINEBACKER ALEX HIGHSMITH. SO ONCE YOU GET THE EDGE SET WITH 89, THAT ALLOWS THE BIG LINEMEN TO COME AROUND DOWNHILL AND YOU GET BEHIND THAT. IF YOU’RE CHASE BROWN POSITIVE YARDS AGAIN ON FIRST AND TEN. WHAT IS IT ?>> SECOND AND THREE. FLACCO THROWS CHASE AGAIN INSIDE THE 35. DARIUS SLAY CAME BACK INTO THE GAME. HE MAKES THAT TACKLE. THIS CROWD. IT’S ALMOST IN DISBELIEF RIGHT NOW. >> AND HOW ABOUT JOE FLACCO. HE’S UP UNDER CENTER. HE MAKES THE CHECK. THE REASON HE MAKES THE CHECK. LOOK AT ALL THE JERSEYS UP TIGHT NEAR THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. WHY NOT GO BACK TO NUMBER ONE ON THE QUICK SLANT IF YOU’RE GOING TO OVERLOAD THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND YOU’RE GOING TO LEAD THE BEST RECEIVER IN THE NFL ONE ON ONE, NO MATTER WHO THE CORNER IS, JOE FLACCO IS GOING TO THROW THE FOOTBALL OUT THERE. GOOD RECOGNITION TEN DAYS OF KNOWING THIS OFFENSE AND A GOOD CHECK THERE AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. >> TO THE OUTSIDE CHASE AGAIN INSIDE THE 20. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE’VE BEEN WATCHING FLACCO FOR A LOT OF YEARS. DOES ANYBODY THROW A PRETTIER SPIRAL.>> I DON’T THINK SO. I JUST IT’S THE COMBINATION OF BEING SHOCKED AT THE OFFENSIVE LINE, GIVING HIM PLENTY OF TIME. THERE’S THE THROW. YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT HOW TIGHT. >> THE SPIRAL IS. I THINK HE HAS SO MUCH MORE CONFIDENCE THROWING. HE TOLD US THIS WEEK HE SAID I JUST CAN’T BELIEVE HOW GOOD JA’MARR CHASE AND TEE HIGGINS ARE. I ALWAYS KNEW THEY WERE. BUT TO BE THE GUY THAT’S THROWING THE FOOTBALL, IT GIVES YOU SUCH CONFIDENCE TO GET BACK AND PUT THE BALL WHERE YOU KNOW THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE A PLAY ON IT. >> YOU SAW THOSE NUMBERS 11 CATCHES FOR 99 YARDS FOR NUMBER ONE. TO THE GROUND. AGAIN CHASE BROWN HIS SEVENTH CARRY SEVEN FOR 84 SECOND AND SEVEN.>> THAT TIME PATRICK QUEEN ACTUALLY SHOT THE GAP AND GOT IN THERE ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES HE’S BEEN ABLE TO GET IN THERE. BUT THAT TIME CHASE BROWN WAS ABLE TO HAVE A JUMP CUT AROUND HIM. SO INSTEAD OF A LOSS FOR MAYBE TWO YARDS, HE’S ABLE TO GET SOME POSITIVE YARDS. STEELERS BEEN REALLY DIALING UP THE BLITZ ALL NIGHT, BUT ESPECIALLY WHEN THE BENGALS HAVE GOTTEN DOWN INSIDE THE 20 YARD LINE .>> WATCH STILL SIX. >> EIGHTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE. DEEP DROP AVOIDS THE SACK GOING FOR IT ALL AND JUST THROWS THAT ONE OUT OF THE END ZONE. THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN. MEANWHILE YOU GOT JOEY PORTER WHO’S IN THE MEDICAL TENT. SO HE’S OUT. SLAY WAS DOWN ON ONE KNEE BUT HE IS BACK IN. >> THESE THIRD DOWNS WE’VE SEEN. OBVIOUSLY JA’MARR CHASE TARGETED. THE BENGALS ARE FOUR OF SIX SO FAR TONIGHT ON, ON THIRD DOWN IT GOES BACK TO WHAT MIKE TOMLIN TOLD KELLY ABOUT. WE GOT TO GET HIM BEHIND THE STICKS. WELL HERE’S AN OPPORTUNITY. HE GOT HIM AT THIRD AND SEVEN. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO HOLD UP AGAINST THESE RECEIVERS. DONE A.>> GOOD JOB ON WHAT TONIGHT. AND THAT IS PART THAT IS IOSIVAS WITH ECHOLS MAKING THE TACKLE JUST A LITTLE SHORT. YOU SEE WHERE THE OFFICIAL IS LINED UP A YARD MAYBE A MILLIMETER OR TWO LESS THAN THAT CROWD OF COURSE WANTS HIM TO GO FOR IT AND HE WILL. FOURTH DOWN AND ONE. >> ZAC TAYLOR KNOWS HE’S TWO AND FOUR. THE STEELERS ARE FOUR AND ONE. YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW. THEY’RE UP SEVEN POINTS. PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE GAS HERE AND YOU’VE CONTROLLED THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE FOR THE MOST PART. EVEN IN SHORT YARDAGE SITUATIONS .>> RUNNING BACK IS PERINE. CAN’T CAN ROCKET ONE. THE SNEAK HE GETS PUSHED AND NOW YOU GOT TO TRY HIM OUT. TIME OUT. >> I SEE A RED FLAG. MAYBE A CHALLENGE FLAG BY ZAC TAYLOR ON THE SPOT IN THE PREVIOUS PLAY. YEAH, THE SPOT PREVIOUS PLAY. YEAH. >> THERE WAS THREW IT OUT AT THE VERY LAST SECOND. >> PRIOR TO THE SNAP CINCINNATI THREW THEIR CHALLENGE FLAG TO CHALLENGE THE RULING ON THE FIELD OF THE PREVIOUS PLAY THAT THE RUNNER WAS SHORT OF THE LINE TO GAIN THAT PLAY IS UNDER REVIEW. OK .>> THAT’S AS LATE AS WE’VE EVER SEEN A FLAG COME OUT AND HE GETS WORD FROM UP TOP. THROW THE FLAG. AFTER REVIEW, THE RUNNER WAS SHORT OF THE LINE TO GAIN. THIS IS AN UNSUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE. CINCINNATI WILL BE CHARGED A TIME OUT. >> ALL RIGHT, SO HERE’S WHERE WE ARE. IT’S GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN AND INCHES. THEY LOST THE CHALLENGE, BUT THEY ACTUALLY MOVED THE BALL A LITTLE CLOSER FROM ONE YARD OUT TO, YOU KNOW, HALF A YARD 40 WHATEVER IT IS 2/5 OF A YARD.>> YOU GOT TO GET RIGHT TO THE EIGHT YARD LINE. YOU’RE INSIDE A HALF A YARD.>> THERE IT IS. WHAT DO YOU DO HERE? DO YOU SNEAK IT? YOU THROW IT PERINE THE BACK. >> THEY’RE PINCHING. >> THEY PUSH AND THEY HAVE IT. SO FLACCO WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM BEHIND, PICKS UP THE FIRST DREW SAMPLE GETS BEHIND .>> GOOD SURGE IN FRONT AND THEN SAMPLE MAKING SURE WITH THE PUSH FROM BEHIND. PLENTY OF ROOM THERE TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP THAT FIRST DOWN. NEEDED ABOUT A HALF A YARD AND GOT ABOUT A YARD AND A HALF. >> SO FLACCO STILL ONLY BEEN HERE ABOUT A WEEK OR SO. THEY’VE ALREADY FIGURED OUT THEIR OWN TUSH PUSH FIRST AND GOAL. >> YOU GOT BOTH RECEIVERS LINED UP TO THE LEFT, STACKED. >> ON THE GROUND INSIDE THE FIVE PERINE SECOND DOWN AND GOAL OPENING DRIVE OF THE SECOND HALF. THEY’VE ALREADY RUN 11 PLAYS, FIVE RUNS, SIX PASSES .>> GO BACK TO MIKE TOMLIN WHEN HE WAS AT THE PODIUM SAYING THAT HE WAS SHOCKED THE BROWNS WOULD LET GO OF A GUY THAT THEY WOULD NAME THE STARTER ON OPENING DAY AND LET HIM GO TO A TEAM WITHIN THE DIVISION THAT WAS CLEARLY STRUGGLING AT THAT POSITION, AND NOW HE’S FACING HIM TONIGHT DOWN SEVEN, POTENTIALLY DOWN 14 IN THE THIRD. >> YEAH SHOCKED AND FLIPPED OFF TO. SECOND AND GOAL TO THE END ZONE. KNOCKED AWAY HIGGINS THE INTENDED RECEIVER AND RAMSEY IN ON THAT PLAY. THIRD AND GOAL. >> THAT WAS A GREAT PLAY BY JALEN RAMSEY. WE’VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT JOEY PORTER BEING ON TEE HIGGINS WATCH THIS ROUTE. TEE HIGGINS RUNS A CLEAN ROUTE, IT’S JUST REALLY GOOD ANTICIPATION. I LOVE THE LENGTH THERE, BUT WHAT I REALLY LOVE IS JALEN RAMSEY’S EYES THE ENTIRE WAY WERE ON JOE FLACCO, WHICH ALLOWED HIM TO TIME UP AND PLAY THAT FOOTBALL AND KNOW EXACTLY WHEN IT WAS IN THE AIR, WHEN HE NEEDED TO GO AIRBORNE AND KNOCK IT AWAY. >> RAMSEY COMING FROM MIAMI IN THE TRADE THAT SENT FITZPATRICK TO THE DOLPHINS THIRD DOWN AND GOAL FLACCO ROLLING LOOKING THROWING INTO THE DIRT INCOMPLETE. IT’S GOT FOURTH DOWN AND GOAL. WELL. >> HERE’S AN INTERESTING THING. THEY KNOW THAT JOE FLACCO WANTS TO GET THE BALL TO JAMAAR CHASE. SO YOU GOT JALEN RAMSEY ON HIM. BUT HE HAS OUTSIDE LEVERAGE. AND THE REASON HE HAS OUTSIDE LEVERAGE IS HE HAS SAFETY HELP TO THE INSIDE THERE WITH 21 CHUCK CLARK. SO THAT’S EXACTLY WHERE FLACCO CAME ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT. HE WAS LOOKING TO JAMAAR CHASE BUT HE WAS TAKEN AWAY AND NOWHERE ELSE TO GO WITH THE FOOTBALL. >> JETS MCPHERSON NOW CHIP SHOT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT 23 YARDS TO TRY TO MAKE IT A TEN POINT GAME. AND FOR THE BENGALS THAT IS 20 UNANSWERED POINTS AND A 20 TO 10 LEAD IN KNOW. AND HE DY IT’S KIND OF INTENTIONAL. YOU KNOW HE LIKES TO LOOK AT THIS AS A TEAM GAME. AND WHAT’S MY RESPONSIBILITY. AND LIKES TO JUST KIND OF GATHER HIS THOUGHTS ONCE THEY MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS. SO HE’S OVER THERE KIND OF CHILLING OUT. >> YEAH. >> ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A MEDITATIVE LOOK. YEAH, HE DOES THE FIVE YARD LINE GAINWELL A PASS TO 30 TO THE 40 YARD LINE. GOOD RUN BACK. THEY’LL START FROM THERE. >> TIME NOW FOR DRIVEN FOR MORE PRESENTED BY HYUNDAI. AND IT’S JOE FLACCO YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT. YOU JUST HAVE TO BE SO IMPRESSED WITH HIS COMMAND OF THIS OFFENSE. HE’S PLAYED TWO GAMES IN A NEW CITY WITH A LOT OF NEW TEAM-MATES, HASN’T REALLY THROWN THE BALL MUCH TO TEE HIGGINS OBVIOUSLY EVEN IN PRACTICE. HADN’T HAD MUCH TIME AND YET THE OPERATION HAS BEEN CLEAN FOR THE MOST PART. THE TIMING BETWEEN HE AND THESE NEW RECEIVERS HAS BEEN CLEAN. IT’S BEEN A REMARKABLE EFFORT BY WHAT JOE FLACCO AND HIS TEAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO. WORKING TOGETHER. >> FIRST TIME IN THE HALF, THE STEELERS HAVE HAD THE BALL START FROM THE 39 YARD LINE. FLIP IT BACK TO WARREN PICKS UP FOUR. SPENCER ANDERSON BLOCKED SECOND DOWN SIX. >> THIS OFFENSE YOU KNOW IN THE DAYS OF AARON RODGERS AND HIS GLORY DAYS OF GREEN BAY, THEY’RE BUILT FOR SITUATIONS LIKE THIS. GET DOWN TEN. YOU GOT FOUR RECEIVERS SPREAD EVERYBODY OUT. YOU ATTACK. REMEMBER THIS IS AN OFFENSE RIGHT NOW THAT HAS DK METCALF AND THEY GOT A BUNCH OF TIGHT ENDS AND THEY GOT A COUPLE BACKS. IT’S A TOUGH OFFENSE. THE DESIGN OF THE OFFENSE RIGHT NOW WITHOUT A LOT OF RECEIVERS MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO FIGHT YOUR WAY BACK. EVEN WITH AN AARON RODGERS. >> WARREN HAS NINE CARRIES FOR 50 YARDS. SECOND DOWN AND FIVE HAS IT AGAIN. CUTS TO THE INSIDE. PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN AT MIDFIELD AT THE 50 YARD LINE. FIRST AND TEN. >> THEY NEED TO RESPOND. IF YOU’RE JUST TUNING INTO THIS GAME. IT STARTED OFF JUST THE WAY YOU WOULD THINK. PITTSBURGH IS A BIG FAVORITE. THEY HAD A TOUCHDOWN AND A FIELD GOAL IN THEIR FIRST FEW POSSESSIONS SINCE THEN BACK TO BACK INTERCEPTIONS AND NOW THEIR FIRST POSSESSION HERE IN THE SECOND HALF. >> AND BOTH OF THOSE PICKS LED TO TOUCHDOWNS BY THE BENGALS. SIX AND A HALF LEFT IN THE THIRD QUARTER JUMBO. >> CHECK CHECK CHECK CHECK YEAH, YEAH. SINGLE BACK SINGLE BACK IN 19. AGAIN .>> WARREN BUSTS ONE AND WARREN STAYS IN BOUNDS FOR A GAIN OF MORE THAN 20. TACKLED THERE BY GENO STONE. >> SO EVEN WHEN YOU KNOW IT’S COMING WITH 1,000 POUNDS THERE ON THAT RIGHT EDGE THE DEFENSE WATCH HOW THEY FLOW. THEY’RE TRYING TO GET OVER THERE BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT’S COMING AND YOU STILL CAN’T STOP IT. YOU KNOW IT’S ONE THING TO REALIZE THAT ALL THAT WEIGHT IS LINED UP AGAINST YOU. BUT IF YOU JUST RUN WITH YOUR EARS BACK AND YOU’RE JUST TEARING OFF, A GOOD BACK’S GOING TO CUT BACK AGAINST THAT, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT JAYLEN WARREN DID THERE. >> 24 YARD GAIN. THAT’S THEIR LONGEST RUN OF THE SEASON. >> 319. >> PULL IT AGAIN FOURTH STRAIGHT GAIN OF A COUPLE THIS TIME. SECOND DOWN TACKLE BY BARRETT CARTER. THE ROOKIE OUT OF CLEMSON. >> IT WAS A MUCH BETTER JOB THAT TIME ON PURSUIT. PREVIOUS PLAY THEY WERE JUST FLYING TO THE OUTSIDE TO TRY TO STOP THAT POWERFUL LOOK THIS TIME. BARRETT CARTER ATTACKING FROM THE INSIDE OUT AND ALLOWED HIM ON THAT CUTBACK TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT PLAY. >> SECOND AND EIGHT. >> HEY BRIAN. BRIAN THAT’S A TOUGH. >> MATCH-UP AT THE TOP WITH DARNELL WASHINGTON 300 POUND TIGHT END. GO. GO !>> JAGUARS LOOKS THAT WAY. GOES THAT WAY. IT’S INCOMPLETE. HILL COVERING ON THE PLAY. >> THE QUESTION IS WHO DO YOU PUT ON A 300 POUND, SIX FOOT SEVEN TIGHT END? >> YOU TELL ME. >> THEY PUT DAX HILL ON HIM AND DAX HILL IS A TALENTED PLAYER. SIX FEET, 195 POUNDS. BUT YOU’RE OUT THERE ON AN ISLAND THAT’S A MISMATCH. AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHY AARON RODGERS LIKES TO SPLIT HIM OUT AND THROW THE FADE UP TO HIM. THIRD AND EIGHT. CINCINNATI SEVEN EIGHT GUYS UP TIGHT. GO. >> GETS IT AWAY QUICKLY. AND DIVING FOR A FIRST DOWN AND MORE IS ROMAN WILSON MAKING HIS SECOND CATCH OF THE NIGHT .>> WELL I SAW THIS GUY PLAY A LOT IN COLLEGE AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. HE’S HAD SOME INJURIES LAST YEAR WITH THE ANKLE. HE’S REALLY LIKE A ROOKIE THIS YEAR. >> MEANWHILE A FLAG IS THROWN ON THIS PLAY AND INCOMPLETE. THEY WENT TO THE LINE IN A HURRY. ON A FIRST AND GOAL, CLAY MARTIN WILL MAKE THE CALL. >> IN CINCINNATI TRYING TO GET A MAN OFF. BUT I DON’T KNOW IF PITTSBURGH HAD THE RIGHT. I DON’T KNOW IF THEY WERE SET IN THEIR FORMATION. >> THE PLAY STARTED AT THE TEN. FIRST AND GOAL. NOW THERE ARE. >> FOULS BY BOTH TEAMS ON THE PLAY. ILLEGAL SHIFT OFFENSE NUMBER FOUR NEVER SET OFFSIDE. DEFENSE NUMBER 58. HE WAS ALSO THE 12TH PLAYER EXITING THE FIELD AND DID NOT GET OFF. SO WE HAVE DEFENSIVE TOO MANY PLAYERS FOR HIM AS WELL. THOSE PENALTIES OFFSET FIRST DOWN.>> BACK WHERE WE STARTED FIRST AND GOAL FROM THE TEN. OSSAI WAS TRYING TO GET OFF OFFSETTING PITTSBURGH. >> TRYING TO GO WITH A QUICK A QUICK SNAP. SEE, BESIDES OSSAI TRYING TO GET OFF. LOOK AT THE CONFUSION IN THE BACKGROUND THERE WITH CINCINNATI’S DEFENSE. IT’S A BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR RODGERS AND THE STEELERS HERE. >> DOWN BY TEN FOUR AND A HALF TO GO IN THE THIRD. GO GO. >> GO. THE FAKE PASS. >> TO THE OUTSIDE AND THEY GET IT TO WASHINGTON. BUT THEY BRING THE BIG MAN DOWN DEMETRIUS KNIGHT ROOKIE OUT OF SOUTH CAROLINA STOPPING HIM. >> THAT’S HOW YOU TACKLE A 300 POUND TIGHT END. DEMETRIUS KNIGHT SAID, FIRST OF ALL, HE DID A GOOD JOB OF BEING DISCIPLINED BECAUSE AARON RODGERS HAD GREAT MECHANICS, DID A GOOD JOB OF FOOLING SOME OF HIS DEFENSE BUT NOT 44. GOOD JOB OF HOLDING ON FOR DEAR LIFE ON THE BIG GUY. >> SECOND AND 18 RODGERS THROWS DROPPED JONNU SMITH THAT TIME DJ TURNER DOING IT AGAIN ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE. THIRD AND 18. >> WHAT A JOB OF COMING OFF A DK METCALF YOU KNOW HE’S OUT HERE BUT LOOK AT HIS EYES. HE SEES WHERE THE FOOTBALL IS THROWN AND IMMEDIATELY COMES OVER TO HELP OUT. THAT IS A GREAT PLAY BY DJ TURNER. >> BALL AT THE 19 THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET A FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE ONE. MEANWHILE NOW YOU’VE GOT TURNER CRAMPING UP. SO AN INJURY STOPPAGE HERE. SO THIS WILL TAKE HIM OUT OF THE SECONDARY AT LEAST FOR ONE PLAY. SO A MOMENT TO REFLECT. WE TALKED TO AARON RODGERS YESTERDAY AND THE QUESTION WAS DO YOU KNOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO AFTER A FOOTBALL. AND HE SAID I’M GOING TO DISAPPEAR. HE SAID I’VE SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE IN THE LIMELIGHT. I SAID I’M LOOKING FOR THE SHADOWS. HE’S ALREADY HAD A DARKNESS RETREAT, SO THE SHADOWS AT LEAST WILL PROVIDE MORE LIGHT THAN THE DARKNESS RETREAT DID. >> WELL, THAT QUOTE WAS AMAZING. I’VE LIVED IN THE SPOTLIGHT LONG ENOUGH. TIME TO GO TO THE SHADOWS. WE’LL SEE. YOU SAID YOU WON’T HEAR FROM ME OR SEE ME FOR AT LEAST FOUR YEARS .>> I WOULDN’T BET ON THAT. BUT WHO KNOWS? ANYWAY, FIRST THINGS FIRST. TURNER OUT DJ IVEY IN THIRD AND 18. FOR THAT PLAY BY DEMETRIUS KNIGHT AGAINST.>> THE BIG TIGHT END. THEY DON’T SCORE HERE. THEY DON’T GET A TOUCHDOWN. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A TOUCHDOWN WITHOUT THAT PLAY. STEWART GO. >> RODGERS HAS TIME THROWS CAUGHT. TOUCHDOWN PAT FREIERMUTH. STEELER FANS SHOOTING HIM. MUTH SO FREIERMUTH WHO KIND OF HAS BEEN NOT AS EFFECTIVE OR PLAYED AS MUCH AS HE HAS IN THE PAST. BIG CATCH HERE. >> YEAH YOU SPLIT THESE SAFETIES. LOOK WHEN HE RELEASES THIS FOOTBALL RIGHT THERE HE’S GOING TO PUT IT OUT IN FRONT IN THAT BIG HOLE. AND THAT’S EXACTLY HOW YOU DO IT. WE’RE BRAGGING ABOUT JOE FLACCO GETTING THE BALL OUT EARLY. AND THERE WITH THAT SPLIT LOOK SPLIT SAFETY LOOK. THAT’S WHAT FREIERMUTH IS KNOWN FOR BEING ABLE TO BEAT THE ZONE DOWN THE SEAM. AND WHAT A THROW BY RODGERS. >> ONLY HIS NINTH RECEPTION OF THE SEASON. HIS FIRST CATCH OF THE GAME HIS FIRST TOUCHDOWN THIS SEASON. AND IT’S A THREE POINT CHARGERSY NIGHT. BOSWELL PUTS IT IN THE AIR COMES DOWN TO THE SEVEN YARD LINE TAKEN FROM THERE IS PE FIRST QUARTER. >> YEAH, HE’S BEEN DOING A LOT OF FROWNING AND GESTICULATING UNTIL THEN. BUT THERE HE IS. HE’S BEEN HERE BEFORE. >> YEAH. THE ONLY THING THAT STANDS OUT TO ME THERE IS FOUR AND 14 FOR THE OTHER THREE TEAMS OUTSIDE OF THE STEELERS COLLECTIVELY. >> YEAH. WHO FIGURED THAT DIVISION FIGURE TO BE AS TOUGH AS ANY IN THE LEAGUE COMING INTO THE SEASON. MEANWHILE, THE PASS TO THE OUTSIDE HERE AND A SHORT GAME. BUT TONIGHT IF PITTSBURGH WINS THEY HAVE A THREE AND A HALF GAME LEAD AT THIS POINT IN THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER. IF THEY LOSE IT’S A GAME AND A HALF. >> VERY I MEAN THIS IS THAT’S WHY I THINK CINCINNATI CAME INTO THIS EVEN IN A SHORT WEEK REALIZING WHAT WAS AT STAKE. AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE THIS IS A IMPORTANT LEAL TO WHICH WAY THIS GAME COULD GO. THE STEELERS WITH THE VETERANS WE HAVEN’T TALKED ABOUT TJ WATT A LOT TONIGHT. HE HASN’T MADE MANY PLAYS NICK HERBIG WE CAME IN THINKING HE AND ALEX HIGHSMITH ALL THESE GUYS BEEN QUIET ON THAT SIDE OF THE BALL. THIS IS WHERE GREAT TEAMS, THOSE PLAYERS START MAKING PLAYS AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME. >> YEAH, NORMALLY QUIET FOR THAT GROUP. FLACCO THROWS. THAT’S CAUGHT TACKLE MADE THE 39 YARD LINE TEE HIGGINS TACKLED BY JOEY PORTER WHO SPENT SOME TIME IN THE MEDICAL TENT. BUT HE IS BACK. IT’S THIRD DOWN AND FOUR. >> AND I THINK A BIG PART OF THAT IS ZACH TAYLOR THE SCHEME. JOE FLACCO GETTING THE BALL OUT, THE OFFENSIVE LINE, PLAYING WELL, RUNNING THE FOOTBALL WITH CHASE BROWN YOU KNOW IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER. ON HOW YOU CAN SLOW TJ WATT AND NICK HERBIG AND THIS ABILITY TO RUSH THE QUARTERBACK SIX. >> 230 LEFT IN THE THIRD ON THIRD AND FOUR. FLACCO UNDER PRESSURE GOING DEEP AND HAULED IN AND STOPPED AT THE 21 YARD LINE. IOSIVAS. >> LET ME TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT JAMAAR CHASE IS TO THIS PLAY. HE DOESN’T MAKE THE CATCH, BUT WATCH WHAT THIS SAFETY IS THINKING ABOUT. HE’S NOT WORRIED ABOUT 8080 IS MANNED UP. WE’RE GOOD THERE. HE’S COMING DOWN TO TAKE THAT FIRST DOWN AWAY AND INSTEAD YOU LEAVE YOURSELF VULNERABLE ON THE BACK END. GOOD JOB JOE FLACCO WANTED TO THROW IT TO THE FIRST DOWN MARKER AND GET THE BALL TO JA’MARR CHASE. BUT WITH THE SAFETY COMING DOWN GOOD JOB OF COMING OFF OF THAT AND MAKING A GOOD THROW DOWNFIELD. >> 37 ANDRE IOSIVAS WITH THE CATCH FALLING TO 24 FLACCO LOOKS ONE WAY THAN THE OTHER. HIGGINS AGAIN TO THE 18 YARD LINE. TJ WATT PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON THAT TIME. FLACCO GETTING IT AWAY JOE. IS THAT 23 OF 33 FOR 222 YARDS.>> AND TJ WATT GOING OFF OF A LITTLE BIT OF A LIMP AS HE’S JOGGING OFF THE FIELD. YOU’RE RIGHT. HE WAS RIGHT THERE. AL HAD A CHANCE. BUT AGAIN I THINK I GOT TO GO BACK TO JOE FLACCO TEN DAYS IN THE FACT THAT HE GETS PRESSURED AND HE HAS AN ANSWER LIKE HE KNOWS WHERE TO GO WITH THE BALL INSTEAD OF A LOOK OF PANIC, HE JUST SIMPLY OH THAT’S NOT THERE. PRESSURE. CHECK IT DOWN .>> SECOND AND FOUR. ANOTHER QUICK THROW TO CHASE. HE GETS TRIPPED GETS INSIDE THE TEN YARD LINE DARIUS SLAY MAKING THAT TACKLE. FINAL MINUTE OF THE QUARTER. >> EVERY TIME HE’S ONE ON ONE IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO’S OUT THERE, IT’S DARIUS SLAY. HE’S GOING TO GET TO THE INSIDE. I’M SURPRISED THEY’RE NOT TAKING THE INSIDE AWAY BY LEVERAGING AND MOVING IN A HALF BODY. BUT JOE FLACCO LOOKS LIKE HE’S PLAYING BACKYARD FOOTBALL I MEAN HE LOOKS LIKE HIS PULSE IS AT ABOUT A 48. HE’S JUST CHILLING OUT THERE PLAYING BALL. >> OVER 6000 RECEIVING YARDS NOW IN HIS CAREER. FLACCO THROWING A LITTLE LOW AND INCOMPLETE. YOU KNOW I THINK JOE MONTANA WAS THE FIRST GUY THEY CALLED JOE COOL RIGHT. AND THEN JOE BURROW IS JOE COOL. THIS IS ANOTHER JOE COOL. >> YEAH WITHOUT A DOUBT. AND WE’VE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT ABOUT HIM AND HIS CAREER. IT’S JUST I DON’T CARE WHO YOU’RE A FAN OF, YOU GOT TO BE IN AWE OF A GUY NOT JUST HIS AGE. I DON’T CARE IF HE’S 21 GUYS, YOU KNOW, HE’S OUT HERE PLAYING AT 40 YEARS OLD AND I DON’T CARE WHO IT IS. IT’S JUST A COMMAND OF AN NFL OFFENSE AGAINST AN NFL DEFENSE. AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THESE PLAYS IS JUST REMARKABLE. >> SECOND AND GOAL KEEP IT ON THE GROUND, BURROWING HIS WAY JUST INSIDE THE FIVE YARD LINE IS CHASE BROWN. AND THAT SHOULD TAKE US TO THE FOURTH QUARTER. ANOTHER GOOD ONE ON A THURSDAY NIGHT. WE’VE HAD A WHOLE BUNCH IN A ROW. END OF THREE SINCE 20.ER WORLD WAR II. BEAUTIFUL ART DECO BUILDING. BACK WE COME NOW TO PAYCOR STADIUM WHERE IT’S THIRD DOWN AND GOAL AS WE START THE FOURTH QUARTER. BENGALS UP BY THREE TRYING TO EXTEND THE LEAD AND THE PASS IS CAUGHT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. NOAH FAN THE TIGHT END JACK. >> THAT WAS A HUGE POSSESSION FOR BOTH TEAMS. BECAUSE IF YOU GET HIM TO SETTLE FOR A FIELD GOAL YOU’RE DOWN SIX. YOU GET THE BALL BACK TO AARON RODGERS. YOU GOT A CHANCE TO TAKE THE LEAD HERE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. INSTEAD, FLACCO FINISHES THAT DRIVE OFF EIGHT PLAYS 67 YARDS. AND INSTEAD OF GOING TO JA’MARR CHASE INTO THE BOUNDARY ENDS UP MAKING A GREAT PLAY THERE TO FIND THE TIGHT END IN THE CREASE INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.>> THE LONGEST TRAVELS FLACCO SPENT SOME TIME IN DENVER. FAN WAS HIS TEAM-MATE THERE. IT’S A TWO POSSESSION LEAD AGAIN FOR THE CINCINNATI BENGALS. THREE SECONDS INTO THE QUARTER, 2717. >> ONE THING THAT YOU ALWAYS SEE DOWN HERE THESE RUBS OR SCREENS T HIGGINS TRYING TO GET INVOLVED THERE. C A STEELERS PLAYER THAT GOES DOWN THERE LOOKING AROUND, WANTING OFFENSIVE PI FLACCO NAVIGATING. LOOK AT THE LOOK AT THE INTENSITY. HE MIGHT BE ZEN ON THE SIDELINES, BUT HE’S BACK THERE IN THE POCKET. HE’S GOT THE EYES OF JUST A LOCKED IN QUARTERBACK LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER. AND THERE’S THE INTENSITY. >> ZAC TAYLOR THE HEAD COACH. THE PLAY CALLER CALLING AN ALMOST PERFECT GAME. FLACCO NOW FOR 237 YARDS, THREE TOUCHDOWNS AND NOT ONLY HERE FOR TEN DAYS, BUT PLAYING TWO GAMES IN FOUR DAYS. INCREDIBLE .>> THIS IS A DESPERATE FOOTBALL TEAM SITTING THERE AT TWO AND FOUR. LIKE YOU SAID, YOU’RE EITHER A GAME AND A HALF OUT OR THREE AND A HALF OUT. HUGE DIFFERENCE. ONLY SEVEN WEEKS IN. >> TO THE ONE YARD LINE. WILLIAMS SPINS TACKLED TO THE 26. WELL, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR NEXT GEN STATS. >> POWERED BY AWS. AND WHAT A NIGHT FOR JAMAAR CHASE. THIS IS THE GUY AGAINST MAN COVERAGE YOU WOULD THINK. HE’S ALWAYS ABLE TO GET OPEN. BUT LOOK EIGHT RECEPTIONS CAREER HIGH 76 YARDS AGAINST MAN COVERAGE. LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS WEEKS QUARTERBACK NOT ABLE TO GET HIM THE BALL. JUST SIX RECEPTIONS. BUT NOW WITH JOE FLACCO BACK THERE THE OFFENSIVE LINE THE RUNNING GAME. THERE’S OPPORTUNITIES. AND BOY THEY CASH IT IN. >> HEY SING IT BACK. HEY, HEY, HEY. >> SO RODGERS AND COMPANY DOWN BY TEN. START FROM THE 27. >> 19. >> TOSS WARREN ON A ROOM ACROSS THE 50 AND TWO BENGALS TERRITORY. CARTER MAKING THE STOP SO NEITHER TEAM COMING IN HAD A RUNNING GAME. NOW BOTH DO. >> AND YOU GOT ALL THREE TIGHT ENDS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. AND THEY GET A HAT ON A HAT. WATCH THESE THREE DO THEIR JOBS. JONNU SMITH 8188 FREIERMUTH 80 DARNELL WASHINGTON YOU BREAK ONE TACKLE, YOU GOT A LOT OF SPACE THERE FOR, FOR WARREN TO PICK UP HUGE YARDS ON FIRST AND TEN. >> 37 YARDS. WARREN HAS NOW GAINED 119 YARDS TONIGHT ON THE GROUND. >> EIGHT 5555. A. GO. >> QUICK THROW TO THE OUTSIDE. FREIERMUTH STAYS IN BOUNDS. HAS THE FIRST DOWN AND A FEW MORE. OUT WITH. >> JONNU SMITH AND DARNELL WASHINGTON AND EVEN CONNOR HEYWARD MAKING PLAYS IN RECENT WEEKS. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT PAT FREIERMUTH AND WHAT THIS GUY CAN DO, AND WITH A LACK OF RECEIVERS WITH CALVIN AUSTIN DOWN, LOOK WHAT THIS GUY CAN DO. DON’T FORGET ABOUT 88 FOR A TEAM THAT NEEDS HELP. BESIDES DK METCALF BOY 88 IS STEPPING UP TONIGHT. >> AND ONLY ONE START THIS SEASON. JUGGLED BY RODGERS WHEN HE GETS IT AWAY. GOES BACK TO 88 AGAIN. SECOND DOWN. >> YOU KNOW FOR A TEAM THAT YOU WOULD LOOK AT AND THINK OK HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT BACK WITHOUT A LOT OF RECEIVERS FOR AARON RODGERS TO THROW TO? THEY’RE STICKING TO THEIR GUNS. ART SMITH, THE OFFENSIVE CO-ORDINATOR AND PLAY CALLER. TOSS SWEEP INTO THE BOUNDARY. GREAT BLOCKS. HUGE YARDS. COUPLE PASSES TO FREIERMUTH AND THEY’RE INSIDE THE RED ZONE. BLINK OF AN EYE QUICKLY. >> 55. STARTING AT. >> THEIR OWN 27. DRIVE TWO MINUTES OLD AT THIS POINT. SECOND DOWN AND NINE. QUICK THROW TO THE OUTSIDE. METCALF SPUN DOWN, TAKES IT TO THE 12 YARD LINE TACKLED BY OREN BURKS. >> THE EMOTION THE TIGHT END. YOU GET A COUPLE TIGHT ENDS OUT IN FRONT OF THE BIG DK METCALF HAS GOTTEN SO MANY OF HIS YARDS AFTER THE CATCH THIS YEAR. YOU THINK ABOUT HIM AS A VERTICAL THREAT IN HIS DAYS IN SEATTLE, BUT HIS FIRST YEAR, THIS FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON IN PITTSBURGH HAS BEEN A LOT OF YARDS AFTER THE CATCH AND QUICK THROWS. >> THAT’S HIS FIRST CATCH SINCE THE FIRST QUARTER. THIRD DOWN FOR. GO RODGERS QUICK THROW CAUGHT. THAT’S GOING TO BE A FIRST DOWN. GOES TO THE BIG MAN WASHINGTON. FIRST AND GOAL. >> DARNELL WASHINGTON MOVES FROM THE RIGHT TO THE LEFT. WHAT I WANT YOU TO NOTICE WHEN HE MOVES IS WATCH THE LINEBACKER RIGHT HERE. LOOKS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED. THAT’S OREN BURKS. HE LOOKS TO THE OUTSIDE LIKE HE THINKS HE HAS HELP FROM A SAFETY, BUT THERE’S NOBODY THERE. >> FIRST AND GOAL FROM THE FOUR. GIVE IT TO WARREN AND WARREN. STILL GOING. THEN THEY PUSH HIM BACK FORWARD. PROGRESS. WE’LL SEE WHERE THEY MARK IT. PROBABLY AROUND THE TWO YARD LINE. IT’LL BE SECOND AND GOAL. YOU KNOW. >> JAYLEN WARREN YOU THINK OF NAJEE HARRIS IS A BIG POWERFUL BACK. HE’S NOW OF COURSE WITH THE CHARGERS WARREN FIVE EIGHT 215 POUNDS SHORT LOW CENTER OF GRAVITY. BUT BOY HE RUNS HARD. BEHIND THAT OFFENSIVE LINE THERE WASN’T MUCH PUSH UP FRONT, BUT HE JUST KEPT MOVING HIS LEGS AND GOT SOME POSITIVE YARDS THERE. HE’S RUN. >> FOR 121 TONIGHT. WARREN AND GAINWELL BACK THERE. SECOND AND GOAL COMING IN A TIGHT FORMATION. PLAY FAKE THROWS AND THAT’S HAULED IN BY THE BIG MAN WASHINGTON. THAT DIDN’T TAKE LONG. MAKES IT A ONE POSSESSION GAME AGAIN ON A DRIVE THAT TOOK LESS THAN FOUR MINUTES FROM THEIR OWN 27 YARD LINE. >> GOOD JOB OF NAVIGATING THROUGH THERE BY DARNELL WASHINGTON BUT HONESTLY JAYLEN WARREN, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE JOB HE DID AS A RUNNER. THIS IS WHAT I TALK ABOUT, ABOUT PHYSICALITY, WHAT HE DOES WITHOUT THE BALL. BOOM. THAT’S AGAINST A ROOKIE SHEMAR STEWART AND A GOOD JOB OF JUST KIND OF GETTING HIDDEN THERE BETWEEN THE BACKERS BY THE 300 POUND TIGHT END. IF YOU CAN DO THAT, >> BOSWELL MAKES IT 27 TO 24. THE CINCINNATI BENGALS UP BY THREE.E WAS RIGHT. >> 25 OF 36 WITH 237 AND THREE. >> THAT BALL WAS SKID INTO THE END ZONE JUGGLED THERE BY TAHJ BROOKS COME OUT TO THE 20. >> YEAH IT’S MAYBE HE SAW THIS COMING I THINK IT’S JUST A RESPECT THAT HE HAS FOR NOT JUST JOE FLACCO BUT THE RECEIVERS THAT JOE FLACCO IS GOING TO BE THROWING THE FOOTBALL TO. RIGHT. >> YOU KNOW THE WHOLE LEAGUE HAS BECOME A QUARTERBACK RESURRECTION TOUR RIGHT. WE KNOW ABOUT MAYFIELD. WE KNOW ABOUT DARNOLD RIGHT. YOU KNOW IN A WAY RODGERS YOU KNOW NOW BACK TO YOU KNOW KIND OF GREEN BAY FOR HIM FLACCO YEAH. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE A COMEBACK. >> EVEN A YOUNG MAC JONES WITH OPPORTUNITY HE’S HAD IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> EXACTLY RIGHT DANIEL JONES ANY JONES FROM THE 20 YARD LINE CHASE BROWN AVOIDS A TACKLE, PICKS UP A FIRST DOWN. >> IT’S TIME FOR EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS. PRESENTED BY GE. TIME TO THROW. LET’S KEEP AN EYE ON THIS BECAUSE WE KNEW ABOUT AARON RODGERS AND WHAT HE COULD DO GETTING THE BALL OUT FAST. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WHEN YOU GET THE BALL OUT LIKE THIS IT’S RECOGNITION OF COVERAGE. BEING ABLE TO FIND THE MATCH-UPS. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES THE OFFENSIVE LINE HAS HAD TO DO THEIR JOB AND GIVE HIM TIME, BUT BOY, HE HAS DONE A SUCH A GOOD JOB OF FINDING, ESPECIALLY WHEN JAMAAR CHASE IS ISOLATED ONE ON ONE. THE BALL IS OUT IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. >> FAKE TO BROWN FLACCO ROLLS, THROWS, HITS HIS MAN. NOAH FAN BEYOND MIDFIELD TACKLE TO THE 44 NOAH FAN TACKLED BY JOEY PORTER. >> AND MITCHELL TINSLEY OFF TO THE RIGHT. CLEARS OUT THE SAFETY IN THE CORNERS AND THEN YOU GOT A MATCH-UP RIGHT THERE WITH TJ WATT. USUALLY I TAKE THAT BACK. JACK JACK SAWYER ON THE EDGE THERE. HIS EYES ARE IN THE BACKFIELD THINKING ABOUT WHAT HAS HE GOT TO DO TO GET TO THE QUARTERBACK. HE’S NOT WORRIED ABOUT COVERAGE AND WITH THE BACK END TAKEN DOWNFIELD, THERE’S JUST A TON OF ROOM THERE AND A HECK OF A CALL THERE ON FIRST AND TEN. >> BRADY. >> INSIDE TEN MINUTES IN THE FOURTH. FLACCO HAS TIME HAS THAT ONE TIPPED INCOMPLETE JACK SAWYER CAME IN TIPPED IT SECOND DOWN TO CALEB WE GO. >> SO GUYS I ASKED QUARTERBACK COACH BRAD KRAGTHORPE FOR THE BENGALS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE MOMENT SINCE JOE FLACCO GOT TO TOWN LAST TUESDAY. HE SAID IT WAS LAST WEDNESDAY AT PRACTICE LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER THAT TRADE. THEY GAVE FLACCO ABOUT 30 PLAYS TO RUN AT THAT PRACTICE AND HE DID IT WITHOUT PAUSE, KRAGTHORPE SAID. THAT’S WHEN YOU’RE REMINDED HE’S BEEN IN THE LEAGUE FOR 18 YEARS. >> 18 PRETTY GOOD YEARS, TWO SUPER BOWL, 2012 SUPER BOWL MVP THAT YEAR, QUICK THROW TO THE OUTSIDE. IT’S SLOW, BUT IT’S CAUGHT BY JA’MARR CHASE YOU THINK BACK TO FLACCO IN THAT 2012 SEASON, HE HAD A PRETTY GOOD REGULAR SEASON. I THINK HE HAD 22 TOUCHDOWN PASSES AND TEN INTERCEPTIONS IN THE PLAY-OFFS IN THE FOUR GAMES, 11 TOUCHDOWN PASSES, NO INTERCEPTIONS AND. >> ALWAYS BEEN A STRENGTH OF HIS. BUT AGAIN, I THINK I DON’T THINK ANYONE DOUBTS OH YEAH, HE’S BEEN AROUND FOR THIS 19TH YEAR. IT’S JUST HOW TOUGH IT IS TO ADJUST TO A NEW OFFENSE WITH NEW PLAYERS AND TO BE ABLE TO PLAY ON TIME IS WHAT I THINK YOU HAVE TO JUST REALLY MARVEL AT. >> SO ON THAT NOTE, MOST RECEPTIONS TO A WIDE RECEIVER IN HIS CAREER AND HERE’S ANOTHER 114 CATCHES FOR JA’MARR CHASE SPINNING TO THE 24 YARD LINE AT 17. >> TARGETS TONIGHT. THAT’S THE MOST BY ANY PLAYER IN THE NFL ALL YEAR. AND HE GETS EVERYTHING. HE’S GOT BALL SKILLS. WE SAW THAT IN THE PREVIOUS PLAY BUT HE’S A RUNNING BACK AFTER THE CATCH. YOU KNOW HE CAN GO DOWNFIELD VERTICALLY. YOU CAN THROW IT TO HIM UNDERNEATH. AND NOW HE BOUNCES OFF IT. THAT’S PATRICK QUEEN THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER THAT HE JUST BOUNCED OFF OF. HE KIND OF RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO SAY ABOUT JAMAR CHASE. THAT’S HIS 18TH TARGET. HE’S JUST HE’S THAT GUY. >> AND 14 CATCHES. 24 IN A GAME THAT’S TURNING INTO A TRACK MEET THAT’S BROWN AND BROWN IS NOW OVER 100 YARDS. A GUY WHO CAME IN AVERAGING 2.7 YARDS PER CARRY HAS NOW RUN FOR 106 YARDS ON TEN, TOTES MORE THAN TEN YARDS PER CARRY. >> AND GO BACK TO MIKE TOMLIN TALKING TO KAYLEE. WE HAVE TO PLAY BETTER ON FIRST AND TEN. WE GOT TO GET HIM BEHIND THE STICKS. THAT WAS ANOTHER FIRST AND TEN POSITIVE RUN AVERAGING SEVEN YARDS A PLAY ON FIRST AND 1011 YARDS PER RUSH ON FIRST AND TEN. WE’RE GOOD. >> MAGGIE AGGIE AGGIE TAKES SIX. >> SECOND DOWN THREE. SEVEN AND A HALF TO GO IN THE FOURTH SHOWING. BLITZ PICKED UP. FLAG IS THROWN. BROWN FOR A COUPLE. YOU SAW THE FLAG COME IN THAT TIME. QUEEN BLITZING. >> YEAH THAT WAS THE WHOLE WITH QUEEN CREATED THE ROOKIE WHO’S HAD A REALLY GOOD NIGHT. >> HOLDING OFFENSE. NUMBER 74 TEN-YARD PENALTY REPLAY SECOND DOWN. THIS IS ABOUT. >> TIMING OF A BLITZ. YOU CAN’T TELL IN SLO-MO. HE’S COMING FULL SPEED. HE TIMED THAT UP PERFECTLY. AND IT’S REALLY THE ONLY THING RIVERS COULD DO WAS RESPOND WITH THAT LEFT ARM AND HOOK HIM AND THEN BRING HIM DOWN. REMEMBER THE DAYS OF TROY POLAMALU TIMING UP THOSE BLITZES? I’M SURE IF HE’S WATCHING HE’S PROUD OF THAT. BY PATRICK QUEEN. >> FOR SURE. ONLY FOUR PENALTIES TONIGHT AGAINST THE BENGALS MOVES IT BACK TO A SECOND AND 13. FLACCO AND IT’S DROPPED BY CHASE. THAT’S UNACCEPTABLE. THAT’S MAN WHAT THE.>> HECK’S GOING ON.>> MAN BITES DOG. THAT’S THE HEADLINE NOT YOUR DOG. YOU KNOW THIRD AND 13. OH MAN. YEAH WHAT’S WRONG WITH HIM. >> YEAH WHAT’S THE DEAL. HE SAID WAIT A SECOND. >> OH THAT’S PERFECT. LIKE WHAT? >> THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN. >> NOT YOU. WHO’S AN IMPOSTER WEARING NUMBER ONE? >> HEY, YOU GOT RAMSEY IN THE SLOT AGAINST CHASE THIRD. >> AND 13 FLACCO. THAT’S SWATTED AWAY. CROWD WANTS A YELLOW FLAG AND THEY WILL NOT GET IT. HIGGINS THE INTENDED RECEIVER. CORNER COVERING ON THE PLAY.>> I’M GOING TO LET TERRY MAYBE COME IN HERE, BUT WHAT I SEE IS PORTER DOING A GOOD JOB OF IN PHASE AND THEN TURNS AROUND AND BECAUSE HE TURNS AROUND, MAYBE THAT’S WHY HE ALLOWS SOME OF THAT CONTACT GOING BACK AND FORTH. WHAT DO YOU THINK TERRY ?>> YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE HAND FIGHTING BETWEEN BOTH OF THEM. A LITTLE PULL AT THE END. I DON’T THINK IT’S ENOUGH FOR A FOUL. AND IT WASN’T. >> MCPHERSON NOW A 45 YARDER TO MAKE IT A SIX-POINT LEAD. AND HE BANGS THAT ONE THROUGH. SO HE HAS NOW MADE THREE TONIGHT I THINK WE’RE SET UP FOR ANOTHER WILD FINISH. RUSL WILSON, WOULD BE THE MEN IN FRONT OF HIM. AND HE’S LOOKING FOR NUMBER 37 TONIGHT. HIS TEAM DOWN BY SIX MCPHERSON TO KICK-OFF WILLIAMS AND GAINWELL SET UP TO RECEIVE. AND THE KICK TO THE TWO YARD LINE. KE’SHAWN WILLIAMS. NICE RUN BACK. HE GOES TO THE 40 YARD LINE WITH 652 LEFT IN THE FOURTH. >> YEAH, PLENTY OF TIME FOR AARON RODGERS. LISTEN, I GREW UP IN SOUTHWEST OHIO. I KNOW HOW CINCINNATI FANS THINK WHETHER IT’S THE REDS OR THE BENGALS THERE IS AN A PERSON AND A WHITE T-SHIRT OR JERSEY THAT ISN’T THINKING ABOUT A WALK TO THEIR CAR WITH A 3130 LOSS. RIGHT NOW. I’M TELLING YOU, I’M GETTING TEXTS FROM CINCINNATI FANS. I HAVE A TEXT CHAIN CALLED PAIN THAT WE ARE A PART OF FOR BEING REDS FANS, AND IT CARRIES OVER INTO THE FALL. >> YOU GOT TO LET THE SUNSHINE IN. COME ON. IT’S A NIGHT GAME. >> I’M JUST SAYING THAT’S WHAT YOU THINK’S GOING TO HAPPEN. MAYBE IT’S A DIFFERENT NIGHT, RIGHT? >> THEY’VE SEEN TOO MUCH THROUGH THE YEARS FROM THE 39 YARD LINE. TOSS IT BACK HERE WARREN. YOU KNOW YOU LOOK AT THE BENGALS THIS SEASON HIGH HOPES THEY WERE GETTING OFF TO SUCH HORRIBLE STARTS THROUGH THE YEARS. NOW THEY GET OFF TO A20 START. BUT OF COURSE THEY LOSE BURROW. SO THE WHOLE TOWN IS NOW DEPRESSED ABOUT THE BENGALS. THEY LOSE FOUR IN A ROW. OH IT’S ANOTHER LOSS YEAR. BUT NOW THERE’S TONIGHT.>> WHAT A NIGHT. CAN THEY FINISH? >> GO SECOND AND SEVEN. >> WHICH WAY. HEY SINGLE 55 SINGLE 55. >> SINGLE 55. >> GO. ANOTHER FLIP HERE .>> SPUN DOWN SETTING UP A THIRD AND FOUR. YOU KNOW I’VE DONE A TON OF PITTSBURGH GAMES THROUGH THE YEARS ON THE ROAD. I’VE NEVER SEEN FEWER VISITING JERSEYS IN A STADIUM THAN I DO TONIGHT. I MEAN IT’S ALL WHITE. YEAH. >> THAT’S A CREDIT TO THESE FANS SHOWING UP. LIKE I SAID THIS IS A DESPERATE FOOTBALL TEAM, A DESPERATE FAN BASE. THEY KNOW WHAT’S AT STAKE TONIGHT WITH THIS FRANCHISE BACKED INTO A CORNER EARLY IN THE YEAR TWO AND FOUR. WELL YOU.>> ARE YOU DO HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM PITTSBURGH BUT IT’S A NIGHT WHEN IT’S HARD FOR THE STEELER QUARTERBACK TO BARK OUT THE SIGNALS. PLAY CLOCK AT TWO. THIRD AND FOUR. INCOMPLETE. FREIERMUTH THE INTENDED RECEIVER. THE COVERAGE IS GOOD. IT’S FOURTH AND FOUR. AND IN COMES THE PUNTING GROUP. >> BEFORE THE SNAP. YOU KNOW AARON RODGERS IS KNOWN FOR GIVING HAND SIGNALS. YOU KNOW JUST SOMETIMES THEY’RE FAKING. SOMETIMES THEY’RE GIVING A REAL SIGNAL. HE TRIED TO GET THAT BALL TO THE INSIDE. OF COURSE HE IS LOCKED IN TO FREIERMUTH AND HIS POTENTIAL TONIGHT HE’S HAD BUT UNABLE TO CONVERT. >> CORLISS WAITMAN TO PUNT. THIS WILL BE HIS SECOND CHARLIE JONES BACK FOR CINCINNATI. GETS IT AWAY. FAIR CATCH CALLED FOR. HE’S GOING TO LET IT BOUNCE AND IT’S GOING TO BE DOWNED AT THE NINE YARD LINE WITH 516 TO PLAY IN A AWS TJ WATT CAME IN WITH BIG EXPECTATIONS TONIGHT. AND I’LL TELL YOU WHAT AMARIUS MIMS DONE A HECK OF A JOB HOLDING UP. THEY’VE USED SOME CHIPS FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE TIGHT END NOAH FAN. THE BACKS HAVE HELPED OUT, BUT HE HAS HAD A QUIET NIGHT. YOU SEE. PASS RUSH SNAPS 32. ONLY ONE PRESSURE, FEWEST IN A GAME ALL YEAR FOR NUMBER 90 BUT STILL A LONG WAY TO GO IN THIS FOOTBALL GAME. IMPORTANT SNAPS COMING UP. CAN HE AS A LEADER ONE OF THE ALPHAS OF THIS DEFENSE MAKE HIS PRESENCE FELT HERE LATE IN THIS GAME. >> AS DAVE JOHNSON WOULD SAY. AND DOWN THE STRETCH WE COME WITH 516 CINCINNATI WITH TWO TIMEOUTS COMING DOWN THE STRETCH. PITTSBURGH IS ALL THREE PASS IS JUGGLED AND INCOMPLETE. CHASE TRIED TO ONE HAND IT COVERED THERE BY BRANDON ECHOLS SECOND AND TEN. >> AND YOU THINK THEY’RE BACKED UP? ZAC TAYLOR IS GOING TO RUN THE FOOTBALL. THEY NEED TO WORK SOME CLOCK AND THEY COME OUT IN THE VERY FIRST PLAY. THEY SEE A ONE ON ONE MATCH-UP AGAINST A BACK-UP CORNER. LOOK AT THE LOCATION OF THAT BALL. PUT IT RIGHT OVER HIS OUTSIDE SHOULDER AND HE ONLY GETS THE ONE HAND UP. BUT HE HAD A CHANCE AT THAT PLAY. AND HOW ABOUT THE AGGRESSIVE NATURE FROM ZAC TAYLOR CLEARLY COACHING TONIGHT TO WIN NOT JUST TO AVOID TRYING NOT TO LOSE. >> CHASE HAS NOW BEEN TARGETED 20 TIMES IN THE GAME 14 CATCHES, SECOND AND TEN. TAKING OFF. LOOK AT THIS GAIN OF 13. AND THE CROWD ROARS AGAIN. YOU KNOW IF YOU’RE. >> GOING TO PULL OFF AN UPSET YOU GOT TO BREAK SOME TENDENCIES. THERE’S NOT A PERSON WATCHING THIS GAME LET ALONE WHO’S ON THE FIELD INCLUDING MIKE TOMLIN. THAT THOUGHT NUMBER 16 IS GOING TO PULL A ZONE READ WITH HIGHSMITH CLOSING DOWN AND PICK UP FIRST DOWN YARDAGE. >> THAT WAS A GREAT SIGN. AND JOE 2.0 WE BELIEVE FOUR AND A HALF TO GO. FLACCO. THROWS THAT ONE PRETTY MUCH AWAY INTENDED THERE FOR CHASE ECHOLS COVERING ON THE PLAY SECOND AND TEN WITH 421 TO GO. >> IF THEY WIN THIS GAME. AND HE JOINS THE POST-GAME SHOW NUMBER ONE, HE’LL KEEP HIS SHIRT ON. NUMBER TWO, THAT’S THE FIRST QUESTION YOU GOT TO ASK ABOUT. I MEAN, HE’S HAD A GREAT NIGHT BUT WHAT A PLAY WHAT A PLAY CALL UNREAL. OH THERE’LL BE A THERE’LL BE AROUND THE SET POST-GAME. OH FOR SURE. >> WE HIRE THOSE PEOPLE. SECOND AND TEN. NO HE DON’T. BURROW UNDER PRESSURE. THEY FINALLY GET TO HIM. FINALLY CAM HEYWARD THE FIRST GUY TO GET IN THERE. TJ. WHAT? ALSO IN THAT PLAY WE. >> JUST TALKED ABOUT, HE HADN’T MADE A PLAY YET, BUT THIS IS WHEN THESE GREAT PLAYERS START TO REALLY TAKE OVER. LOOK AT THE BEND. GREAT HANDS. SUCH A TECHNICIAN. THEY DIDN’T CHIP HIM SO IT FREED HIM UP. HEYWARD COMING THROUGH THE MIDDLE BY TEDDY KARRAS AND BOTH OF THE LEADERS, BOTH OF THEIR LEADERS MAKE A PLAY WHEN THIS DEFENSE NEEDS IT.>> YEAH. TWO GUYS WHO FIGURE TO BOTH WIND UP IN CANTON SOMEDAY. THIRD AND 18. ON THE GROUND. PERINE TACKLED BY BENTON CROWD DIDN’T LIKE IT EITHER. SENSING WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. >> YEAH, AND YOU KNOW HE WAS AGGRESSIVE ON THAT SERIES. BUT WHEN IT DIDN’T WORK OUT, IT’S THIRD AND A LONG WAY TO GO. HE DECIDES TO RUN THE FOOTBALL. THE STEELERS HAVE ALL THREE TIMEOUTS, NOT TO MENTION THE TWO MINUTE WARNING. HE JUST WANTS THAT CLOCK TO WORK DOWN AND TRY TO TAKE IT AS FAR DOWN AS THEY CAN. >> SO REHKOW INTO PUNT HIS THIRD OF THE NIGHT. KE’SHAWN WILLIAMS BACK TO RECEIVE IT. GOOD KICK FIELDED AT THE 25 WILLIAMS HAS ROOM AND BRINGS IT BACK OUT TO ABOUT THE 43 YARD LINE. SO 246 ALL THREE TIMEOUTS. TWO-MINUTE WARNING TON OF TIME I.>> MEAN WHAT A GAME, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE GAME OF BACK AND FORTH. AND CAN YOU ASK FOR MUCH MORE THAN AARON RODGERS IN A NEW UNIFORM WITH A PITTSBURGH STEELERS WITH THEIR FOUR AND ONE TRYING TO HAVE A MAGICAL YEAR? 246 TO GO DOWN SIX CAN NUMBER EIGHT GO DOWN THERE AND TRYING TO WIN THIS FOOTBALL GAME? >> THE BATTLE OF THE AGENT HAS BEEN A BEAUTY. >> RODGERS HAS 36 CAREER. >> STARTS THIS DRIVE AFTER HIS 17 YARD WILLIAMS RETURN FROM THE 42. BACKFIELD. EMPTY RODGERS UNDER PRESSURE. CHASE THROWS TOO HIGH AND INCOMPLETE. WASHINGTON WAS THERE. HE GOT THROUGH HIS HANDS. IT’LL BE SECOND AND TEN.>> NOW YOU GOT TO GIVE SOME CREDIT TO LOGAN WILSON. THIS GUY’S BEEN BENCHED. HE’S THE CAPTAIN OF THE DEFENSE. HE’S BEEN SAT DOWN FOR BARRETT CARTER AND WATCH WHAT 55 DOES RIGHT HERE AGAINST A BIG TIGHT END. DARNELL WASHINGTON KNOWS THE AWARENESS. THE SCRAMBLE HAS HIS HEAD ON A SWIVEL LEFT HAND UP MAKES ONE OF THE BIG PLAYS OF THE NIGHT .>> THE GUY WAS LIMITED TO LIKE 12 SNAPS LAST WEEK. BIG PLAY THERE. SECOND DOWN AND TEN. GAINWELL IN THE BACKFIELD. FOUR-MAN RUSH PASS OVER THE MIDDLE AND IT IS HOLDEN THERE BY WILSON. BUT A FLAG IS DOWN. BACK AT THE 34 YARD LINE. >> OFFENSE NUMBER 77 TEN-YARD PENALTY REPLAY SECOND DOWN. >> LEFT TACKLE BRODERICK JONES. >> THIS IS IRONIC. BRODERICK JONES IS A RIGHT TACKLE IN COLLEGE EVEN LAST YEAR. NOW HE’S PLAYING LEFT TACKLE THIS YEAR AND THERE’S MYLES MURPHY. HE’S BEEN PLAYING LEFT END IN HIS NFL CAREER. HE WAS A TIGHT END IN COLLEGE AT CLEMSON, GOT OFF QUICKLY AND FORCED THAT HOLDING CALL, THIS TIME BY JONES TO PUSH THE STEELERS WAY BACK .>> WAY BACK TO A SECOND AND 20. >> HUSKY HUSKY. >> RODGERS AVOIDS THE SACK DEEP DOWNFIELD, CAUGHT AT THE 35 YARD LINE AND GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE END ZONE IS FREIERMUTH PAT FREIERMUTH 68 YARDS. >> AND HE JUST GOT LOST IN THE BACK END OF COVERAGE. AL. THEY’VE PLAYED SO WELL DEFENSIVELY AND THIS TIME WE KEEP ASKING IF IT’S NOT DK METCALF AND THIS OFFENSE WHO IS GOING TO MAKE A PLAY TO HELP AARON RODGERS IN HIS PASS GAME. YOU KNOW WHO IT’S BEEN TONIGHT PAT FREIERMUTH WHAT A NIGHT. HE’S HAD. >> FOUR CATCHES 106 YARDS FOR A MAN WHO CAME INTO THE GAME WITH EIGHT RECEPTIONS ON THE SEASON. NOW THE ALL-IMPORTANT EXTRA POINT TO GIVE PITTSBURGH THE LEAD 3130. OFF THE FOOT OF BOSWELL. SO RODGERS HAS BROUGHT THEM FROM BEHIND. NOW WE’LL WATCH FLACCO.>> YEAH WATCH THE SAFETY GO OUTSIDE. AND HE JUST CREATES A HUGE SPACE AVOIDING THE ZONE. IT’S JUST AN ERROR. TWO DEFENDERS ON ONE SIDE ALL THE WAY TO THE BOUNDARY. GENO STONE 22 AND DJ TURNER. IT’S JUST A BUST IN COVERAGE. AND WHO BETTER THAN AARON RODGERS EVEN AFTER THE SCRAMBLE, HE’S GOT TO AVOID OSSAI HE SEES HIS EYES MUST HAVE LIT UP WHEN HE SAW HOW BIG OF A VOID HE HAD WITH 88 RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT THROWS THAT ON A LINE. YOU CAN SEE THE REACTION STONE TRIES TO COME BACK TO RECOVER, BUT THERE WAS A BUST ON THE BACK END AND AARON RODGERS ONCE AGAIN RESPONDS BUT LEAVES CINCINNATI WITH AN OFFENSE THAT’S SO DANGEROUS. LED BY NUMBER ONE JA’MARR CHASE WITH A LOT OF TIME. >> MAN, THE EBB AND FLOW OF THIS GAME. >> AND GOOD FOR 88. LIKE I SAID, IT’S BEEN SO MUCH TALK OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS ABOUT DARNELL AND JONNU SMITH AND CONNOR HEYWARD TONIGHT, FREIERMUTH REMINDED HIM WHAT HE CAN DO .>> KUDOS TO OUR CREW. I THINK WE HAVE SOME FANTASTIC REACTION SHOTS TONIGHT. FACIAL EXPRESSIONS OF THE GUYS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE GAME. MEANWHILE, THE RUN BACK HERE IS OUT TO THE 30 YARD LINE BY TAHJ BROOKS. SO THIS IS WHERE FLACCO WHO HAS 29 CAREER COME FROM BEHIND WINS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OR OVERTIME. >> JOE FLACCO HAS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO KIND OF CHASE AWAY THE KIND OF THE HEX THAT HOVER AROUND CINCINNATI. I’M SURE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE SCREAMING AT THEIR TVS RIGHT NOW, BUT USUALLY SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS TO CINCINNATI. THERE’S NO TIME LEFT. BUT HERE HE’S GOT TIME. IT’S A.>> GOOD VERB USE CHASE AWAY THREE. TIME OUT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SIR. >> HANGING OUT WITH YOU ON THESE DINNERS. >> PLEASE. THAT’LL RUIN YOU .>> GREAT DINNER LAST NIGHT. >> OH, THAT WAS TERRIFIC. FANTASTIC. SO FIRST AND TEN. WE HAVE A. OFFICIALS TIMEOUT. AS ESTROGEN NOW STARTS FROM THE 30 YARD LINE AND THAT PASS IS CAUGHT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE 41 YARD LINE. CHASE STAYS IN BOUNDS PICKS UP ANOTHER COUPLE TACKLE THERE BY PORTER. THAT’S GOING TO TAKE US TO THE TWO MINUTE WARNING. IT’LL BE FIRST DOWN AT THEIR OWN PICK FROM. MEANWHILE, CINCINNATI AT THE 45 YARD LINE. BENGALS WITH TWO TIMEOUTS, TWO MINUTES TO GO IN REGULATION FLACCO SIDEARMS. IT CHASE AGAIN AND CHASE WILL TAKE IT INSIDE THE 40 AND THAT IS 16 CATCHES FOR HIM. A NEW BENGALS TEAM RECORD. >> WHILE ALL TIMES CONFUSION BY EMOTION. WATCH TEE HIGGINS MOVE AND WATCH PATRICK QUEEN THE LEADER OF THIS DEFENSE, THERE’S CONFUSION. THERE’S CONFUSION. SEE HIM POINTING A LOT OF CONFUSION. AND THAT’S WHY JA’MARR CHASE ENDS UP BEING FREED UP. THE MOTION THERE WITH T HIGGINS PATRICK QUEEN TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE REALLY. JUST LIKE CINCINNATI’S DEFENSE. A TOUGH TIME TO HAVE A BUST. >> THE WHEELS ARE SPINNING NOW ON BOTH SIDELINES. STRATEGY IS GOING TO BE GIGANTIC HERE ONCE THEY GET INTO FIELD GOAL RANGE. THEY’RE PRETTY CLOSE RIGHT NOW. NOW IF YOU’RE PITTSBURGH YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO TAKE A TIMEOUT. >> YEAH THEY’VE GOT TO USE THEIR TIMEOUTS. THEY’VE GOT TO USE ALL THREE OF THEM HERE. THEY USE THEIR FIRST ONE. >> FIRST IS LONG. THE SEASON IS 50 YARDS 147. >> CINCINNATI WILL RUN THE BALL TWO MORE TIMES. PITTSBURGH HAS GOT TO STOP THEM FROM GETTING TO THAT FIRST DOWN MARKER, WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO GET THE FOOTBALL BACK, BUT IT WILL SET UP EVAN MCPHERSON WITH A WITH HIS LEG STRENGTH. IT WILL BE A VERY MAKEABLE POTENTIAL. GO SCORE. >> I’LL SAY LEG STRENGTH. I MEAN DON’T FORGET THAT’S 67 YARDS. BUT TIME-OUT HAS BEEN CALLED BY MATT LAFLEUR. OTHERWISE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A NEW NFL RECORD. TRYING IT AGAIN AND MISSED IT. SO THE STEELERS LED BY TEN IN THE SECOND BENGALS LED BY TEN THREE SECONDS INTO THE FOURTH. PITTSBURGH UP BY ONE. SECOND DOWN AND EIGHT. FLACCO DOWN THE SIDELINE CAUGHT AND SLIDING TO A STOP AT THE SIX IS HIGGINS BRILLIANT. JUST BRILLIANT. COULD HAVE GONE IN BUT THIS WAY HE STOPS THE CLOCK. 137 FORCES PITTSBURGH TO USE ITS TIMEOUTS AND SETS UP WHAT COULD BE A GAME WINNING FIELD GOAL. >> GREAT CALL AL. I’M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU. TIGHT COVERAGE PULLS AWAY LATE AND THEN RIGHT THERE THE VETERAN PRESENCE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE HE WAS ON THE FIELD. WHAT’S GOING ON WITH THE GAME CLOCK AND WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. SLIDES DOWN, PROTECTS THE BALL, MAKES PITTSBURGH USE THEIR SECOND TIMEOUT. AS YOU SAID I LOVE THE WORD BRILLIANT DECISION BY TEE HIGGINS TREMENDOUS. >> MAKES THE CATCH CAN GET INTO THE END ZONE. UNDERSTANDS EXACTLY WHAT’S HAPPENING. FORCES PITTSBURGH TO USE A TIMEOUT. THEY’VE GOT ONE AND MCPHERSON GETTING READY FOR WHAT HE HOPES IS A GAME WINNING FIELD GOAL.>> AND FOR ALL YOU YOUNG RECEIVERS THAT WANT YOUR CLIP OR YOUR MOMENT, YOU TAKE AWAY THE SELFISH APPROACH AND YOU REALIZE, YEAH, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT FOR HIM TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN THERE, BUT IT WOULD HURT THE TEAM AND GIVEN AARON RODGERS THE BALL BACK WITH TIME, INSTEAD HE SLIDES DOWN AND MAKES A GREAT CALL RIGHT. >> TACKLE PUT IT BETWEEN THE HASH MARKS THAT WILL FORCE PITTSBURGH TO USE THAT FINAL TIMEOUT. SECOND AND GOAL RUN A COUPLE OF PLAYS, BRING MCPHERSON IN AND WHO KNOWS. YOU WERE. >> TALKING ABOUT WHO’S GOING TO BE ON THAT SET. HOW MANY SEATS DO THEY HAVE. >> I’LL TELL YOU WHAT. >> THEY MAY. I MEAN HIGGINS MADE IT MIGHT HAVE JUST MADE THE LIST WITH THAT PLAY.>> HE JUST WANT A SEAT AT THE TABLE EVEN THOUGH HIS COUNTERPART SCORED 16 PASSES TONIGHT FOR 161 YARDS. SO MUCH AT STAKE IN THIS GAME. >> FOR CINCINNATI. SITTING THERE AT TWO AND FOUR WITHOUT JOE BURROW. YOU BRING JOE FLACCO IN A GREAT SECOND HALF LAST WEEK AGAINST GREEN BAY. AND NOW WITH A SHOT MAYBE TO TAKE DOWN THE DIVISION LEADER. >> FLACCO BUYS A COUPLE OF EXTRA SECONDS BEFORE HE TAKES THE KNEEL DOWN THERE. FLACCO. MEANWHILE, 342 PASSING YARDS, THREE TOUCHDOWNS. >> BUT THIS SECOND HALF THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY ANSWERS. CINCINNATI PUTS PUTS A SCORE UP. YOU’RE THINKING, OH, THEY’RE PULLING AWAY. PITTSBURGH COMES RIGHT BACK WITH A TOUCHDOWN THEMSELVES CINCINNATI GOES UP AGAIN PITTSBURGH COMES BACK. HE’S JUST BACK AND FORTH. THIS IS WHAT YOU LOVE TO SEE ON A THURSDAY NIGHT. THESE DIVISIONAL MATCH-UPS. >> RODGERS HAS THROWN FOUR TOUCHDOWN PASSES TONIGHT. ALL OF THEM ALL OF THEM TO TIGHT ENDS. AND NOW THE BENGALS WILL TAKE A TIME OUT USING ALL OF THAT CLOCK. WHEN TO RUN IT DOWN AS FAR AS THE ACADEMY THEY’RE ALREADY STARTING TO SMILE. BUT THE I DON’T HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE CRAZY KICKS THIS YEAR. OH YEAH, YOU WANT TO PUT THE KIBOSH ON ANYBODY? JUST BRINGING UP A FACT. >> WELL, THE KIBOSH IS JUST 3130 THAT I BROUGHT UP ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO. RIGHT. AND IT HAS A CHANCE TO JOE FLACCO’S IN TOWN AND HE’S SAYING NAH .>> HE’S GOING TO BLAME YOU. SO PITTSBURGH TRYING TO AVOID GOING TO FOUR AND TWO AND HAVING ONLY A ONE AND A HALF GAME LEAD. JOE FLACCO FINDS A COUPLE OF EXTRA SECONDS. HE’LL GO TO THE BENCH. MCPHERSON AND HIS GANG WILL COME OUT AND TRY TO SALT THIS ONE AWAY. AND THEY HAVE. >> THE LAST TIME OUT. THEY CAN WALK AND WALK IT ALL THE WAY DOWN. DON’T HAVE TO FEEL ANY KIND OF RUSH AT ALL. DOWN TO ABOUT 11 SECONDS. JOE FLACCO IS PLAYING FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWNS, A RIVAL OF THE BENGALS. HE’S DOWN THERE LEADING THIS TEAM YELLING ON THE SIDELINE. >> FINAL TIMEOUT BY THE BENGALS. BEING A LEADER. >> AND THEN HE GOT BENCHED WHEN GABRIEL TOOK OVER. HERE HE IS. >> 31 OF 47 TONIGHT. AMAZING 342 AND THREE TOUCHDOWNS. AND I THINK BEYOND THAT HIS PRESENCE AND HIS LEADERSHIP WHEN HE WALKED INTO THE BUILDING WITH THE GUY IN THE HAT WITH THE HAT ON BACKWARDS DOWN IT GAVE HIM HOPE. IT GAVE HIM A BELIEF. IT AFFECTED THE DEFENSE. IT AFFECTED THE SPECIAL TEAMS. IT AFFECTED THE COACHING. EVERYBODY BELIEVED WITH HIM HERE. >> HERE WE GO. FROM 36. SNAP. GOOD HOLD, GOOD KICK. GOOD. WHAT A NIGHT. STILL SEVEN SECONDS ON THE CLOCK. BUT FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES THE CINCINNATI BENGALS ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF HERE WITH A WIN. WHAT A JOB BY ZAC TAYLOR. >> THESE LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE BEEN TOUGH FOR ZACH TAYLOR FOR THE BENGALS. THE SEASONS THAT THEY’VE HAD, SOME OF THE INJURIES THAT HAVE OCCURRED, THE SLOW STARTS THAT HAVE GONE ON. ZACH TAYLOR HAS JUST KIND OF SAT IN THE POCKET AND TAKEN IT AND KEPT BELIEVING THAT THIS TEAM CAN DIG THEMSELVES OUT OF IT AND DOWN 31 TO 30 AND THINKING, OK, SAME OLD, SAME OLD JOE FLACCO LEADS THEM RIGHT DOWN AND GIVES ONE OF THE BEST KICKERS IN THE LEAGUE A CHANCE TO PUT HIM UP. AND JOE BURROW WANTS TO SEE WHAT REACTIONS. >> ON BOTH SIDES IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES. >> MOST IMPORTANT THING HERE IS TO GET THIS BALL EITHER INTO THE LANDING ZONE OR INTO THE END ZONE. YOU DON’T WANT TO GIVE AARON RODGERS A CHANCE. NOPE. FOUR CAREER HAIL MARYS, MOST IN NFL >> HISTORY. HE’S THROWN A FEW, EVEN THREW A HAIL MARY IN A PLAY-OFF GAME AT ARIZONA A FEW YEARS BACK. SO THIS WILL BE THE 35. MEANWHILE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU’RE THE BENGALS ALL OF A SUDDEN FOUR LOSSES. BUT YOU BRING FLACCO IN THEIR NEXT TWO GAMES. BOTH HERE JETS AND THE CHICAGO WOW .>> ISN’T IT INCREDIBLE WHAT A WIN AGAINST THE DIVISION LEADER I MEAN THIS COULD BE A SPRINGBOARD. IT’S NOT JUST TO GET YOU TO THREE AND FOUR IN A GAME AND A HALF BEHIND THE STEELERS. YOU GOT SOME MOMENTUM. YOU GOT JOE FLACCO ROLLING. YOU GOT THE SCHEDULE. YOU JUST MENTIONED BOTH GAMES AT HOME. WHAT IT’S AMAZING WHAT ONE GAME CAN DO TO CHANGE THE COMPLEXION OF YOUR APPROACH AND THE DIRECTION OF YOUR SEASON. >> ONE GAME ONE GUY. SEVEN SECONDS. YOU GOT METCALF DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. YOU RUN THE LATERAL PLAY WILL TRY. WELL THEY’RE GOING TO TRY TO GET IT OUT OF BOUNDS FIRST AND THEY DO WITH THREE SECONDS. SO PAT FREIERMUTH HAS HAD SOME KNIGHT PICKS UP FIVE. HE WAS TRYING TO GIVE AARON RODGERS. >> GET HIM A LITTLE CLOSER BEFORE HE THROWS IT UP THERE TO DK METCALF HE AND FREIERMUTH WELL THAT’S THE 6060. >> YARDS FROM THE END ZONE. >> 2121 METCALF BY HIMSELF TO THE RIGHT UP TO THE TOP. YEAH. MOVE MOVE GO! RODGERS SPINNING. WINDING UP AS FAR AS HE CAN. THROW IT INTO THE END ZONE. WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE? KNOCKED DOWN. DJ IVEY KNOCKS IT AWAY. NEVER A DULL MOMENT IN THIS ONE. WOO! WHAT A GAME. >> YOU KNOW THE GUY THAT HAS THE MOST HAIL MARYS IN THE HISTORY OF THE NFL JUST THREW THAT THING UP PERFECTLY. 60 YARDS. EVERYBODY HOLDING THEIR BREATH. >> AMAZING. JUST AMAZING. WELL, THE ICY HOT BOWL, WHATEVER YOU WANTED TO CALL THIS GAME TONIGHT, IT WAS WILD. AND THERE WAS JOE BURROW SAYING HELLO TO AARON RODGERS. >> SO YOU GOT THREE GUYS WAY BACK THERE DROPPING EIGHT GUYS IN COVERAGE. THERE’S RODGERS THROWS IT ABOUT 6570 YARDS. STILL THROWING IT A LONG WAY. BUT WHAT A JOB OF LOCATING THE FOOTBALL. NEVER A DOUBT WITH DJ IVEY. >> CROWD HOLDING HIS BREATH AT THAT POINT. >> HE’S DONE IT SO MANY TIMES. LOOK AT 38 HIGH POINTS HIT AND JUST KNOCKS IT STRAIGHT DOWN. >> METCALF WAS DOWN THERE, CROWD CHANTING HOWDY, HOWDY! WELL, THAT’S THE SECOND TIME WE’VE SEEN FLACCO DO THIS ON A THURSDAY NIGHT. HE DID IT IN CLEVELAND A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. DOES IT TONIGHT. WHAT A BALL GAME. TREMENDOUS. >> WE’VE HAD LIKE YOU SAID, WE’VE HAD WE’VE HAD A HECK OF A RUN. >> AND TEE HIGGINS ON A BRILLIANT PLAY MAKING SURE THAT THE