There is still a multi-game gap between Pittsburgh and the rest of the teams, but Cincinnati gave itself a newfound shot by beating the division leaders 33-31 on Thursday night. the Bengals are currently second in the North, two games back of Pittsburgh in the loss column.

The Pittsburgh Steelers made a notable personnel change on the offensive side of the football against the Cincinnati Bengals. Instead of using Scotty Miller as the starter with Calvin Austin III out, they turned to Roman Wilson, who far outsnapped the rest of the wide receivers.