Bengals' last ditch effort falls short at rainy Heinz

PITTSBURGH _ The Steelers took Game One Sunday at Heinz Field in a 24-16 victory by throttling a stagnant Bengals offense that never got a foothold at rainy and slippery Heinz Field until the final desperate minutes.Hampered all day by a Steelers defense that basically took away the deep ball with a two deep safety zone and a four-man rush most of the day, Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton hurried up underneath the zone trailing, 24-9, with a seven-for-seven drive capped off by running back Giovani Bernard’s 25-yard catch-and-run for a TD that cut it to 24-16 with 3:25 left.

And with the Bengals driving for a chance to tie it from the Steelers 39 on the first play after the two-minute warning,…