The Steelers are coming off a morale-crushing road loss to the Cleveland Browns last week where nothing seemed to go quite right. Several key players, including JuJu Smith-Schuster and Diontae Johnson, were knocked out of the game with injuries while Mason Rudolph crumbled under pressure in the 4th quarter.
Today marks a chance for a desperately-needed fresh start for Pittsburgh. They couldn’t ask for a more favorable matchup than playing against perhaps the league’s worst team. The 0-10 Bengals currently have the 32nd ranked defense by a wide margin, and they are starting a rookie 4th round pick at quarterback.