They say you should throw the records out when it comes to divisional play, because funny things can happen. Sure, they happen in non-divisional games as well, but perhaps in part because of volume, it seems to happen between rivals at an elevated rate.
Such as being bested by a backup nobody expects to win. We know the Pittsburgh Steelers have had their handful of losses to unusual backups. They’ve also had backups win games. But they risk back-to-back embarrassing losses to inexperienced backups this week if they fall to the Cincinnati Bengals.
While Jake Browning is not a rookie, he had never played in a game before this season.