Steelers

The emotional rollercoaster

Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.

What happened

K.Dugger's 73-yard pick-six off J.Flacco flipped the game open in the third, and M.Rudolph's two short completions to D.Washington and R.Wilson kept the foot down. The defensive plan on Chase clearly worked, J.Warren's 35-yard run set an early tone, and beating J.Flacco never gets old. Still, the lingering note on the card is that M.Rudolph is once again the reason a home Bengals game didn't go sideways — comforting and unsettling in equal measure.

What fans said

• “I personally liked the game plan of not letting Chase catch a billion passes”

  u/nh171995▲ 334joy

• “I think I'm gonna rewatch that a few dozen times.”

  u/joshschmitton▲ 230joy

• “it just feels good to beat Joe Flacco”

  u/SandorClegane88▲ 208joy

• “the second time Rudolph has saved the season at home against the Bengals”

  u/SteelPenguin947▲ 189pride

• “defense has been night and day since the duggar trade.”

  u/anotveryseriousman▲ 168pride

• “It will be a travesty if Slay takes the field in place of him, but I'm sure it will happen.”

  u/Praxician94▲ 94frustration

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