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The Bengal's answer to the Steelers' pick-six was a pick-six.
Minkah Fitzpatrick intercepts Joe Burrow late in the first half, but on the next play, Mike Hilton comes up with a pick-six. (0:35)
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Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers' offense were down three scores with 30 seconds to go in the first half when they tried to recover the onside kick.
Mike Hilton, a former Pittsburgh defensive back, picked off Roethlisberger and ran it back 24 yards for a touchdown, as the CincinnatiBengals beat the PittsburghSteelers 41-10).
More than halfway through the season, it is becoming clear what is happening. The flaws of the Steelers have become more and more exposed every week, and they are almost certainly going to be dethroned.
"It's a big change of the guard, in our opinion, of the rivalry between the two teams," he said. It's giving us a lot of confidence and guys are excited to see how the rest of the season goes.
One of the players who had disappeared beneath the entrance yelled "It's our f---ing division!" as the team ran into their locker room.
The mood was somber on the other side of the stadium.
T.J. Watt was upset with himself and the defense for not stopping the ground attack. Joe Mixon set a career high with 165 rushing yards before the fourth quarter even started.
Watt said that it wasn't something they were proud of. You don't want to have that feeling after a game. We put it on tape and now we have to own it and move forward, knowing that everyone will see what happened today and what we can expect in the future. We have to stop this before it becomes a bigger issue than it is.
We can't keep playing like this. It's embarrassing.
In the regular season, the Cincinnati Bengals swept the Pittsburgh Steelers for the first time since 2009, and they also scored more points against them than the other team. It was the second-biggest score differential against the Pittsburgh team, trailing only the 2006 Baltimore Ravens team that scored 51. It was the most one-sided loss since the Eagles beat the Steelers 34-3 in the 2016 season.
"It's alarming, it is," coach Mike Tomlin said of his defense giving up so many points. We're not trying to be cool. We don't play football like that, but we have been for a couple of weeks, so some adjustments need to be made.
The loss on Sunday came on the heels of a fourth-quarter comeback against the Los Angeles Clippers, but the line of scrimmage couldn't control the game. The Cleveland Browns'vaunted ground attack was held to 96 yards by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Watt said that they're not doing a good enough job. Everyone has to look at the film and watch themselves critically to figure out how to stop it.
The defense was the worst since he was drafted by the team, according to defensive captain Cameron Heyward.
He said he was probably going to say yes. I don't look at the past. I can't do anything about the present. If we do what we did today, we won't win another game.
The Steelers couldn't stop the run game, but they did manage to get their own going with 51 yards on 15 attempts. Najee Harris was held to 23 yards on eight carries, his worst output of the season.
"They won the game mano-a-mano component of play too much," he said.
With the loss, the Steelers are now at the bottom of the division and in danger of missing the playoffs with games against the Ravens, Minnesota Vikings, Tennessee Titans and Kansas City Chiefs on the horizon.
"It's tough because you're getting into crunch time," Roethlisberger said after the loss. Division opponent. You want to play good football, but you don't. We have another one next week, so you have to move on. I don't know what happened, but the AFC is open. We didn't do ourselves any favors, but there are still six left. How can we bounce back?
"That's going to be the key."
Ben Baby is a Staff Writer for the sports network.
