Flacco and the Bengals played with poise Cincinnati's offense hadn't shown since Burrow exited the team's Week 2 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The 40-year-old veteran demonstrated great chemistry with Ja'Marr Chase (16 catches,

Week 7 gets started with an AFC North clash between the division-leading Pittsburgh Steelers (4-1) and the second-place Cincinnati Bengals (2-4) at Paycor Stadium. The Steelers come into this game having won three in a row, while the Bengals have lost their past four.

So far this season, Rodgers is outperforming Flacco on the stats sheet. Rodgers is eighth in the NFL with a 105.4 passer rating (Flacco 34th at 67.0), ninth with 10 TD passes and 3 interceptions (Flacco 4 TD passes, 6 interceptions), and 12th with a 68.8 completion percentage (Flacco 59.5).

The Steelers' porous defense was the key culprit for their loss to the Bengals during their Thursday Night Football game.

One headline that roared Friday morning in the Cincinnati Enquirer summarized most of what those in Ohio’s third-largest city were saying after the Cincinnati Bengals defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers the night before at Paycor Stadium: How Joe Flacco saved the Bengals’ season in win over Steelers.

On both sides of the ball, Pittsburgh (4-2, 1-0) played with an edge that powered its 22nd consecutive regular-season home win over Cleveland. The victory also kept the Steelers atop the AFC North ahead of the Bengals, Ravens and Browns. Conversely, the loss dropped Cleveland to 1-5 overall and 0-3 in AFC North play.