CINCINNATI — Joe Flacco is looking to lead the Cincinnati Bengals to victory over their AFC North rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers, in Thursday Night Football at Paycor Stadium.
Cincinnati is up 27-17 in the fourth quarter.
A 5-yard pass from Flacco to Noah Fant brought the Bengals right back to a 10-point lead.
Rodgers threw his second touchdown of the game, a 19-yard pass to Pat Freiermuth.
Cincinnati's DJ Turner was taken off the field with an injury in the third quarter. The Bengals said in a social media post he is expected to return.
Bengals' kicker Evan McPherson's 23-yard field goal made it a 10-point game with eight minutes to go in the third.
McPherson also widened Cincinnati's lead with a 49-yard field goal in the last two seconds of the first half that secured their lead heading into the second half.
With less than a minute left in the first half, Bengals' DJ Turner intercepted Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers' pass intended for DK Metcalf.
Flacco's 29-yard pass to Higgins finally secured the Bengals' lead after they trailed Pittsburgh for most of the first half.
Rodgers' pass intended for Metcalf was intercepted by Cincinnati's Jordan Battle with four minutes to go in the second quarter.
Flacco's short pass to Chase got the Bengals on the board with minutes until halftime.
Steelers' Chris Boswell's 41-yard field goal in the second quarter grew the lead that Pittsburgh cemented early on in the game.
In the first quarter, Rodgers' 10-yard touchdown pass to Jonnu Smith put Pittsburgh on the board first just a few minutes in.
Tonight's matchup marks only the third regular-season game in NFL history between 40-year-old starting quarterbacks.
Burrow, still out with a turf toe injury, was in attendance tonight wearing a headset and a boot on his left foot.
WCPO 9 will have postgame coverage.
The Bengals face off against the New York Jets next on Oct. 26 at Paycor.
