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Joe Flacco guides him to win a battle of two veteran quarterbacks cincinnati bengals Won 33-31 over divisional rivals pittsburgh steelers,
Both sides gave up 10-point leads before a late field goal secured a win over the AFC North leaders.
Flacco, 40, who began the season as the starting quarterback with divisional foes cleveland browns Before being sent down to replace the injured Joe Burrow, he threw for 342 yards and three touchdowns.
opposite number aaron rodgers41, threw for four touchdowns and 249 yards.
Rodgers’ early scoring pass to Jonnu Smith and two Chris Boswell field goals gave the Steelers a 10–0 lead in the second quarter, but Flacco found Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins for touchdowns as the Bengals scored 20 unanswered points.
After trailing 20–10 late in the third quarter, the Steelers narrowed the gap as Rodgers found Pat Freiermuth from 19 yards out, only for Flacco to respond with a scoring pass to Noah Fant to start the fourth quarter.
Rodgers answered again when he found Darnell Washington from two yards out, giving the Steelers the lead heading into the final three minutes when Freiermuth kicked a 68-yard field goal for the Bengals following an Evan McPherson field goal.
Higgins, who caught 16 passes for 161 yards, opted to score a late touchdown, stopping short of the end zone allowing the Bengals to run down the clock allowing McPherson to convert from 36 yards with seven seconds remaining.
Rodgers had one final shot, but his Hail Mary pass from 70 yards out was thwarted by the home defense as it reached the end zone.
The Bengals’ victory, in the third regular season clash of starting quarterbacks in the 40s, moves the Bengals to 3–4 and leaves the Steelers at 4–2.