PITTSBURGH -- adjusted his hair, then exhaled before beginning his postgame pre s conference. With the booming sound of the ' celebratory locker room music echoing behind him, the Bengals quarterback shared the significance of Sunday's 37-30 win.After an 0-2 start, the defending AFC champions now stand at 6-4 after defeating a Pittsburgh team that upset them 10 weeks earlier in the season opener. That game now seems like a distant memory for Burrow and the Bengals, who latched on to the seventh and final AFC playoff seed following Sunday's win."That was awesome. One of my favorite wins since I've been here," said Burrow, who improved his career record to 3-2 against the . "Lot of adversity. AFC North game. Bad weather. Cold, windy. We fought through, found a way to win."A four-point favorite, the Bengals found themselves trailing at halftime after pick of Burrow late in the half set up Pittsburgh's go-ahead field goal. The Bengals trailed at halftime despite two first-half touchdown pa ses from Burrow, who at one point in the first half completed Michael Stone Men Jersey 11 straight pa ses. Cincinnati showed its mettle in the second half. Despite playing without and losing running back during the game, the Bengals took the lead for good when Burrow hit on a 1-yard touchdown pa s midway through the third quarter. The drive's big play was Burrow's 33-yard completion to , who set season highs with 148 yards on nine receptions.After both teams exchanged field goals, the Bengals e sentially ended the game with an eight-play, 93-yard drive that ended with Burrow's third touchdown of the game to , who had an extended role with Mixon out with a head injury."Every role you ask him to play, he's going to do it," Bengals coach Zac Taylor said of Perine after the game. "Whether it's the second-half feature back when Joe's out, whether it's playing his role on third down or some of the other packages they put him in. He's just as reliable as they come. Very dependable. We don't take him for granted because we understand how valuable a piece he is for our team Wayne Gretzky Men Jersey ." THAT'S A HAT TRICK FOR ! | CBS Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) The big plays on the drive were completions of 27 and 15 yards from Borrow to , a Pittsburgh native who did not catch a pa s until that drive. Burrow also hit Irwin for a 32-yard gain that moved Cincinnati from their own 34 to Pittsburgh's 34-yard line."We didn't see the easiest looks tonight," Taylor said of the Steelers defense. "They did a good job packaging their stuff. They tried to put a lot of pre sure on us, especially on second down. Joe, I thought, handled that really fine and found the guy who had the best matchup."All told, Burrow threw for 355 yards with four touchdowns. He threw two interceptions that included'sthat put the Steelers in position to take the lead late in the third quarter. But instead of taking the lead, the Bengals defense stiffened and forced the Steelers to settle for a field goal. "I've never seen plays like that before by a defensive lineman," Burrow said of Watt, who returned to the field last Sunday after mi sing seven games with injuries. "He's made two of them against me this year. I'd love to say there's something I can do about that, but there's just nothing I can do about that."Burrow did have something to say to his counterpart on Sunday, . Burrow was in Pickett's shoes two years ago as a rookie quarterback who was going through the growing pains of being a first-year starter. In what was his sixth career start, Pickett threw for 265 yards (his second-highest total of the season) with a touchdown and no interceptions."I thought he did great today," Burrow said of Pickett, who led the Steelers Anthony Duclair Men Jersey on a late scoring drive that briefly gave Pittsburgh life. "He can build off of that momentum that he showed today. He's got some young guys around him that he can build some chemistry with. I think he did a great job today. I told him after the game to continue to build off of this one." Joe Burrow on his succe s vs the Steelers and what he told Kenny Pickett after the game. BryanDeArdo (@BryanDeArdo) , the Bengals veteran cornerback, also Dylan Strome Kids Jersey threw praise in Pickett's direction after the game. Specifically, Apple was asked to compare facing a Ben Roethlisberger-led Steelers offense in recent years to the Pickett-led Steelers offense he and his teammates faced on Sunday."He's younger. His legs are younger. He's able to extend plays," Apple told CBS Sports. "Made some big time throws under some pre sure. I thought he was gutsy out there."Apple had even more to say about his own quarterback, who on Sunday night matched Kurt Warner as the third-fastest quarterback to reach 10,000 career pa sing yards. "Anytime you have somebody like Joe who is really calm and cool under pre sure, it of course makes it easier on everybody," he said. "He was just flowing out there. Nothing was phasing him. He was getting that ball out. Linemen were blocking. Receivers were making tough catches. Just overall a great team effort."How did the Bengals have so much succe s against the Steelers defense -- which had both Watt and on the field together for the first time since Week 1 -- despite not having Chase or Mixon? Pittsburgh's scheme, tight end , played into the visitor's hands."They ran a lot of two-high stuff," Hurst said. "They tried to disguise a lot of stuff. They mixed some man in there, too. Man is what we do best as a team. We took advantage of it." It would have been hard to fathom Sunday's postgame scene two years ago. Thomas Steen Men Jersey Back then, the Steelers won their 10th straight game over the Bengals, who were on their way to a sixth consecutive losing season. Things are certainly different now. At 3-7, the Steelers are on the verge of their first losing season in nearly 20 years. Conversely, the Bengals are hoping to parlay Sunday's win into a second consecutive trip to the playoffs."We were able to do it last year," Higgins told CBS Sports after the game. "We know what it feels like. But this is a new year. To get this road win, the second half the season, it feels good, and hopefully we can do it again next week."
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