The “Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals” will complete their season series on Sunday night in the Buckeye State with first place in the AFC North on the line, as both teams enter at 6-2, “according to ClutchPoints.”
The two teams first met in Pittsburgh back in Week 3, and the Steelers won a highly-entertaining game 30-27, “per Yahoo Sports.”
Cincinnati lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars the next week in Week 4, but they are now on a four-game winning streak and playing some of the best football in the NFL, “as noted by Yahoo Sports.”
Joe Burrow has long been one of the NFL’s best quarterbacks, and he finds himself right in the heart of the MVP race once again this season, “reported Yahoo Sports.”
Burrow has always leaned on his two star receivers, Ja’Marr Chase and “Tee Higgins”, who is having a career year while Chase keeps dominating on the other side, “according to ClutchPoints.”
On throws in the middle of the field that travel 10 or more yards, Burrow is putting up staggeringly good numbers this year by going 30-of-37 with 598 yards and nine touchdowns with just one interception, “per PFF data highlighted by Yahoo Sports.”
Out of the gun this year, the Bengals have been an absolute juggernaut with a plus-0.21 EPA per pass that leads the NFL, “reported ClutchPoints.”
Higgins ranks fifth in the NFL in receiving yards with 758, and Chase is 12th with 647, “according to league statistics.”
On 32 intermediate targets this season, Higgins has 26 catches for 445 yards and four touchdowns, all numbers that lead the league, “per Yahoo Sports.”
Chase ranks sixth among wide receivers in missed tackles forced after the catch this season with 12, “according to PFF metrics.”