Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati 30-27 in Week 3, bouncing back from its Week 2 loss to New England with a much stronger offense. Jaylen Warren had a career-high 176 scrimmage yards, and Aaron Rodgers was sacked only twice.
Pittsburgh made two changes up front, replacing right tackle Dylan Cook and right guard Spencer Anderson with rookie Max Iheanachor and Brock Hoffman. New Gen Stats credited Iheanachor with allowing three pressures on 36 pass-blocking reps. Warren had 127 rushing yards and 49 receiving yards; an 87-yard run was erased by a holding penalty the writer called questionable.
The Steelers defense gave up 27 points and sacked Joe Burrow once. The writer said Pittsburgh might have been better able to limit Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins with cornerback Joey Porter Jr., who was unavailable. Porter has said he will “definitely” play at some point, but no return date was provided. Pittsburgh visits Cleveland Thursday in Week 4.
