Steel City Blitz
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals hook up on a short week. The division foes will meet in Cincy Thursday night for their first matchup of the 2025 season. Here’s everything you need to know about the game!
What: Pittsburgh Steelers 4-1 at Cincinnati Bengals 2-4
Where: Paycor Stadium Cincinnati, OH
When: Thursday October 16th 815pmET
Weather: 56 degrees and clear at kickoff. Winds light to 3 mph
Surface: FieldTurf
Wagering Information: Steelers -5.5 O/U 42.5
Last Week: The Bengals and New QB Joe Flacco lost 27-18 in Green Bay while the Steelers defeated the Browns in Pittsburgh 23-9.
TV: Amazon Prime Al Michaels (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analysis), Kaylee Hartung (field reporter)
TV Coverage in Your Area (courtesy 506sports.com): National TV Audience
Radio: Steelers Audio Network Rob King (play-by-play), Max Starks (analysis), Missi Matthews (field reporter)
Westwood One Radio: John Sadak (play-by-play), Ross Tucker (analysis)
Head Official: Clay Martin. The retired high school administrator and basketball coach is in his 11th season as a head official. He most recently called a Steelers’ game in November of 2024. That was the Steelers’ 18-16 win over the Ravens. There were 19 penalties in that contest. Through six weeks, Martin’s crew has called 96 penalties with 84 having been accepted. His crew is very balanced throwing one more flag on the home team than the away team.
Game Status (courtesy steelers.com) PIT:No. 19 WR Calvin Austin III (Shoulder) – Out, No. 25 S DeShon Elliott (NIR – Resting Vet/Personal) – Questionable, No. 28 S Miles Killebrew (Knee) – Out, * No. 50 LB Malik Harrison (Knee) – Questionable CIN: No. 88 TE Mike Gesicki (Pectoral) – Out, No. 91 DE Trey Hendrickson (Hip) – Questionable, No. 87 TE Tanner Hudson (Concussion) – Out
No. 15 WR Charlie Jones (Ribs) – Questionable, No. 62 G Lucas Patrick (Calf) – Limited
Injury Notes: The asterisk with Harrison means that he is still on the IR/Designated to Return List… From what I’m told, we should expect Killabrew to go on IR soon… Mike Gesicki went on the CIN IR Wednesday… It sounds like Hendrickson will be a game time decision. He left last week’s game in Green Bay.
Total Offense: PIT 29th, CIN 31st
Passing Offense: PIT 25th, CIN 30th
Rushing Offense: PIT 29th, CIN 31st
Total Defense: PIT 25th, CIN 31st
Passing Defense: PIT 27th, CIN 31st
Rushing Defense: PIT 16th, CIN 28th
AFC North Standings:
Pittsburgh 4-1
Cincinnati 2-4
Baltimore 1-5
Cleveland 1-5
This Week in the AFC North: Miami at Cleveland 1pmET, Baltimore BYE
What You Need to Know: The Steelers are 12-15 all-time on Thursday Night Football (TNF)… They are just 3-12 on the the road in TNF games… Pittsburgh has lost five of their last six TNF games… The Steelers haven’t won a road TNF game since Indianapolis in 2016… The Black and Gold are now 4-0 when they score 20 points or more this season… Since the 1970 merger, the Steelers have played the second-most primetime...
