Snap count takeaways from Bengals’ shocking win over Steelers

Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports Well that certainly wasn’t expected.

The Bengals came out on Monday Night Football against the Steelers and simply looked and played like the better team. Perhaps the biggest reason for the upset was the energy that the home team played with last night, but there are some underlying stories to be told via the snap counts to help illuminate a possible formula to success.

Snap count takeaways from the Bengals upset over the Steelers:

Pittsburgh did out snap Cincinnati 65 to 56, and one of the biggest reasons for how that happened during a game where the Bengals seemed to dominate mostly on the scoreboard is simple. It comes down to the defense doing a great job…