Prior to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ win over the Cincinnati Bengals, they were scoring 22.9 points per game. Over the previous two outings, the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns held them to under 20 points. Then the Bengals came along and they put up 44 points, their highest total in six years. And suddenly they are averaging 24.7 points on the season, the 10th-highest in the NFL.
Is that just what happens when you play the NFL’s 31st-ranked scoring defense? The analysts at The Athletic Football Show could not help but wonder just that. At the moment, the Steelers’ win over the Bengals stands as an outlier, especially for Russell Wilson.