The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals both headed into Week 10 with five victories over the course of their first eight games played. Pittsburgh, of course, was 5-2-1, while the Bengals were 5-3, so the former had the better record, but only by half a game, so possession of first place in the AFC North division could still be flipped on any given week.
The Steelers, however, did their part to delay that for at least another week, as they throttled the previously 6-2 Carolina Panthers by a score of 52-21 in a game that wasn’t even that close, a third touchdown being added in extended garbage time.