After the Pittsburgh Steelers enjoy their bye week, they will be two weeks away from an important rematch with a divisional rival in the Cincinnati Bengals. We recently learned that Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase’s status is in jeopardy, but Cincinnati received more bad news following their game against the Cleveland Browns on Monday, when they learned that CB Chidobe Awuzie will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL. Today, Awuzie was placed on the injured reserve list, confirming his absence for the matchup against the Steelers.
Cincinnati’s pass defense has been stellar all year, as they’ve allowed the third lowest completion percentage, second least amount of passing touchdowns, and are top ten in yards allowed per attempt through the air.