While the Steelers enjoyed Sunday off for the bye week, they were certainly looking at how their division rivals were faring over week nine.
On Thursday, the Ravens lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars to further push them in the AFC North basement with a 4-5 record.
The Cleveland Browns have a record of 5-4 after losing to the New Orleans Saints in Overtime 23-22. Shedeur Sanders threw for almost 300 yards to go along with a couple passing touchdowns. Cleveland has now dropped back to back games to fall to 5-and-4.
Cincinnati beat the both the Atlanta Falcons and a power outage in Madrid, Spain with a 34-17 victory. Joe Burrow threw for over 270 yards and three touchdowns. Cincinnati is now 6-and-2 after winning its fourth in a row. The win puts the Bengals in a tie for first headed into their Sunday night matchup against the Steelers in Cincy.
One member of the Steelers secondary was hit with a fine over the weekend. The NFL fined safety Jaquan Brisker nearly 18-thousand dollars for his illegal hit on Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson.
