Just four days after their best win of the season, the Steelers suffered their worst loss yet, falling to the Cincinnati Bengals on the road Thursday night. As always, there are plenty of takeaways to be had:

1. And that’s why the Steelers aren’t contenders yet

If you still had a bone to pick with the Steeler defense after they’ve steadily trended up over the last few weeks, Thursday night’s loss was a great piece of evidence for the case.

It also calls for some hindsight when considering the team’s wins so far: the Dillon Gabriel-led Browns, Carson Wentz-led Vikings, Drake Maye-led Patriots, and Justin Fields-led Jets.

With the exception of Maye, it’s not exactly a group of the NFL’s best passers.

The Pittsburgh defense has capitalized this year, as they have in recent history, on sp

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