The Cincinnati Bengals will host the Pittsburgh Steelers at Paycor Stadium on Sunday night in one of their biggest games in recent memory, a massive AFC North showdown.
Both teams enter the contest at 6-2, with the Bengals coming off a dominant win over the Atlanta Falcons in Madrid, Spain, while Pittsburgh is coming off a bye week.
For Cincinnati, quarterback Joe Burrow has unquestionably led the way with an MVP-level campaign. He’s leading the league in both completion percentage (74.0%) and touchdown passes (23).
Historic News Emerges on Burrow
Burrow has put himself on the brink of making NFL history Sunday night after totaling four or more touchdowns in each of his last four games.
According to Pro Football Talk, if Burrow has another four-touchdown game on Sunday night, he will join Peyton Manning as the only quarterbacks in NFL history with at least four combined passing and rushing touchdowns in five consecutive games.
If he has four touchdowns on Sunday night, Joe Burrow will join Peyton Manning as the only QBs in NFL history with four total touchdowns in five straight games. https://t.co/371QFETKEw
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) November 14, 2026
Burrow Speaks About Importance of Steelers Game
This week, Burrow spoke to the media and made it clear that he understands how big this game is for the Bengals, especially after they lost the first meeting on Sept. 27 in Pittsburgh.
“This is as big of a game as we’ve had here in awhile… lost to them earlier in the season, so number one with the standings at the end of the year you want that to be split and number two, for first place outright. So… huge game,” Burrow said.
One positive for the Bengals is that Burrow has tended to rise to the occasion in prime-time games throughout his career.
In 15 career prime-time games, Burrow has totaled 4,331 yards, 31 touchdowns and just five interceptions.
Historic News on Bengals QB Joe Burrow Emerges Before Steelers Game