Pittsburgh Steelers loses third game in a row in ‘Muppet Night Football’

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Kermit said he couldn’t wait to see them “knock down the old pigskin,” but by the end of the night, the once unbeatable Pittsburgh Steelers weren’t laughing very much.

Previously a league-best, unbeaten 11-0, the Steelers have lost their last three games, including on Monday, losing 27-17 to the Cincinnati Bengals and their third-string quarterback Ryan Finley.

A host of characters from The Muppets introduced the NFL game between the two AFC North teams to celebrate the holiday season.
Ben Roethlisberger passes the ball during the game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
It’s the third year that ESPN has used a special holiday presentation for its Monday Night Football game before Christmas. Previous games featured Scrooge and an adaptation of the story ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’.
Despite Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger hitting a milestone when he hit 60,000 passing yards, his team never led, trailing a whopping 17 on their division rivals, who without their rookie sensation were quarterback Joe Burrow after injuring his knee earlier in the season . .
However, Burrow continued to show his support for his team from a viewing position, saying: “YESSIR” after the win, although he admitted that he preferred to be on the field with his teammates.
“Confirmed: watching is not as fun as playing”, the number 1 choice in the 2020 concept tweeted.

After playing with a foul that looked dysfunctional in their previous two defeats, it was more of the same in the first half for Pittsburgh as they flipped the ball three times to the Bengals who had previously won twice to a 17-0 rest break.

Indeed, tensions between the two rivals in the division rose during the pre-match warm-ups. Videos of wide receiver Juju Smith-Schuster dancing to the Bengals logo before the match seemed to trigger the Cincinnati defense. And in the first quarter, security delivered Vonn Bell a severe blow to force a fumble by Smith-Schuster and reclaim possession.

While the Pittsburgh attack performed better in the second half, they were unable to make up for their deficit in the first half, dealing their third loss in a row.

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin admitted that his team is “not a good soccer group right now.”

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Vonn Bell forces a fumble by JuJu Smith-Schuster during the first quarter of their match.
“I want to give (the Bengals) credit, but for the most part we have a lot of work to do,” he told the media afterwards.

“We’re not a good football group right now. We understand the consequences that come with that. We’re working on a short week. We have to get better than what we’ve been. That’s just the reality of it.”

In a competitive division, in addition to the 10-4 Cleveland Browns – which the Steelers will play on January 3 – and the 9-5 Baltimore Ravens, the final playoffs seem headed for the wire, with only two weeks of games left. .

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