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Kickoff time, NBC and Peacock broadcast info for Steelers vs Bengals
42-degree November night and Week 10 Sunday Night Football odds
Crisp Ohio River valley air sets the stage for mid-November AFC North football.
Hourly readings along the riverfront in downtown Cincinnati show clear skies, 42 degrees Fahrenheit at 8:20 p.m. ET, zero percent precipitation probability and a calm 6 mph breeze inside open-air Paycor Stadium, ideal conditions for both deep passing attacks and kickers.
DraftKings prices the home Bengals as 3.5-point favorites (CIN -3.5, moneyline -185; Pittsburgh +154) alongside an over/under total of 49.5 points, while ESPN's Matchup Predictor gives Cincinnati a 70.5 percent projection against 29.2 percent for Pittsburgh (0.3 percent tie).
Cincinnati's four-game surge: 143 points scored since Oct. 11
Cincinnati's offense has topped 31 points in four straight weeks.
Since dropping a low-scoring 22-17 home decision to Jacksonville on Oct. 4, Zac Taylor's club has averaged 35.8 points across four consecutive victories: 31-24 at Miami on Oct. 11, a dominant 35-13 division road win at Baltimore after the Week 6 bye on Oct. 25, a wild 43-36 overtime victory over Tennessee on Nov. 1 and last Sunday's efficient 34-17 home win over Atlanta (383.9 total yards per game on the season, 298.3 passing and 85.6 rushing).
Running backs Chase Brown (397 rushing yards on 103 carries, 57 yards on nine totes last week) and Samaje Perine (43 yards on 11 carries vs Atlanta) plus tight end Mike Gesicki and wideout Dohnte Meyers (47 yards on two grabs vs Atlanta) punish two-high safety shells whenever cornerbacks Jamel Dean and Brandin Echols bracket Chase and Higgins.
AFC North standings entering Sunday Night Football
Every club in the division sits within two games of .500 entering tonight's primetime kickoff:
1. Pittsburgh Steelers: 6-2 (.750, 180 points scored, 144 allowed, +36 differential, 1-0 head-to-head vs CIN, 3-2 AFC).
2. Cincinnati Bengals: 6-2 (.750, 240 points scored, 175 allowed, +65 differential, 4-2 AFC, four-game winning streak).
3. Cleveland Browns: 5-4 (.556, 161 points scored, 196 allowed, beat Pittsburgh 27-24 on Oct. 1 before falling 27-6 in Week 8).
4. Baltimore Ravens: 4-5 (.444, 189 points scored, 236 allowed, routed 35-13 at home by Cincinnati on Oct. 25).
T.J. Watt off the edge vs Orlando Brown Jr. and Amarius Mims
No. 90 wrecks game plans whenever he times the snap count.
Every Steelers-Bengals primetime chapter hinges on whether Cincinnati keeps T.J. Watt off Joe Burrow's throwing arm. Watt's 7.5 sacks pace a Pittsburgh front seven assisted by edge rusher Nick Herbig, nose tackle Keeanu Benton and speedy linebacker Payton Wilson (69 tackles), testing massive Bengals bookend tackles Orlando Brown Jr. and Amarius Mims alongside center Ted Karras and guards Dalton Risner and Dylan Fairchild.
On the opposite side of the ball, Bengals edge rusher Boye Mafe leads Cincinnati with 5.5 sacks alongside veteran defensive tackles Jonathan Allen and B.J. Hill, aiming squarely at Pittsburgh tackles Troy Fautanu and Dylan Cook plus center Zach Frazier whenever 42-year-old Aaron Rodgers holds the ball past 2.6 seconds.
Kyle Dugger ruled out; Pat Freiermuth and Derrick Harmon questionable
Both rosters navigate depth-chart absences entering Sunday night.
Cincinnati rules out safety Kyle Dugger and keeps wide receiver Andrei Iosivas, offensive tackle Brian Parker II, cornerback Jalen Davis and defensive end Cashius Howell on Injured Reserve. Without Dugger in the box, linebackers Barrett Carter (team-high 68 tackles) and Oren Burks plus safeties Jordan Battle and Bryan Cook carry heavier run-fit duties against a Bengals defense allowing 126.6 rushing yards per game.
Pittsburgh lists tight end Pat Freiermuth and rookie defensive tackle Derrick Harmon as questionable, with wideouts Michael Pittman Jr. and Roman Wilson plus defensive tackle Sebastian Joseph-Day on Injured Reserve. With Pittman sidelined, Rodgers leans heavily on DK Metcalf (33 catches, 378 yards) and 6-foot-7 tight end Darnell Washington, who rumbled for 94 yards on three catches vs Cleveland after posting 67 yards against Cincinnati in Week 3.
Jaylen Warren's 5.92 yards per carry and Pittsburgh's 18.0-point defense
Pittsburgh wins football games with a bruising ground attack and an ironclad defense.
Before resting on its Week 9 bye, Pittsburgh beat Indianapolis 34-22, Tampa Bay 26-19 in overtime, New Orleans 16-10 and Cleveland 27-6 on Nov. 1. Across eight games, Jaylen Warren has piled up 704 rushing yards on 119 carries (5.92 average) after ripping off 143 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries (8.4 per tote) against Cleveland alongside bruising No. 2 back Rico Dowdle (56 yards and a score on 15 carries).
Defensively, Pittsburgh surrenders just 18.0 points and 83.9 rushing yards per game behind All-Pro pass rusher T.J. Watt (7.5 sacks) and linebacker Payton Wilson (69 tackles), while Aaron Rodgers stands at 1,871 passing yards, 13 touchdowns and six interceptions.
74.0 percent completions and 23 TDs: Joe Burrow's MVP-caliber tear
Joe Burrow is playing surgical quarterback right now.
Through eight games in 2026, No. 9 has completed 219 of 296 passes (74.0 percent) for 2,386 yards, 23 passing touchdowns and six interceptions, steering an attack that averages 30.0 points and 298.3 passing yards per game. Last Sunday against Atlanta on Nov. 8, Burrow went 24 of 29 for 271 yards, three passing touchdowns, zero turnovers, a 140.1 passer rating and a seven-yard rushing score.
Cincinnati owns two elite boundary weapons at full stride: Tee Higgins leads the club with 758 receiving yards on 48 catches (six touchdowns, including two scores last week), while Ja'Marr Chase has hauled in 53 catches for 647 yards and seven touchdowns after torching Atlanta for 10 grabs, 155 yards and a 47-yard strike.
Remember Week 3: Aaron Rodgers edged Joe Burrow 30-27 in Pittsburgh
Forty-nine days ago on Sept. 27, these division rivals delivered a 57-point thriller at Acrisure Stadium.
Pittsburgh took Round 1 in Week 3 by a 30-27 final behind four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers, who hit 19 of 34 passes for 292 yards, three touchdowns and one interception while tailback Jaylen Warren gashed Cincinnati's front seven for 127 yards on 17 carries (7.5 yards per rush) and tight end Darnell Washington added three catches for 67 yards. Joe Burrow completed 28 of 37 throws for 282 yards and three touchdowns in defeat alongside 61 rushing yards on 13 carries from Chase Brown, connecting nine times with Ja'Marr Chase for 98 yards and a score.
Winning tonight hands Pittsburgh a 2-0 regular-season sweep and effectively a two-game lead in the division; a Cincinnati victory flips first place to the Queen City on AFC record (4-2 vs 3-2).
First place in the AFC North on the line at Paycor Stadium
Good evening from the banks of the Ohio River and welcome to VAVEL's live Sunday Night Football coverage of Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals in NFL Week 10. Kickoff inside Paycor Stadium airs coast-to-coast at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.
Identical 6-2 records, four-game win streaks on both sidelines.
Mike McCarthy's Pittsburgh Steelers (6-2, 2-2 road, 3-2 AFC) return rested from a Week 9 bye holding the head-to-head tiebreaker atop the AFC North. Zac Taylor's Cincinnati Bengals (6-2, 2-1 home, 4-2 AFC) counter with a 30.0-point offense that routed Atlanta 34-17 last Sunday.
Sunday Night Football between the 6-2 Pittsburgh Steelers and 6-2 Cincinnati Bengals kicks off at 8:20 p.m. ET / 5:20 p.m. PT (01:20 UTC Monday) live from Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio.
NBC airs the national television broadcast across the United States, with live streaming simulcast on Peacock and NFL+ on mobile devices.
Stay right here on VAVEL from Week 10 inactives through the final whistle for live touchdowns, quarter-by-quarter box score stats, Joe Burrow vs Aaron Rodgers passing splits, and updated AFC North standings.