Cincinnati Bengals vs. Pittsburgh Steelers: 5 Bold predictions for Week 4

2. Tuitt, Watt combine for 3+ sacks

For all of the issues that the Pittsburgh Steelers defense has had this season, the play of their pass rush has not wholly been among them. Stephon Tuitt has been a beast this season with 3.5 sacks and, while T.J. Watt has just one sack on the year, Watt has been active in generating pressures and making plays for this unit.

That matches up well with the Bengals and a quite problematic offensive line. This group has been abysmal for much of the year, though they’ve been slightly better in pass protection. That won’t be the case on Monday Night Football, though. Instead, Tuitt and Watt are going to eat and get at least three sacks between the two of them in this matchup.

1. Bengals pick up first win of 2019 on the road

This game might be at Heinz Field but the Cincinnati Bengals are going to go on the road and move to third place in the AFC North with their first win of the season. By no means does that mean that Cincinnati is a good football team — make no mistake, they are not. However, they just simply match up better with the Steelers than vice versa.

The Bengals secondary has the potential to make a shaky-looking Pittsburgh passing game and Rudolph almost non-existent and, more importantly, force mistakes from the backup quarterback. When you combine that with the fact that Cincy’s offense has looked at least competent this season and will face a Steelers defense that is decidedly not good, that makes for a victory in Week 4.