Steelers insider Gerry Dulac shares his real-time notes from each quarter of Steelers-Bengals from Acrisure Stadium:

First quarter

• Good afternoon from Acrisure Stadium, where the Steelers REALLY need to avoid what happened last time against the Bengals.

• If the Steelers don’t run, run, run against a Bengals defense that has given up 537 yards rushing and 7.3 yards per attempt over the past two games, something is wrong.

• And there you go — Jaylen Warren with three carries for 43 yards on the first series, including that big 35-yarder.

• Aaron Rodgers 3 of 3 for 32 yards on the opening drive with the 11-yard swing pass touchdown to Kenneth Gainwell. There was even a third-down conversion on the drive.

• Uh ... why was outside linebacker Jack Sawyer covering Tee Higgins on that 28-

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