Bengals MUST Overcome Steelers to give Joe Burrow’s Return ANY Purpose

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🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Cincinnati Bengals face a make-or-break clash with the Pittsburgh Steelers as their 2025 playoff dreams are hanging by a thread. Can Joe Flacco and a surging offense overcome a historically poor defense and injuries to key players like Trey Hendrickson? James Rapien and Jake Liscow don't have much hope for the defense, but if they're going to be anything different, they need to start showing it NOW! With Pittsburgh reshaping their defense to counter Cincinnati’s explosive playmakers, the pressure mounts. Will Chase Brown and emerging receivers deliver, or will the Bengals’ defensive woes seal their fate?

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0:00.0	If the Cincinnati Bengals are going to make Joe Burroughs return count for something,
0:05.4	they can't be a get right team for the Pittsburgh Steelers this week.
0:09.4	Let's get into it.
0:15.9	You are locked on Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network,
0:23.8	your team every day.
0:26.6	Well, not Bengals fans.
0:27.3	Welcome to another episode of the Locked-on Bengals podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network,
0:32.6	your team every day and not only your team every day, but the number one sports podcast network on
0:40.1	the planet. We appreciate all of you out there who make Lockdown Bengals your first listen.
0:45.0	All of you every dayers out there that have helped Lockdown Bengals help the Lockdown
0:49.3	Podcast Network be the number one sports podcast network out there.
0:53.4	He's James Rapine. I'm Jake Lisco, and we've been
0:55.3	covering your Cincinnati Bengals here on lockdown Bengals since 2016. And today we dive into the Bengals
1:01.8	coming out of the by week against the Pittsburgh Steelers as playoff leverage watch is back on
1:08.2	much like last year. How much can the Bengals keep their hopes alive? And I can
1:12.5	hear your eyes rolling. I can hear all of you saying playoffs. I can hear it. I can hear all of
1:18.8	you saying it. You don't have to scream it at me. I hear it through the internet. But reality is,
1:25.3	is this team has things to play for in front of it, even though the season has gone the way it's gone, even though the defense is what it is, they've got a bunch of football games left to play here, James.
1:36.0	And if they're going to have any hopes of making Joe Burroughs return meaningful, Give him a shot to play in meaningful games,
1:44.4	whether he's back for Thanksgiving or back in the beginning of December.
1:47.6	This game against the Pittsburgh Steelers is a big one for playoff leverage.
1:52.4	For sure.
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