Welcome to the Terrible Take, a daily segment telling Steelers Nation what's on our mind.

I'm Alex Kizora. If there is ever a get-right game for the Pittsburgh Steelers, it's this

Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals. Nothing in the NFL comes easy, but scoring on Cincinnati sure

feels like it. The Bengals don't just have a bad defense, not just 2025's worst defense.

It's a historically bad unit, potentially the worst of all time.

The Bengals have allowed 300 points in nine games.

They're on pace to give up 566 for the season, which would shatter the record for most allowed, set one

year ago by the Carolina Panthers 534. But in fairness, it's a 17-game season, and those numbers

might feel skewed historically. So per game, Cincinnati is averaging 33.3 points allowed per contest. If that number

holds, it'll be the worst per game average since the 1966 New York Giants, a team that won

just one game and allowed 72 points in a loss to Washington, the most ever given up in a regular

season contest.

It doesn't stop there.

The Bengals have missed 109 tackles in 2025.

That would rank 11th in the NFL from the entire 2024 season.

It puts them on pace to miss over 200 tackles in 2025, a number no one

has come even close to in recent history. All of that to say is Pittsburgh's struggling offense

can bounce back, and it's sure better, because if they can't against this unit, one likely

without Star Pass Rush or Trey Hendrickson, the alarm bells will really. and it's sure better, because if they can't against this unit, one likely without

star pass rusher, Trey Hendrickson, the alarm bells will really ring. A high-flying

offensive performance does not mean Pittsburgh's issues are fixed. The Bengals' defense is

simply too bad to give any sort of meaning to, but a poor outing from Pittsburgh might spell

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