Pittsburgh opened their first two possessions with a heavy dose of Jonathan Dwyer runs. Isaac Redman rotates into the game, but after Ben Roethlisberger's four-yard not-sure-it-was completed pass to Antonio Brown, setting up an eventual third and four from the Steelers 13-yard line with over two minutes remaining in the second.

Ben Roethlisberger takes the snap and confidently throws over the middle, where Leon Hall breaks on Heath Miller's route, taking it into the endzone for a touchdown, giving the Bengals a 7-0 lead.