Bengals vs. Steelers live updates: Score, analysis, highlights for 'Thursday Night Football'

When you give Aaron Rodgers this sort of time, you're going to be in trouble. The veteran quarterback found Jonnu Smith for a 10-yard touchdown to open the scoring in Cincinnati.

Rodgers was sharp on the drive, going three for five for 53 yards, with most of the damage coming on this 39-yarder to DK Metcalf.

After zero receptions 20+ yards downfield through four games, Metcalf had two last week and has one tonight. Something to watch moving forward tonight and beyond.

Joe Flacco has a 11-13 career record as starter against the Steelers (including playoffs), with all of those starts coming when he was a member of the Ravens. But one of his more memorable recent highlights against his longtime divisional foe actually came with the Colts last year, when he came in for an injured Anthony Richardson and threw two touchdown passes in a 27-24 Week 4 win over Pittsburgh.

With a win tonight, Flacco would tie Tom Brady for most quarterback wins vs. the Steelers since quarterback starts became official in 1950.

Bengals corner Cam Taylor-Britt will be inactive for tonight's game against the Steelers, which is a total shocker. The coaching staff clearly hasn't been happy with him so no one would have been surprised if he had seen some reduced playing time on Thursday, but a total benching is definitely surprising.

Earlier this week, Bengals defensive coordinator Al Golden was asked if he was going to stick with Taylor-Britt going forward and he gave an ominous answer. "We're always challenging everyone to be better. We have to coach better, he has to be better."

Golden apparently became extremely frustrated with Taylor-Britt after the Packers converted a key third-and-9 during the fourth quarter of their 27-18 win over the Bengals.

According to Golden, Taylor-Britt was supposed to be helping with a double-team on Packers receiver Matthew Golden, but he was nowhere to be found.

The Bengals haven't been afraid to ruffle feathers this week. This move comes after linebacker Logan Wilson was also benched earlier this week.

With Taylor-Britt on the bench, it's certainly possible the Bengals could look to trade him before the Nov. 4 deadline.

The Bengals ruled out Trey Hendrickson with a hip injury, meaning they will be the player who leads their team in sacks (four) and pressures (23). No one else on the team has more than two sacks or 15 pressures.

Cincinnati will also be shorthanded at tight end with Tanner Hudson ruled out and Mike Gesicki (pectoral) on IR. Noah Fant and Drew Sample will be in line for more snaps.

But the biggest news is not only the benching but the complete inactivation of cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt, who is a healthy scratch.

Here are all of Cincinnati's inactives:

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