Cincinnati Bengals
AJ Green/Marvin Jones (Wide Receivers): AJ Green one of his bigger games of the season racking up 118 receiving yards and a touchdown. He also managed to haul in 11 out of 17 targets. Marvin Jones was the odd man out only catching 2 of his 5 targets for 12 yards.
Giovani Bernard/Jeremy Hill (Running Backs): Both Bernard and Hill missed the end zone in week 8. Bernard only had 1 rushing attempt for 12 yards. He did however catch 2 out of 3 targets for 22 yards. Hill had a pretty average game racking up 60 yards on 15 rushing attempts. He also caught his only target for 8 yards.
Tyler Eifert (Tight End): Eifert also struggled making big plays in this game as he was targeted 8 times but only caught 4 of them. Eifert only ended up with 39 yards. His sporadic fantasy season just continues on.
Andy Dalton (Quarterback): Dalton had his worst game of the year so far. He only completed 23 of 38 passing attempts for 231 yards, a touchdown, and 2 turnovers. The Bengals may remain unbeaten but is no thanks to Dalton who could have easily gave the game away. The week 9 game against the Browns will be telling into finding out if Dalton could get back on track.
Pittsburgh Steelers
Antonio Brown/Martavis Bryant (Wide Receivers): Brown finally saw the end zone again as he reconnected with the returning Ben Roethlisberger. Brown would haul in 6 of 11 targets for 47 yards and a touchdown. Roethlisberger looked pretty rusty coming off of this injury and completely missed Martavis Bryant a couple of times. Bryant finished the game catching 4 of his 9 targets for 49 yards.
Ben Roethlisberger (Quarterback): Roethlisberger looked pretty inaccurate coming off his knee injury. He will obviously be better in week 9 however for now the chemistry between Big Ben and his wide receivers looked a bit off. Maybe it was because they were so used to catching wildly thrown balls from backup Michael Vick in any case they will need the week to work on what they are missing. Roethlisberger completed 28 of 45 passes for 262 yards and a touchdown. He also had 3 interceptions on the day.
Le'Veon Bell (Running Back): Bell had a pretty decent game before he suffered a major injury that ended his season. Bell had 10 rushing attempts for 45 yards before being tackled out of bounds, and he knee was bent at an awkward angle. Bell would be carted off minutes later. The injury is a torn MCL and he will be out for the remainder of the season.
