This was the get-well game the Steelers needed. In a Monday Night Football matchup against the rival Bengals, Pittsburgh put together its first dominating effort of the year to finally get into the win column.

Seemingly everything worked for the Steelers, with quarterback Mason Rudolph and the offense racking up 326 total yards and the defense holding the Bengals to just 175 as Mike Tomlins team rolled to a 27-3 win.

The offense does still havesome question marks under Mason Rudolph. Making only his second start, Rudolph dumped off Randy Jones Jersey 16 pa ses of his total 24 completions to running backs as a safety net for his offense. Those backs made the most of their opportunities, carrying those pa ses for 140 yards.

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James Conner and Jaylen Samuels also each scored off rushes, though neither ama sed much rushing yards, with Conner rushing 10 times for 42 yards andSamuels taking 10 carries 26 yards.

On the other side of the field, Andy Dalton didnt do much with the limited time he was given in the pocket. When he wasnt being sacked a career-high eight times, he completed just 21 pa ses on 37 attempts for 171 yards and threw Yu Darvish Jersey an interception.

The struggles to protect Dalton extended to opening up space for Joe Mixon, who could only rush for 62yards on 15 carries.

With the win, the Steelers move a step closer to the division-leading Browns. Cleveland is 2-2, a record matched by the Ravens, though the Browns hold the tiebreaker after the win on Sunday. Making the postseason in 2019 could still be an uphill battle for a Pittsburgh team that will have to find a new offensive identity with Rudolph at the helm instead of Roethlisberger, but the pieces are there for the Steelers to continue to build off this win.

Sporting News providedlive scoring updates and highlights from the Week 4 " " matchup.

Bengals vs. Steelers: Scores,updates,highlights from 'Monday Night Football'Final: Steelers 27, Bengals 3

11:10 p.m.: Dalton is sacked for the eighth time, and that will do it here in Pittsburgh.

11:05 p.m.: The Bengals move up eight yards to the Pittsburgh 48, but still face a 3rd-and-10 on the other side of the two-minute warning trailing 27-3.

10:58 p.m.: Erickson watches Boswell's kickoff sail out of the end zone, and Cincinnati will start at the 25.

10:55 p.m.: FIELD GOAL, STEELERS. The Steelers' drive ends at the 31, where Boswell drills a 49-yard field goal. Steelers 27, Bengals 3

10:43 p.m.: Mark Barron picks off Andy Dalton in the end zone on fourth down. The Steelers will take over at the 20 leading by 21 with 11:02 left.

Third Quarter: Steelers 24, Bengals 3

10:26 p.m.: Jordan Berry comes out to punt and it sails into the end zone for a touchback, giving the Bengals the ball at their 20.

10:20 p.m.: Cincinnati is pushed all the way back to a 4th-and-34 and is forced Ozzie Smith Jersey to punt. Switzer calls for a fair catch at the Pittsburgh 31.

10:14 p.m.: The Bengals will take another touchback and start from the 25.

10:11 p.m.: TOUCHDOWN, STEELERS. Diontae Johnson catches the wide-open 43-yard touchdown pa s. Steelers 24, Bengals 3

Got him!!

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10:07 p.m.: Huber's punt goes only 29 yards and it is downed at the Cincinnati 43.

10:04 p.m.: Boswell's kick goes out the back of the end zone and Cincinnati will start from its 25.

10:00 p.m.: TOUCHDOWN, STEELERS. Samuels takes the direct snap ahead two yards for the touchdown. Steelers 17, Bengals 3

. scores his first TD of 2019.

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9:53 p.m.: The Steelers will take the touchback and start from the 25-yard line.

Second Quarter: Steelers 10, Bengals 3

9:37 p.m.: Boswell's kickoff goes through the end zone and Cincinnati will start from the 25.

9:34 p.m.: FIELD GOAL, STEELERS. The Steelers are stopped at the Cincinnati Christian Villanueva Jersey 11-yard line. Chris Boswell makes the 29-yard field goal to extend Pittsburgh's lead. Steelers 10, Bengals 3

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9:28 p.m.: At the two-minute warning, the Steelers are threatening to score again from the Cincinnati 14 and running right down Joey Lucchesi Jersey the field with Conner and Jaylen Samuels.

9:20 p.m.: Andy Dalton fumbles the ball at the Pittsburgh 28 and T.J. Watt recovers to give the Steelers po se sion at their own 29.

. with the hit, with the scoop.

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9:13 p.m.: Erickson returns the kickoff to the 25-yard line.

9:03 p.m.: TOUCHDOWN, STEELERS. Conner takes the pa s from Rudolph 21 yards to the end zone to give Pittsburgh the lead. Steelers 7, Bengals 3

No stopping him on this one

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9:01 p.m.: The Bengals' drive again goes no where. Huber punts the ball to the Pittsburgh 46, where it is fair caught by Switzer.

8:58 p.m.: Mason Rudolph's pa s to Smith-Schuster is incomplete and the Steelers are forced to punt. Erickson calls for a fair catch at the 10.

First Quarter: Jake Cronenworth Jersey Bengals 3, Steelers 0

8:42 p.m.: The Bengals can only move a yard back, and are forced to punt. Huber's punt sails into the end zone and the Steelers will start at the 20.

8:37 p.m.: James Conner can't get the first down on the fourth down rush and the Steelers turn the ball over on downs at the Cincinnati 42.

8:31 p.m.: Bullock's kickoff is fair caught in the end zone and Pittsburgh will take the ball at the 25.

8:28 p.m.: FIELD GOAL, BENGALS. Dalton's pa s to Tyler Eifert in the end zone can't be hauled down and Cincinnati has to settle for a 28-yarder from Randy Bullock. Bengals 3, Steelers 0

8:26 p.m.: JuJu Smith-Schuster fumbles the ball after making a reception, and the Bengals take over po se sion at the Pittsburgh 15.

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8:21 p.m.: The Bengals get out acro s the 50, but the drive stalls