09-06-2022, 12:47 AM
Generally the most hopeful Steelers fans seem to hang their hopes on professional pride. The Bengals clearly handled them last year, and their pride demands payback (or at least better play). I think that’s kind of fanspeak and doesn’t have a lot of grounding in real results, but I don’t blame them for the perspective. The Steelers will, at the very least, try to match the Bengals’ intensity and refuse to back down. So it will be Cincinnati’s task to *put* them down. Again. Easier said than done.
