***Wk 14 GameDay Thread...Steelers @ Bengals***

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Pittsburgh Steelers (7-5)   vs.   Cincinnati Bengals (10-2)

Sunday, December 13th, 1:00 PM, on CBS

Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Announce Crew: Greg Gumble, Trent Green, Jamie Erdahl

Steelers Week already heating up

Paul Dehner Jr.

Didn’t take long for the reality of Steelers week to set in around Paul Brown Stadium. Before players even left the premises on Monday, conversation had already surfaced from up the Ohio River.

Pittsburgh guard David DeCastro didn’t mince words.

“We don't like them and they don't like us," he said to PennLive.com. "It's pretty — I'm not going to sit here and give bulletin board material, but that's as simple as it can be.”

No need for bulletin boards this week. Everyone knows what’s at stake and remembers falling short in an attempt to win the AFC North last year in Week 17 at Pittsburgh. More than that, following the Bengals’ 16-10 victory at Heinz Field earlier this year, a fresh batch of animosity arose following Le’Veon Bell’s season-ending injury. Steelers players took exception to Vontaze Burfict’s reaction to the play.

Without rehashing the he-said, he-said Twitter beef, just understand there continues to be no love lost in this rivalry, which has decided the division each of the last three seasons.

“I heard all the talk they are looking forward to playing and there’s bad blood,” Bengals offensive coordinator Hue Jackson said. “It is what it is. We are going to be here. We are going to be here. We are not running. We have already been up there. So let’s go.”

Read the full article at Cincinnati.com.