Maurkice Pouncey views the Bengals just like any other AFC North team.
“Same as the Ravens and Browns,” Pouncey said.
But if you know Pouncey, that's just how he is: Put a helmet and shoulder pads on him and let him go. It doesn't matter if it's a divisional opponent, the 2007 Patriots or the 2008 Lions — they are all the same.
To Pouncey they are, however, not to the majority of the players involved in this Steelers-Bengals rivalry.
“It's football. It's a little smack talk, there may be some plays on one side or another side where the other team may think it's dirty or uncalled for,” Le'Veon Bell said.