The Cincinnati Bengals do not face the Pittsburgh Steelers until October 16 on Thursday Night Football. However, we already have our sights set on our hated divisional rival due to a highly under-reported contract dispute.
This offseason, it was as if Cincinnati was the center of the NFL universe, with all eyes on Trey Hendrickson and Shemar Stewart. We have mentioned before the curious lack of national interest surrounding other, more high-profile contract situations occurring in the NFL.
Perhaps the Dallas Cowboys’ trade of Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers would have been less of a shock if the media spent a third as much time covering that situation as they did focusing on how cheap and behind the times Cincinnati's front office is.