Outside of the 2019 season which was lost due to an elbow injury six quarters into the season, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals will square off for another chapter in the heated rivalry, this time without future Hall of Fame quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
Riding off into retirement after 18 seasons, Roethlisberger left town with a career 24-10 mark against the Bengals in 34 starts over 18 seasons, completing 735-of-1,170 attempts for 8,394 yard, 47 touchdowns and 34 interceptions — all career highs against one single opponent.
Though the Bengals won three straight matchups to close the chapter against Roethlisberger, Cincinnati is still probably thankful internally that the Hall of Famer is off into the next edition of his life’s work.