Cincinnati Bengals WR Tyler Boyd was born in Clairton and played his football there before moving to the University of Pittsburgh. Since coming out of college, however, he’s had to play the Pittsburgh Steelers twice a year—not that that has ever seemed to be a problem for him.
For an area native whose collegiate home stadium was Heinz Field, he sure doesn’t take many opportunities to say anything nice about Pittsburgh’s professional football team. A recent interview for the Bengals’ website may reveal some insight into that.
On the cusp of passing T.J. Houshmandzadeh on the Bengals’ all-time receptions list on Saturday against the Steelers, he talked about what an honor that would be, recalling watching him play Pittsburgh.