The rivalry between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC North is rather fierce. While there’s respect between the Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens, there’s a lot of hatred and bad blood between the Steelers and Bengals.
There’s the Kimo von Oelhoffen hit on Carson Palmer in the 2005 playoffs that helped the Steelers win that game on the way to Super Bowl XL, and there’s the heated 2016 playoff game, too. Within that playoff game, which saw the Bengals have a full-on meltdown late and blow the game, former Steelers’ linebacker Ryan Shazier ignited the ugly ending to the game with a huge hit on Bengals’ running back Giovani Bernard.