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Bengals-Steelers rivalry has a history of nastiness

Week 2 brings another edition of the Cincinnati Bengals - Pittsburgh Steelers rivalry, and although Vontaze Burfict won’t be in the lineup, serving the second of a three-game suspension for repeated violations of safety-related playing rules, tensions could be high after last season's bizarre finish.

The Bengals took not one -- but two -- unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, the first coming on a hit by Burfict on Antonio Brown, who ended up with a concussion. The second came when Adam Jones was involved in a scuffle after the hit on Brown.