CINCINNATI -- One of the most intriguing aspects of Thursday night's NFL schedule release was seeing where schedule-makers placed 2016's first meeting between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals.
For Bengals fans, there was hope that they would have scheduled the game for Week 4. That weekend will, after all, be the first back for linebacker Vontaze Burfict. He was suspended earlier this offseason for the first three games. We now know that means he'll miss the first meeting. Bengals-Steelers I was scheduled for Week 2.
Quite a nighttime draw, the teams have also been entertaining under the lights.