AFC NOTES
u25a0 It’s a Double Chin-Strap Special in the AFC North when Cincinnati plays at Pittsburgh. In the teams’ wild card game last season (won by the Steelers), they had 18 penalties for a combined 221 yards, including eight flags for personal foul/unnecessary roughness/unsportsmanlike conduct. Referee Pete Morelli gets the tough task of keeping order. He won’t have to monitor Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict, who is serving a three-game suspension for actions culminating in a penalty against Pittsburgh. Prediction: This will be the first of three meetings.
u25a0 The last time we saw Kansas City play at Houston, the Texans were booed off their home field in the playoffs, the Chiefs a 30-0 winner.