CINCINNATI -- Every morning on game day all through the NFL season, I'll tee up 10 Takes offering final, mostly fleeting thoughts on the Steelers' matchup at hand.
Here we go, as they say ...
• Here's the reality: The Bengals just reached the Super Bowl, and the Steelers needed a truckload of luck to squeak into a playoff embarrassment.
Here's another: The Bengals swept both meetings in 2021 by an aggregate score of 65-20.
Here's yet another: The Bengals are favored by 6.5 in these teams' season opener here today, 1:02 p.