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On the Steelers: Rivalry week off to tame start for bitter AFC North foes

The Steelers play the Cincinnati Bengals in four days, and all’s quiet on the Twitter front.

There is nothing from Cincinnati linebacker Vontaze Burfict, whose account Tweets are listed as “protected,” which is something running back Le’Veon Bell will be for a change against the Bengals Sunday because both players are suspended.

There is nothing from Steelers linebacker Vince Williams, who not only threatened to “paint” Burfict on site if he ever saw him on Miami’s South Beach, but then was involved in a pregame fight with Burfict in Cincinnati last year.

There is nothing from Bengals cornerback Pacman Jones, who dropped five F-bombs and one S-bomb on — OK, not Twitter — Instagram after his penalty helped the Steelers pull out an improbable playoff victory in Cincinnati in January.